西门子为北达科他州提供3兆瓦D3平台风力涡轮机提供的能源

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• Order from Minnesota Power for 64 units of Siemens’ latest evolution of 3-MW D3 platform wind turbines, including service and maintenance contract
• Direct drive turbine with increased energy output reduces the cost of electricity through its 113-meter rotor and 92.5-meter hub height
• Blades, towers and major nacelle components sourced in the U.S.

明尼苏达州电力公司（Minnesota Power）向西门子的能源公司（Siemens Energy）授予了重大订单，该公司为该公司最新的3毫W电型平台风力涡轮机提供了64辆，该单位安装在北达科他州新塞勒姆附近的野牛风能中心。创新的风力涡轮机具有113米转子和92.5米的轮毂高度，因此额定值为3.2兆瓦。涡轮机的安装计划于2014年6月中旬开始，并计划于2014年12月进行商业运营。供应范围包括运输，安装和调试以及三年的服务和维护协议。

西门子风力发电公司首席执行官马库斯·塔克克（Markus Tacke）博士说：“借助我们创新的3兆瓦直接驱动涡轮机，我们正在增加年度能源输出。”“我们极大地珍视明尼苏达州Power对我们的技术和服务的信心，并很高兴与他们再次合作，因为他们继续为客户提供可靠，负担得起和可持续的权力。”

The blades will be manufactured at Siemens’ facility in Fort Madison, Iowa. Additionally, the D3 nacelle component will be assembled in Hutchinson, Kansas. Assembly of this specific major component was recently moved from the company’s nacelle facility in Brande, Denmark, to Hutchinson, Kansas, which further demonstrates the company’s commitment to the U.S. wind industry.

“We’re pleased to partner with a world leader like Siemens as wind energy production develops and matures,” said Minnesota Power Chief Operating Officer Brad Oachs. “With the help of Siemens, we’ve integrated new direct drive technology into our Bison project while at the same time staying ahead of Minnesota’s aggressive renewable energy standard.”

By 2025, utilities in Minnesota are required to supply 25 % of their power from renewables. Operators of nuclear power plants have to reach 30% renewables even earlier by 2020.

The 205-MW Bison 4 addition will increase Minnesota Power’s Bison Wind Energy Center’s total MW output to nearly 500 MW. Siemens also supplied all of the wind turbines for the previous three phases of the Bison Wind Energy Center, which went into commercial operation in 2010 and 2012.

Wind power and energy service are part of Siemens’ Environmental Portfolio. Around 43 percent of its total revenue stems from green products and solutions. That makes Siemens one of the world’s leading providers of eco-friendly technology.

For more information, please visithttp://www.energy.siemens.com/hq.

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