SIEMENS’ FIFTH CENTER

BOULDER, CO – Siemens Energy will establish its US wind turbine R&D competence center in Boulder. The facility will focus on atmospheric science research, aerodynamic blade design, structural dynamics and wind turbine dispatch prediction and reliability.

“Boulder will be Siemen’s first wind turbine R&D competence center in the US,” said Andreas Nauen, CEO of the Siemens Wind Power Business Unit. “Presently, Siemens has established core competence centers for wind turbine R&D in Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom.”

Separately, Siemens and the National Renewable Energy Lab entered into a cooperative research and development agreement for the installation of a Siemens 2.3 MW pilot wind turbine with a 101-meter rotor at the 305 acre National Wind Technology Center, south of Boulder.

Siemens Wind Power currently employs over 500 personnel in the United States. Seventy-five field service teams are based in Houston, working out of a 35,000 square-foot facility which also provides parts for all U.S.A. installations.