Siemens’ Wind Power and Renewables Division has received two new orders for onshore wind projects in Ontario, Canada. The contracts include the supply, installation and commissioning of a total of 137 wind turbines rated at 2.3MW.
Of those, Siemens will supply 91 units of its SWT-2.3-101 turbines to Samsung Renewable Energy Inc.’s and Pattern Energy Group LP’s (Pattern Development) 180MW Armow Wind project. The G2 geared turbines are equipped with 101-meter rotors. Suncor Energy Inc. ordered 46 D3 direct drive wind turbines for the 100MW Cedar Point II wind project. The SWT-2.3-113 turbines have a rotor diameter of 113 meters. All 411 blades will be manufactured at the Siemens blade facility in Tillsonburg, Ontario. The Armow Wind project will feature 273 blades with a length of 49 meters while Cedar Point II will use 138 blades of 55 meters each. The towers for the projects will be manufactured in a local facility using steel made in Canada. Construction of the Armow project is now underway with commercial operation expected by the end of 2015. The Cedar Point II project is scheduled to start commercial operation in late 2015.
