The Mörttjärnberget project is the first commercial contract for the new gearless SWT-2.3-113 wind turbines with a capacity of 2.3 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 113 meters. The new machine is designed for low to moderate wind speeds and was launched for sale only three months ago. Installation and commissioning of the 37 SWT-2.3-113 wind turbines are scheduled for 2013. The SWT-2.3-113 is the second gearless wind turbine launched by Siemens, after the SWT-3.0-101 with a capacity of 3 MW was introduced in 2010. The Siemens direct drive wind turbines feature only half of the parts compared to conventional geared wind turbines and a significantly smaller number of moving parts.
"This new contract demonstrates the trust our clients have in our new direct drive technology," said Jens-Peter Saul, CEO of the Siemens Wind Power Business Unit. "We’re particularly proud that our new gearless wind turbine has been embraced by the market so quickly. We are confident that it will become a preferred solution for onshore wind farm plants at sites with low to medium wind speeds," Saul added.
Siemens is today one of the leading suppliers of wind power solutions in Sweden. The company has installed a total of more than 220 MW of wind energy in Sweden including the Lillgrund wind farm, Sweden’s largest offshore wind power plant. This year, Siemens has been awarded contracts to supply wind turbines with a total capacity of approximately 78 MW for the Trattberget-Skallberget and Korpfjället wind farm plants in central Sweden.
Wind energy is part of Siemens’ Environmental Portfolio. In fiscal 2010, revenue from the Portfolio totaled about EUR28 billion, making Siemens the world’s largest supplier of ecofriendly technologies. In the same period, our products and solutions enabled customers to reduce their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 270 million tons, an amount equal to the total annual CO2 emissions of the megacities Hong Kong, London, New York, Tokyo, Delhi and Singapore.
