Siemens Energy has announced a major wind turbine and service order in Canada at the AWEA WINDPOWER tradeshow in Las Vegas.
Samsung Renewable Energy, Capital Power and Pattern Energy Group (Pattern Development) are the owners of the project.
Located in Goderich in southwestern Ontario, the 270-MW K2 Wind Ontario (K2 Wind) Project will be among the largest wind power plants in Canada. It will feature 140 units of the Siemens SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines.
The transaction includes a long-term service and maintenance agreement, ensuring the reliability, availability and performance of the turbines.
K2 Wind will generate clean power for 100,000 Ontario homes with commercial operation expected in mid-2015.
The blades for the project will be manufactured at the Siemens blade facility in Tillsonburg, Ontario. Towers for the project will also be produced locally in Canada. The nacelles will be assembled at Siemens’ U.S. factory in Hutchinson, Kansas.
“Canada is one of the most important wind markets in the Americas,” says Mark Albenze, CEO of Siemens Energy’s Wind Power Onshore Americas business. “We are proud to once again collaborate with the leading players in this market to bring renewable, clean and reliable energy to the homes and businesses of Canadian residents.”
“K2 Wind will be an important addition to Ontario’s renewable energy fleet with 270 MWs of clean power generation being built in one of Ontario’s key wind areas,” said Mike Garland, CEO of Pattern Development.
“Along with Samsung and Capital Power, we are proud to develop a world-class wind project that is particularly exciting because we are hiring locally and using turbine blades and towers made in Ontario,” Garland added.
Canadian wind energy market is growing at a rapid rate and the country is now ranked as the ninth largest producer of wind energy in the world with current installed capacity at roughly 7,800 MW.
Siemens Energy owns a significant share in the Ontario market with over 1 GW of installed capacity. Overall around 43 percent of Siemens’ total revenue stems from green products and solutions.