E.ON Places Order With Siemens Energy for 90 Wind Turbines

E.ON has placed an order with Siemens Energy for the supply of 90 wind turbines for the Rodsand-II offshore wind farm south of the Danish island of Lolland in the Baltic Sea.

The new project will have an installed capacity of 207MW. The 90 turbines with a rotor diameter of 93m and a capacity of 2.3MW each will be installed in 2010. The order includes a two-year service contract and is worth approximately E275 million.

The new project will be located 3km to the west from the existing Rodsand-I offshore wind farm, which was connected to the power grid in 2003. The new Rodsand-II wind farm will also feature Siemens’s 2.3MW wind turbines. Once completed, the Rodsand-II offshore farm will save the emission of around 700,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

Rene Umlauft, CEO of the Siemens Renewable Energy Division, said: “With approximately 1,800MW of offshore wind power capacity either installed or on order, Siemens is the number one supplier of offshore wind turbines. With our proven wind turbine technology we make offshore wind power happen today.”