SGRE 5.X orders hit 1GW in 18 months

Siemens Gamesa secures its largest yet 5.X deal in the Nordic region with a 372-MW Bj枚rnberget project in Sweden, building on wins across Europe, Brazil, Chile and Vietnam

The SGRE turbines ordered have rotors of 170 metres and will operate at up to 6.2MW

SGRE is set to supply 60 units of its SG 5.8-170 model to a consortium of Prime Capital and renewables developer Enlight Energy in a deal that includes a 15-year service agreement.

罢丑别听372MW Bj枚rnberget wind farm聽will be the biggest SGRE project in the Nordics. Construction is scheduled to start in 2021.

The new deal comes on the back of significant orders of the technology globally,聽according to the latest data collated by 搖錢樹娛樂城 Intelligence, the research and data division of 搖錢樹娛樂城.

In the Asia-Pacific region, four SGRE 5.X-powered projects have won consent in Vietnam, with a total capacity of 272MW.聽

The 90MW Th谩i H貌a wind farm聽is the largest in B矛nh Thuan on the nation鈥檚 south-east coast.

In Central and South America,聽five projects with a total capacity of 692MW are now under development. The largest is the聽{{Tucano-9c6ad788-f168-6088-15f9-06961555b4c4}} wind farm in Brazil's Bahia state with the remaining output based in Chile.

Five projects adding up to 402.8MW in capacity have been given the green light in Europe, three in Sweden two in Denmark.

Andreas Nauen, Siemens Gamesa CEO, said: 鈥淭his deal shows the trust that both long-standing, as well as new customers, have in the Siemens Gamesa 5.X technology, which is leading the Nordics market thanks to its unmatched reliability and competitiveness."

The 60 SG 5.8-170 units at Bj枚rnberget will operate at up to 6.2MW.

Dr. Mathias Bimberg, head of infrastructure at Prime Capital said: 鈥淭he partnership with Siemens Gamesa, access to their latest technology and our focus on optimising layouts for maximum production and minimal construction costs, will enable us to realise this project at a very competitive levelised cost of energy, and hence attractive risk-adjusted returns for our investors.鈥

The project involves the first investment of the Prime Green Energy Infrastructure Fund (PGEIF), which was established to invest in large scale wind assets in the Nordic countries.