Siemens wins huge US wind turbine order
Published: 28 Dec, 2010 CET.
Updated: Tue 28 Dec 2010 17:55 CET
German engineering group Siemens said Tuesday it has won a contract that could be worth some €600 million ($790 million) to supply 258 wind turbines to a US power company.
Siemens is to build and install the turbines for three MidAmerican Energy Company projects in the state of Iowa that should provide 593 megawatts of energy, enough for 190,000 average US households, a statement said.
The value of the deal was not specified but a Siemens spokesman told news agency AFP that industry calculations put the cost of installing one megawatt of power at around €1 million.
Two Siemens plants, one in Iowa and a new one in Kansas would build the turbines "and the company has committed to further production expansion as the US market continues to grow," the statement said.
Iowa has the highest percentage of wind energy generation of any state in the United States, Siemens executive Rene Umlauft noted.
AFP/mry
Comments
See Also
Siemens is to build and install the turbines for three MidAmerican Energy Company projects in the state of Iowa that should provide 593 megawatts of energy, enough for 190,000 average US households, a statement said.
The value of the deal was not specified but a Siemens spokesman told news agency AFP that industry calculations put the cost of installing one megawatt of power at around €1 million.
Two Siemens plants, one in Iowa and a new one in Kansas would build the turbines "and the company has committed to further production expansion as the US market continues to grow," the statement said.
Iowa has the highest percentage of wind energy generation of any state in the United States, Siemens executive Rene Umlauft noted.
AFP/mry
Join the conversation in our comments section below. Share your own views and experience and if you have a question or suggestion for our journalists then email us at [email protected].
Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved.
Please log in here to leave a comment.