Siemens to supply turbines for 580MW Race Bank offshore project in UK

Siemens has received orders to supply 91 units 6MW direct drive wind turbines for Race Bank offshore wind power project in the UK.

The wind farm will be capable of producing 580 MW of energy.

Once completed in 2018, the farm will generate enough energy to meet the requirement 400,000 British households.

Siemens said that the latest deal is a part of framework agreement between DONG Energy and Siemens, signed in 2012.

The services to the plant will be provided jointly by Siemens and DONG for five years.

The Race Bank offshore farm will spread across 32 kilometers, off the British eastern coast and the turbines will stand on monopole foundations in water depths between 6 and 26 meters.

The turbines have a rotor diameter of 154 meters.

Siemens Renewables Division CEO Michael Hannibal said: "We are working hard to bring the costs of offshore wind energy down to make it competitive with other sources of power generation."

"Recent analysis show that our efforts are paying off: in the last five years the costs of offshore wind has fallen by 11 percent, according to study recently published by Renewable UK.

"Thus, the offshore industry is fully on track to meet the 2020 cost targets."