Siemens awarded one of its largest wind turbine orders by FPL Energy

Siemens Energy has been awarded one of its largest wind turbine orders ever. Florida-based energy provider FPL Energy has ordered 218 Siemens wind turbines to be installed at several wind farms across the US for delivery in 2009.

FPL Energy is the largest operator of wind farms in the United States with 56 projects in 16 states currently in operation. Siemens will deliver to FPL Energy 218 of its 2.3-MW wind turbines in 2009 with a total capacity of approximately 500 MW - enough to provide clean power to approximately 150,000 households. Together with this order, Siemens has received $2.4 billion in wind turbine orders in the US to date this fiscal year.

''This order is evidence of the tremendous growth that Siemens Energy is experiencing in the wind energy business,'' stated René Umlauft, CEO of the Siemens Renewable Energy Division. ''FPL Energy is a very important customer, and we are pleased that they have chosen us once again to supply our high-quality wind turbines for their projects.'' In 2006 and 2007, Siemens installed wind turbines with a combined capacity of 600 MW for FPL Energy wind farms in Texas, Minnesota and North Dakota.

The scope of supply consists of delivery, technical field assistance and commissioning of 218 of Siemens' SWT-2.3-93 wind turbines. The blades for the units will be manufactured at the new production facility in Iowa, which was opened in 2007. To support the growth in the world's largest market for clean wind power, Siemens will expand this factory, located in the town of Fort Madison. ''This expansion will double our production capacity in Iowa and will create more than 200 new green collar jobs in the U.S.,'' added Umlauft.

''With growing concern about greenhouse gas emissions and volatile fossil fuel prices, wind power is an emission-free power source that should play a greater role in helping our nation meet its energy needs,'' said Mitch Davidson, president of FPL Energy. ''As the leading U.S. developer of wind power, it is important for FPL Energy to secure reliable sources of wind turbines for use in projects we are developing today and into the future.''
 
The Siemens Energy Sector is the world's leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of power and for the extraction, conversion and transport of oil and gas. In fiscal 2007 (ended September 30, based on IFRS), the Energy Sector had revenues of approximately EUR20 billion and received new orders totaling around EUR28 billion and posted a profit of EUR1.8 billion.