• Clean renewable energy for approximately 125,000 Irish households
• Siemens to supply 36 SWT-3.0-101 and 20 SWT-3.2-101 direct drive wind turbines
• 15-year service agreements included in both orders
Siemens has received two orders for onshore wind projects in Ireland. With 36 Siemens D3 direct drive wind turbines, the Cloosh Valley Wind Farm – also known as Galway Wind Park Phase 2 – will add 108 megawatts (MW) to Ireland’s renewable energy capacity. A second order includes 20 SWT-3.2-101 wind turbines for the Irish Sliabh Bawn Wind Farm in County Roscommon. Commissioning of the Cloosh project is scheduled for mid-2017; Sliabh Bawn for early 2017. Both orders include 15-year service agreements, including Siemens’ advanced remote diagnostics, to help ensure the long-term reliability, performance and availability of the wind turbines.
The 108-MW-Cloosh project is part of SSE Renewables’ development of a wind farm cluster in Cloosh Valley, near Rosscahill, County Galway. For Phase 1 of Galway Wind Park, 22 SWT-3.0-101 wind turbines were ordered in the summer of 2015, and construction is ongoing. Cloosh, the second phase of the cluster, is a co-development with Coillte that will be installed on the adjacent site. Together the projects are expected to generate clean energy for around 84,000 households.
