Germany’s Siemens has handed over the first of a total of five commissioned North Sea grid connections, the BorWin2 offshore platform, to its customer TenneT, a German-Dutch transmission grid operator, for immediate commercial operation, the company announced in a press release on January 30. TenneT is one of the four Transmission System Operators (TSOs) that… Keep reading →
As Germany gears up for a nuclear-free low-emissions energy future, wind power has taken a new lead.
On August 4, the German engineering and technology company Siemens announced it would be splitting its renewables arm into two branches, Wind Power and Solar & Hydro. Considering its remarkable headline success in the wind sector since 2004–revenue has increased by a factor of 12 to about $3.2 billion–the company hopes to refocus its efforts and further specialize in the wind market with newer products alongside industrialized manufacturing and logistics. Keep reading →
