Veja Mate Offshore orders 67 Siemens wind turbines including
record long-term service
• 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
July 07, 2015 + + + 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.
The 400-megawatts offshore project in German Waters is located in the
North Sea northwest of Borkum island at 115 km from the shore. It will be
installed at water depths ranging from 39 to 41meters. With average wind
speeds of more than 10 meters per second at a hub height of 80 meters
above sea level, the site offers excellent conditions for a high energy
yield. Grid access will be provided by BorWin2, a HVDC grid connection
also built by Siemens. BorWin 2 was handed over to operator TenneT early
this year and is already in commercial operation. Its 800 megawatts
capacity encompasses the grid connection for both Veja Mate and also the
Global Tech I offshore wind farms.
The financing is being provided
through a combination of equity and debt, with SFS working in partnership
with Highland Capital Group and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in the
multi-source project financing structure. SFS is investing a substantial
amount as equity and thus contributes a notable piece to the overall
project funding. For more information about the Siemens Division Financial
Services please visit www.siemens.com/finance
Source: Eva-Maria Baumann, Bernd Eilitz Siemens Wind Power and Renewables
Division,
www.siemens.com/wind
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