Siemens Power Generation (PG) has been awarded a contract for the delivery of 140 wind turbines for the Whitelee Wind Farm to be located south of Glasgow in Scotland, United Kingdom.
With an installed capacity of 322MW it will be Europe's largest wind farm.Total contract value is approximately € 350 million. Completion of the project is scheduled for summer 2009. The contract has been awarded by the utility Scottish Power. For the Whitelee Windfarm, the 140 2.3MW wind turbines will be split into 100 SWT-2.3-93 wind turbines and 40 SWT-2.3-82 VS wind turbines. The Siemens PG scope of supply includes the delivery of wind turbines, installation, commissioning and a service and maintenance agreement. Scottish Power is responsible for the infrastructure works, including the civil and electrical part with transformers located outside the wind turbine towers.
