Siemens gets 100-MW wind turbine order for Ontario wind farm

As part of the wind turbine deal, Siemens will supply, install and commission 40 SWT-3.2-113 direct drive wind turbines.

Grand Bend Wind Limited Partnership, a partnership between Northland Power, a Canadian power producer based in Toronto, and two local First Nations, the Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Bkejwanong Territory (Walpole Island First Nation), will construct the wind power plant around 220 kilometers southwest of Toronto in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The total capacity of this 100-megawatt onshore project will be sufficient to provide electricity to approximately 30,000 Canadian households. Siemens will manufacture all 120 of the 55-meter-long rotor blades for the wind turbines its plant in Tillsonburg, Ontario.

The company will start the commercial operation of the wind power plant in the first half of 2016. Siemens will be responsible for service and maintenance of the wind turbines over a period of ten years.

Thomas Richterich, CEO of Market Unit Onshore in the Siemens Wind Power and Renewables Division, said: “For the first time we will be supplying wind turbines for a Canadian project to Northland Power.”

Northland Power is the main shareholder, owning sixty percent of the shares in the largest Dutch offshore wind power plant Gemini. Siemens is supplying 150 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 4 megawatts and a rotor diameter of 130 meters, for this 600-megawatt project and will also be responsible for service and maintenance for a period of 15 years