Siemens’ business arm, Siemens Energy has bagged a 138 MW order from Jeffrey’s Bay wind power plant in South Africa, which marked company’s entry into the country’s wind power sector. The entity has now received a total of 16 orders for over 270 onshore wind turbines from Europe and South Africa since July 2012.
The total capacity of these projects is 730 MW, of which, 560 MW was booked in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012. The total volume of this order for supply, installation and service is over €880 million.