14 DAY TRIAL // Engineering and electronics company Siemens appears to really be the belle of the ball these days, at least as far as popularity goes. Thus, it was recently announced that the company was to provide the turbines needed to build the US' first offshore wind farm.
The wind farm in question, dubbed Cape Wind, is to be erected on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Once up and running, it will have an energy output of 454MW, Business Green reports.
Should things go as planned, the facility will become the chief energy provider for Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, the same source details.
In a press release issued earlier this week, the electronics and engineering giant details that the offshore wind farm will comprise a total of 130 Siemens turbines, each of which will have a capacity of 3.6MW.
According to the company, the wind turbines are both highly efficient and reliable. Thus, the model has already been employed to build several offshore wind farms in various regions of the world, and many more are scheduled to be installed at several sites in the not so distant future.
“The Siemens 3.6-MW offshore turbine has been the 'workhorse' of the global offshore wind industry and has had an unparalleled track record on performance and reliability,” Siemens writes in its press release.
“It has been the leading turbine used at existing offshore wind farms and it is going to be used in at least eight other offshore wind farms currently under construction or approaching construction,” the electronics and engineering company adds.
Apart from building and installing the wind turbines needed to build the Cape Wind offshore farm, Siemens will provide the project with an offshore substation. What's more, it will be in charge of carrying out maintenance work at the facility for at least 15 years to come.
“Siemens is also providing Cape Wind with a long-term maintenance program for the wind turbines and ESP [Electric Service Platform] for a period of 15 years,” the company explains.