Siemens will supply 13 SWT-3.2-101 direct drive wind turbines, rated at 3.2 MW each, to the 41.6 MW Eurus Higashi Yurihara wind farm located in Yurihonjo city, in the north of the mainland of Honshu. Each turbine will have a rotor diameter of 101 metres and the order also includes a five-year service and maintenance agreement.
The company has installed a total of 200 MW in Japan since 1999, receiving its first orders for direct drive wind turbines in 2013 for the Eurus Akita Port wind farm. Siemens has supplied the Eurus Yurikogen wind power plant with 17 direct drive wind turbines of the type SWT-3.0-101. Both these plants are already in commercial operation.
“We are pleased to continue our successful collaboration with Eurus Energy and to provide again our direct-drive technology to the Japanese wind market” said Thomas Richterich, CEO Onshore at Siemens Wind Power and Renewables Division. “Japan's energy market is experiencing a liberalisation of electricity retailing and the outlook for future wind power business is very promising. We will continue to provide cutting edge technology for highly efficient wind projects to further contribute to the growing renewables share in the Japanese energy mix.”
Commercial operation of the Eurus Higashi Yurihara wind farm is scheduled for spring 2018.
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