• Largest wind service order ever for Siemens in Germany
• Installation of 400 megawatts of wind capacity starts in March 2017
• Commissioning expected in late 2017
• Project financing for wind power plant successfully closed
• Siemens Financial Services provides a significant proportion of the equity
Siemens will supply, install and commission 67 of its 6-megawatts direct drive offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 402 megawatts at the Veja Mate Offshore wind power plant in the German North Sea. Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH, a company owned by Highland Group Holdings Ltd, Copenhagen Infrastructure II, a fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Siemens Financial Services (SFS) have now come to a final investment decision. This confirms the collaboration that had been started with a public signing at the EWEA Offshore trade show in Copenhagen in March. Also included is a 15-year service and maintenance agreement, representing the largest ever wind service order for Siemens in Germany and the second largest globally.
Siemens will provide a highly advanced offshore service logistics concept, tailored specifically for far-shore projects such as Veja Mate that uses both helicopters and a specially designed, purpose-built service operation vessel (SOV). It will be the fifth SOV to be deployed by Siemens in European waters. To ensure increased energy production this concept allows maintenance work to be carried out at almost all times irrespective of the weather conditions or wave height.
