The company will fabricate, install and commission the turbines in what will be the first US offshore wind project. Siemens will also provide Cape Wind with a long-term maintenance programme for the turbines and ESP for a period of 15 years. It intends to hire employees locally for the majority of its operations and maintenance positions at Cape Wind’s future service headquarters on Falmouth Harbor on Cape Cod.
Siemens 3.6MW turbine has been supplied to many offshore wind projects around the world and is highly respected for its performance and reliability. It has been the chosen turbine for at least eight other offshore wind farms currently under development around the world.
“Siemens is extremely pleased to be the supplier for America’s first-ever offshore wind farm” said Siemens president and CEO Randy Zwirn. “We look forward to providing our world-class technology, global project experience and industry knowledge to this landmark project.”
The company has a strong presence in the US with around 60,000 employees and hundreds of millions of dollars invested in manufacturing, service and office locations. It opened its North American Offshore Wind Office in Boston in 2010 specifically to work with Cape Wind and project management will be managed from these premises. Manufacturing of the ESP will be subcontracted to Cianbro to be fabricated in its facility in Brewer, Maine. It will be project managed from Siemens transmission operations in Cary, North Carolina and the long-term maintenance program from the company’s Americas headquarters in Orlando, Florida. The ESP will be located toward the centre of the offshore wind farm site where it will transform the voltage of the electricity produced by the wind turbines.
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