Siemens Energy to deliver turbines for Panhandle 2 wind power project in US

Siemens Energy has won an order to deliver turbines for the 182MW Panhandle 2 wind power project located in Carson County, Texas, US.

Under the terms of the contract, the company will supply 79 Siemens SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines for the project that is being developed by Pattern Energy Group.

According to Siemens, component deliveries for the project will begin in March 2014 while the commissioning of the turbines is slated for November 2014.

Scope of the deal also includes offering of service and maintenance to Panhandle 2 wind power project, which will be acquired by Pattern Energy after completion.

Siemens Energy Wind Power Americas business CEO Mark Albenze said the new order represents the eighth contract signed with Pattern Development for projects in the US, Canada and Chile.

"This order is further proof that the production tax credit drives U.S. manufacturing jobs as the blades and nacelles for this project will be produced in our U.S. Factories," Albenze added.

For the Panhandle 2 wind project, the 237 rotor blades with a length of 53m each will be manufactured at the Siemens wind turbine blade facility in Fort Madison, Iowa, and the 79 nacelles will be assembled in Hutchinson, Kansas.

The project, which will start commercial operation by the end of 2014, will provide enough clean energy to power nearly 56,000 American households.

Pattern Energy CEO Mike Garland said the Panhandle 2 project will use turbines with rotor blades and nacelles manufactured by Siemens in the US.

"These American-made Siemens turbines will harness the power of the wind at one of the windiest sites in Texas, creating a strong new source of clean energy without using any of the region’s limited water supplies," Garland added.