ORLANDO, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Energy has been awarded six new wind turbine orders in North America over the last month: two in Canada and four in the U.S., totaling more than 565 megawatts (MW) rated capacity. In Ontario, Canada, Siemens will supply 44 units of its 2.3-MW rated wind turbines for Kruger Energy's Chatham wind farm and 22 wind turbines for the Gosfield wind farm, owned by Brookfield Renewable Power Fund. In the U.S., Siemens will provide Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) with 66 wind turbines for the Keenan II wind farm in Oklahoma; Duke Energy with 44 wind turbines for its Top of the World project in Wyoming; Cannon Power Group's Windy Flats Extension wind farm with 26 wind turbines in Washington State; and Pattern Energy with 44 wind turbines for its Hatchet Ridge project in California. Together, these projects have the potential to provide clean power to approximately 170,000 North American homes. The total value of the six orders is more than USD900 million.

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"These orders prove that the wind industry's fundamentals are still strong even in times of an economic downturn," stated Wolfgang Dehen, CEO of the Siemens Energy Sector. "The continuing support for renewable energy from the administrations in the U.S. and Canada is having a positive effect on wind project development. We are confident that the industry will get back on its growth track soon."

"Importantly, these orders show how North America has been able to lay a groundwork to sustain this renewable industry over the long-term," added Randy Zwirn, president and CEO of Siemens Energy, Inc. "Five years ago, Siemens had one employee working in wind energy in the U.S. Today we have 900. And with continued investment and growth in this industry, as evidenced by these orders, the number of green jobs should only continue to grow."

On September 17, Siemens celebrated the groundbreaking of its planned wind turbine assembly facility in Hutchinson, Kansas, to better meet the increasing demand for clean energy in the Americas. The 300,000-square-foot wind turbine nacelle facility is scheduled to become operational in fall 2010 and is expected to employ up to approximately 400 "green-collar" employees. The plant's annual planned output is approximately 650 nacelles - or 1,500 rated megawatts. Siemens also recently expanded its 600,000-square-foot blade manufacturing facilities in Fort Madison, Iowa, which it opened in 2007.

"Since Siemens entered the wind market in 2004, the company has become the third largest wind turbine supplier to the North American market, which is expected to be the second largest regional market in terms of total installed capacity over the next three years, just behind Asia Pacific," said Bill Smith, senior vice president, Energy Sector, Siemens Canada. "Our portfolio and strategy supports the Canadian wind power market, which is expected to see unprecedented growth over the next decade."

Wind power is one of the biggest contributors to the company's environmental portfolio. In 2008, revenue from products and solutions of Siemens' environmental portfolio was nearly EUR19 billion, which is equivalent to around a quarter of Siemens' total revenue, making Siemens one of the largest providers of environmentally friendly technology worldwide.

The Siemens Energy Sector is the world's leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of power and for the extraction, conversion and transport of oil and gas. In fiscal 2008 (ended September 30), the Energy Sector had revenues of approximately EUR22.6 billion and received new orders totaling approximately EUR33.4 billion and posted a profit of EUR1.4 billion. On September 30, 2008, the Energy Sector had a work force of approximately 83,500. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/energy.

    Order details


    U.S.A.

    Project name:               Keenan II wind farm
    Customer:                   CPV Renewable Energy Company, an affiliate of
                                 Competitive Power Ventures, Inc.
    # of wind turbines:         66 SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines
    Total rated MW output:      151.8 MW
    Location:                   Near Keenan, Oklahoma
    Commissioning:              Scheduled for end of 2010
    Scope of supply:            Transportation, erection and commissioning of
                                 the wind turbines; 5-year service and
                                 maintenance agreement
    Other:                      Siemens supplied 44 SWT-2.3-93 wind turbines
                                 for the Keenan I wind farm in 2008.

    Project name:               Top of the World wind power project
    Customer:                   Duke Energy
    # of wind turbines:         44 SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines
    Total rated MW output:      101.2 MW
    Location:                   Converse County, Wyoming
    Commissioning:              Scheduled for end of 2010
    Scope of supply:            Transportation, erection and commissioning of
                                 the wind turbines; 2-year service and
                                 maintenance agreement

    Project name:               Hatchet Ridge wind farm
    Customer:                   Pattern Energy
    # of wind turbines:         44 SWT-2.3-93 wind turbines
    Total rated MW output:      101.2 MW
    Location:                   Shasta County, California
    Commissioning:              Scheduled for fall 2010
    Scope of supply:            Transportation, erection and commissioning of
                                 the wind turbines; 2-year service and
                                 maintenance  agreement

        Project  name:                              Windy  Flats  Extension  wind  power  project
        Customer:                                      Cannon  Northwest  Wind  Partners,  LLC,  affiliate
                                                                  of  Cannon  Power  Corp.
        #  of  wind  turbines:                  26  SWT-2.3-93  wind  turbines
        Total  rated  MW  output:            59.8  MW
        Location:                                      Near  Goldendale,  Washington  State
        Commissioning:                            Scheduled  for  end  of  2009
        Scope  of  supply:                        Transportation,  erection  and  commissioning  of
                                                                  the  wind  turbines;  2-year  service  and
                                                                  maintenance  agreement
        Other:                                            Financing  will  be  provided  by  Siemens
                                                                  Financial  Services,  Inc.  Siemens  received  an
                                                                  order  for  130  SWT-2.3-93  wind  turbines  for
                                                                  the  Windy  Point  wind  farm  in  2008,  which  was
                                                                  later  split  into  42  units  for  the  Windy  Point
                                                                  wind  farm  (renamed  Tuolumne)  and  88  units  for
                                                                  the  Windy  Flats  wind  farm.
        Canada

        Project  name:                              Chatham  wind  farm
        Customer:                                      Kruger  Energy
        #  of  wind  turbines:                  40  SWT-2.3-101  wind  turbines  and  4  SWT-2.3-93
                                                                  wind  turbines
        Total  rated  MW  output:            101.2  MW
        Location:                                      Chatham-Kent,  Ontario
        Commissioning:                            Scheduled  for  November  2010
        Scope  of  supply:                        Transportation,  erection  and  commissioning  of
                                                                  the  wind  turbines;  2-year  service  and
                                                                  maintenance  agreement
        Other:                                            Siemens  supplied  44  SWT-2.3-93  wind  turbines
                                                                  for  the  Port  Alma  wind  farm,  adjacent  to  the
                                                                  Chatham  wind  farm,  in  2008.


        Project  name:                              Gosfield  wind  farm
        Customer:                                      Brookfield  Renewable  Power  Fund
        #  of  wind  turbines:                  22  SWT-2.3-101  wind  turbines
        Total  rated  MW  output:            50.6  MW
        Location:                                      Essex  County,  Ontario
        Commissioning:                            Scheduled  for  August  2010
        Scope  of  supply:                        Transportation  and  commissioning  of  the  wind
                                                                  turbines;  2-year  service  and  maintenance
                                                                  agreement