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World's 2nd largest offshore wind farm Gwynt y Môr
RWE, Stadtwerke München and Siemens share Ł2billion
investment
The
inauguration of the more than Ł2billion wind farm is a significant
achievement for RWE (60 percent) and its partners in Gwynt y Môr,
Stadtwerke München (30 percent) and
Siemens (10 percent). RWE AG's Chief Executive Officer, Peter Terium, led the celebrations today at Gwynt y Môr's Operations & Maintenance base, newly built at the Port of Mostyn. Peter Terium said: "With today's inauguration we are now definitely playing in the Offshore Wind Champions League! Thanks to our German wind park Nordsee Ost, inaugurated only 3 weeks ago and now Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm will become the third largest player in the European offshore market. The expansion of renewable energy is one of our main growth areas. We currently expect to invest over 1 billion Euro up to 2017 in growing renewables, with wind power at the forefront of that investment." Hans Bünting, CEO of RWE Innogy, adds: "At the end of this year 40 percent of our power generation from renewables will already come from offshore power production. Due to this increase in offshore capacity our operating result will see double-digit growth. For more information please visit www.rweinnogy.com/gwyntymor Dr. Florian Bieberbach, SWM's Chief Executive Officer: "Gwynt y Môr marks the second offshore wind park in which we are participating that has been successfully completed. Offshore wind is still a very young technology and entails a certain amount of imponderables. I am all the more pleased that we have now been able to successfully conclude the construction of Gwynt y Môr. First and foremost, I would like to thank our partners RWE and Siemens, and naturally all the others who played a role in realizing the park. Gwynt y Môr is a further significant building block in our Renewable Energies Expansion Campaign: by the year 2025, we want to generate sufficient green electricity to cover Munich's entire consumption. This will put Munich on the map as the first city of over a million inhabitants to have achieved this goal!". More: www.swm.de/english/company/energy-generation/renewable-energies.html
"Siemens has played a major role in Gwynt
y Môr. Physically, by supplying both turbines and sub-stations and also by
providing financing and a 12-year Service and Warranty contract,"
Michael
Hannibal, CEO Offshore and Siemens Wind Power and Renewables Division,
said. "It has been an excellent team effort. Gwynt y Môr will benefit the
UK economy by creating green jobs and growth as well as providing secure,
sustainable and low-carbon energy for around 400,000 homes in Wales." For further
information on Division Wind Power and Renewables, please see:
www.siemens.com/wind
Gwynt y Môr has created significant opportunity for Wales'
economy, worth over Ł90million to Welsh firms during construction, and
will continue to do so throughout its operational life.
Ms. Eva-Maria Baumann, Siemens AG
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