Siemens Installs its 1,000th Wind Turbine in the UK
By Siemens Plc, PRNEThursday, February 18, 2010
LONDON, February 19, 2010 - Siemens has installed its 1,000th wind turbine in the UK at the Gunfleet
Sands wind farm off the coast of Essex.
The turbine, number EO6, forms part of a total of 48 3.6MW turbines which
comprise the Gunfleet 1 and Gunfleet 2 fields owned by Dong Energy, the
world's leading operator of offshore wind farms.
Siemens is the market leader in offshore wind turbines in the UK and
recently SMart Wind (a consortium led by Mainstream Renewable Power and
Siemens Project Ventures) was awarded a 4GW contract for the "Hornsea" zone
of the Round 3 wind farm programme.
Siemens provides 40% of the UK's wind turbine generating capacity.
Notes to editors:
About Siemens in the UK:
Siemens was established in the United Kingdom 167 years ago
and now employs 16,915 people in the UK. Last year's revenues were GBP4.2
billion. As a leading global engineering and technology services company,
Siemens provides innovative solutions to help tackle the world's major
challenges, across the key sectors of energy, industry and healthcare.
Siemens has offices and factories throughout the UK, with its headquarters in
Frimley, Surrey. The company's global headquarters is in Munich, Germany. For
more information, visit www.siemens.co.uk
Note to Editors:
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For more information, and picture contact: Anne Keogh Siemens plc Tel. +44(0)1276-696312 Mob: +44(0)7808-823545 anne.keogh@siemens.com
For more information, and picture contact: Anne Keogh, Siemens plc, Tel. +44(0)1276-696312, Mob: +44(0)7808-823545, anne.keogh at siemens.com
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