Siemens Gamesa upgrades onshore wind turbine to 7MW

Spanish wind energy giant Siemens Gamesa has once again expanded its onshore wind turbine offering, upgrading its 5.X platform to offer up to 7MW of rated power.

Wind turbine original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are always tinkering away at their offering, expanding and upgrading capabilities so as to corner as much of the market as possible.

Siemens Gamesa has been one of a handful of leading wind OEMs for a long time now, and they are once again looking to secure their leadership.

Announced on Tuesday, the company’s new SG 7.0-170 turbine offers what Siemens Gamesa believes will be “one of the most competitive Levelised Cost of Energy (LCoE) in the industry”.

Part of the powerful 5.X range of onshore wind turbines, the new SG 7.0-170 turbine is an evolved version of the SG 6.6-170 turbine.

The Siemens Gamesa 5.X turbine was first launched back in early 2019 with two turbine models, the SG 5.8-155 and the SG 5.8-170 – referring to a 5.8MW turbine with a rotor diameter of either 155- or 170-metres.

The first of these new 5.X turbines was installed Sweden at the 231MW Skaftåsen project soon after. The platform has since gone on to see over 4.5GW worth of capacity sold and installed.

“This is a natural evolution of the species,” said Jochen Eickholt, CEO of Siemens Gamesa.

“The Siemens Gamesa 5.X has already offered our customers one of the most powerful machines providing green energy in the onshore landscape, and we can now boost its capacity even higher.

“This will provide real benefits for our partners, and we will work closely with them to guarantee we continue to deliver sustainable energy to the world with this benchmark turbine.”