Siemens at Work on $10 Billion in North American Projects, Driven by Renewables, NGCC

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Renewable and natural gas-fired, combined-cycle (NGCC) power projects are driving much of Siemens AG's (Paris, France) business in North America. In addition to merging with wind energy provider Gamesa S.A., Siemens reported an 8% order growth in the Americas for the most recent quarter, when compared with the same period last year. Industrial Info is tracking more than $121 billion in active projects involving Siemens, including more than $10 billion in North America, as well as more than $5 billion in projects formerly attributed to Gamesa.

The largest Siemens projects under way in the U.S. is Pure Energy Resources LLC's (Burlington, Massachusetts) $890 million Lordstown Energy Center in Lordstown, Ohio, an NGCC facility that kicked off construction early last year and is expected to wrap up in the summer of 2018. The facility will generate 800 megawatts (MW) from a pair of gas turbines and a steam turbine, all supplied by Siemens. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Pure Energy Resources has proposed another NGCC project for Lordstown, Ohio: the $860 million Trumbull Energy Center. Siemens would supply two combustion turbines and a steam turbine with a total output of 940 MW. The project is in its permitting phase and, if approved, would not begin construction until the spring of 2018 at the earliest. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

More than 150 miles to the west, on the other side of Lake Erie, CME Energy LLC (Boston, Massachusetts) has proposed an $860 million unit addition at the Oregon Clean Energy Center in Oregon, Ohio, which will use two combustion turbines and a condensing-heat steam turbine from Siemens to add 955 MW to an 800-MW plant that is under construction and set to wrap up this year; the addition would not begin construction until fourth-quarter 2018 at the earliest. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Mexico is home to two other NGCC projects for Siemens that are under construction, both from Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE): the $480 million Empalme I Power Station in Empalme, Sonora, and the $396 million Empalme II Power Station in Guaymas, Sonora. The first facility will generate 770 MW from a pair of combustion turbines and a steam turbine, while the second will generate 723 MW from a pair of combustion turbines and a condensing steam turbine. The projects are expected to wrap up at the end of 2017 and in the spring of 2018, respectively. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports Empalme I and Empalme II.

The merger of Siemens and Gamesa, which closed in April, gives the company a stronger foothold in Mexico's growing renewables market. Among its projects under construction are the $175 million addition to Hipolito Windfarm Power Station in General Cepeda, Coahulia, and the $145 million Aubanel Windfarm in La Rumorosa, Baja California. The Hipolito project will generate 98.7 MW from 47 steel towers, each equipped with a Gamesa turbine, while the Aubanel project will generate 72 MW from 36 towers. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on the Hipolito and Aubanel windfarms.

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