Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been researching and developing the concept of converting energy to heat in rock-fill for energy storage to combine with wind energy, and the company has this week begun construction of its first real scale project in Hamburg, Germany.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has continued a strong period of momentum by announcing on Wednesday that it has secured a contract to provide and construct 200 MW worth of wind turbines to a project in Poovani, in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu.
Swedish power company Vattenfall has announced it has placed a near-1 GW wind turbine order with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy for three new offshore wind farms in Denmark, making the order the world’s largest offshore wind turbine order in 2017.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has secured its largest-ever order in Thailand, a 260 megawatt order of 100 wind turbines for the Hanuman wind complex in Chaiyaphum, in northeast Thailand.
A total of 11,570.9 megawatts worth of wind turbine orders were announced through the first half of 2017, a nearly 2 gigawatt decline on the same time a year ago and over 3 gigawatts on the second half of 2016, and was led once again by Vestas.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced on Monday that it plans to cut 6,000 jobs amidst its continuing restructuring program and weak fourth-quarter earnings, with revenues falling 12% year-over-year.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced last week that it had received an order to supply 281 MW worth of its recently upgraded OptimaFlex wind turbine to the Nordlicht wind project, made up of the Kvitfjell and Raudfjell wind farms in northern Norway.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced on Tuesday that it would supply more than 300 wind turbines worth 780 MW to five separate US wind projects.
Newly-formed Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has announced that it has been awarded an extension to its service agreement for the 504 MW Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm in the UK.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced this week that it had received one of its largest ever Chinese wind turbine order, for 300 MW set to be delivered to Inner Mongolia.
