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Siemens Gamesa to supply 41 turbines to
New Zealand’s Harapaki wind farm
NEW ZEALAND SIEMENS Gamesa has won a contract emissions by 2050. At present, the country has
from Meridian Energy to supply 41 of its 1,050 MW of installed wind capacity.
SWT-DD-120 4.3-MW wind turbines to the Meridian said in February that it would begin
176-MW Harapaki wind farm, New Zealand’s construction of the wind farm in 2021.
second largest. Meridian Energy CEO Neal Barclay said at
Siemens Gamesa also signed a 30-year long- the time that New Zealand would need to build
term contract to provide operation and mainte- more grid-scale wind generation every year in
nance services, ensuring optimised performance order to reach its international and domestic
of the wind farm. The value of the deal was not emissions targets and to meet demand as trans-
disclosed. portation and industry move from fossil fuels to
The wind farm in the Hawke’s Bay area is due clean energy.
to be commissioned in 2023, when it will gen- Meridian is the country’s largest and most
erate sufficient renewable energy to power over experienced owner of wind farms, with five cur-
70,000 local average households and support rently in operation throughout New Zealand.
New Zealand’s goal of achieving 100% renewable Siemens Gamesa has installed close to 9 GW
electricity generation by 2030. of onshore turbines in China, Pakistan, Japan,
Meridian Energy is the country’s largest wind South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philip-
energy developer. Siemens Gamesa has already pines, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand.
supplied 267 MW of turbines to Meridian, On the offshore side, the company completed
including the 142.6-MW West Wind facility, its the installation of Taiwan’s first offshore wind
largest operating wind farm. power project in 2019 (128 MW) and in addition
“Harapaki marks an extension of a reward- has reached close to 2 GW of firm orders.
ing relationship between Meridian Energy “Siemens Gamesa is committed to building
and Siemens Gamesa over more than 10 years. partnerships with [the] purpose [of] tackling
At Siemens Gamesa, we are proud to support the climate crisis. By working with like-minded
Meridian’s vision on climate action and the tran- partners like Meridian Energy, we can introduce
sition to a productive low-carbon economy in the most advanced renewable technologies to
New Zealand,” stated Thomas Hertling, manag- unlock the full potential of wind in Asia-Pa-
ing director of Siemens Gamesa in Australia and cific and deliver clean and affordable energy to
New Zealand. power economic and social progress,” said Paulo
New Zealand aims to have 100% renewable Soares, CEO of Siemens Gamesa’s Onshore busi-
energy generation by 2030 and net-zero carbon ness unit in the Asia-Pacific region.
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