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RENEWABLES: Siemens Gamesa seals East Asian turbine deals
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SIEMENS Gamesa has secured two major orders from East Asia worth up to 1,355 MW of o shore capacity for its agship SG 8.0-167 DD wind turbine.
e two orders – from Norway’s Ørsted in Taiwan and Obayashi Corporation in Japan – come with long-term service agreements and major initiatives for local content and engagement.
It is Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s (SGRE) rst major turbine deal in Japan, and signi cantly enlarges its order book in Taiwan.
“Entering the Japanese o shore wind market is signi cant for Siemens Gamesa. It is another example of the true globalisation currently tak- ing place within the industry, and we are proud to establish a foothold,” said Andreas Nauen, CEO of the O shore Business Unit in Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.
Taiwan
In Taiwan, SGRE has sealed a 900-MW order from Norway’s Ørsted for locally produced turbines for Taiwan’s Greater Changhua 1 & 2a development.
SGRE is to supply its Asia-Paci c variant of the SG 8.0-167 DD o shore wind turbine, as well as a long-term term service agreement.
It will also build a local factory to manufac- ture nacelles, which house the generating com- ponents of a turbine, at Taichung Harbour in order to meet the Taiwanese government’s local content requirements. Construction of the 900- MW development is due to begin in 2021.
Ørsted originally named SGRE as preferred supplier in October 2018.
e Taichung Harbour factory is expected to open in 2021 and in fact exceeds the local con- tent creation needs laid down by the Taiwanese government.
e project’s turbine towers are to be supplied by a local partnership of CS Wind and Chin Fong in Taiwan. is also meets the government’s rules on local content for wind turbine components.
“Greater Changhua 1 & 2a serves to signi - cantly strengthen Siemens Gamesa’s presence in Taiwan. Our commitment to create a nacelle assembly facility – ahead of the local content requirement timeframe as set by the Taiwan- ese government – demonstrates our belief in the market and its long-term potential,” said Andreas Nauen, CEO of the O shore Business Unit in Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.
Matthias Bausenwein, President of Ørsted Asia Pacific, said: “We have taken the final
investment decision for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a project and are now moving full speed ahead to meet the construction timelines so we can bring clean energy to the people of Taiwan on time.”
Ørsted said on June 20 that it had signed a ve-year, NTD25bn ($805mn) syndicated green revolving loan facility for Greater Changhua 1 & 2a with a group of 15 Taiwanese and interna- tional banks.
is is the rst time that state-owned banks in Taiwan have become involved in a green loan facility for o shore wind.
In December 2018, Ørsted appointed Bank of Taiwan, Cathay United Bank and BNP Paribas have as lead arrangers for the syndicated revolv- ing credit facility.
Greater Changhua 1 and 2a are located 35-50 km o the coast of Changhua County, and will be supply 1 million Taiwanese households with wind power. e o shore wind farms will be constructed in 2021 and 2022.
Japan
In Japan, SGRE is at an earlier stage of the project pipeline.
e 455-MW Northern Akita project is to be built o shore Tohoku in northern Japan, where Obayashi Corporation intends to build o shore capacity as part of the Japanese government’s wind development plans. Any supply deal is dependent on Obayashi taking a nal investment decision (FID) for the development.
Obayashi and SGRE have also signed a mem- orandum of understanding (MoU) to support a variety of local economic and social projects, such as local infrastructure for companies in var- ious parts of the o shore wind supply chain and information campaigns for local people.
“We rmly believe in the potential of o shore wind in Japan, especially with the strong sup- port the government is showing for the industry lately, and we are committed to contribute to the establishment of the market there,” said Niels Steenberg, executive general manager of Sie- mens Gamesa O shore for Asia-Paci c.
e SG 8.0-167 DD variant for Asia-Paci c markets meets local standards for typhoons, seis- mic activities, 60 Hertz operation and operations in high and low ambient temperatures.
e 167-metre diameter rotor has a swept area of 21,900 square metres. It uses SGRE B81 blades, each 81.4 metres long. As of December 2018, SGRE has over 3,100 o shore turbines in operation globally with a capacity of 12.5 GW.™
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