Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply 10 of its 4MW turbines to the €120m Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in Finland.
The German manufacturer was selected by Suomen Hyotytuuli for the 40MW demonstrator off Pori in the Baltic Sea.
Hardware will feature a rotor diameter of 130 metres and is due to be installed starting in summer 2017 with operations scheduled later that year.
“This order marks a significant milestone for Siemens. The project . . . will also be used by the Finnish government to demonstrate that offshore wind power is a feasible solution for this area,” said Siemens Wind chief executive Michael Hannibal.
“This project is attracting a great deal of attention throughout the entire Baltic region and will open doors for Siemens in the emerging offshore markets in this region,” he added.
Tahkoluoto is located up to 3km from shore in water from eight to 15 metres deep. The wind turbines will be mounted on specially designed, gravity-based steel foundations in order to withstand heavy ice loading.
Technip Finland will supply the foundations while the substation and main transformers will be supplied by ABB, again largely from Finland. The Finnish government is contributing €20m towards the demonstration project.
Siemens supplied a single 2.3MW turbine to the Pori pilot project in 2010 some 1.2km off the Finnish coast. The new project will surround the existing machine.
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