Developer RWE has signed of on the announced order for 100 of Siemens Gamesa’s 14MW offshore wind turbines for its giant Sofia project in the UK North Sea, set to be the first development to use the German-Spanish OEM’s top-of-line design.
Siemens Gamesa’s SG14-222DD, along with GE’s Haliade-X and Vestas’ V236 the largest of the new-generation of offshore models, will fly 108-metre-long blades powering a direct-drive transmission system and permanent magnet generator, promising a 25% higher annual energy production than the
