In March 2009, Dong Energy and the Siemens Energy Sector entered into an agreement for the supply of up to 500 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of up to 1,800 MW. The supply agreement was the world's largest agreement of its kind and the parties took a big step towards the industrialisation of the offshore wind segment.
Approximately 1,000 MW under the agreement has now been deployed for the 367 MW offshore wind project Walney 1 and 2 and for the 630 MW offshore wind project London Array, both located in the UK.
Dong Energy and Siemens have now agreed to further utilise and expand the off take under this supply agreement, as Siemens will deliver 75 3.6 MW turbines to the 270 MW offshore project Lincs, located in the UK in the North Sea.
“With these potential further supplies from Siemens, Dong Energy is well positioned to maintain our leading position within offshore wind. The agreement is an important step for DONG Energy in progressing and realising the projects in our pipeline. This will secure the growth within the offshore wind business area and support the transformation of our business towards a greener profile,” said Anders Eldrup, CEO of Dong Energy.
DONG Energy will participate in the Lincs project together with Siemens Project Ventures, while Siemens has also been chosen as the design-build contractor for grid connection including the offshore substation, onshore substation and the laying of cables onshore.
As for the Walney 2 and London Array projects, the turbines for the Lincs project will be the newest version of Siemens offshore wind turbine with a large 120-metre rotor. The two first versions of this new rotor have recently been erected close to Dong Energy's power plant, Avedøreværket, in Copenhagen (Denmark).
Largest supply agreement
“The expanded supply agreement with Dong Energy is the world's largest agreement of its kind and will further strengthen our position as the clear market leader in offshore business,” explained Wolfgang Dehen, CEO of the Siemens Energy Sector. “It also supports our goal to grow faster than the market in order to become one of the top three suppliers worldwide in the wind power market by 2012.”
Dong Energy and Siemens are already leading players in the offshore wind industry and have a history of working together on innovative projects. In 1991, the two companies constructed the world's first offshore wind farm at Vindeby in Denmark and have worked together since then on many offshore projects including Middelgrunden near Copenhagen (Denmark), Nysted in Southern Denmark, Burbo Bank in Liverpool Bay (UK), Horns Rev 2 (Denmark) and the soon t o be commissioned Gunfleet Sands I+II (UK).
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