Siemens to provide long-term service for 149 wind turbines in North Dakota

Orlando, USA - Siemens has signed a long-term agreement with the U.S. energy company Minnesota Power to provide service and maintenance for 149 D3-platform wind turbines installed at the Bison Wind Energy Center, located near New Salem, North Dakota.

Under terms of the agreement, Siemens will provide 10 years of service and maintenance for the D3 turbines installed in the first three phases of the Bison Wind Energy Center, which were built in 2010-2012, as well as Bison Phase 4, which began operations in January 2015. This includes a total of 85 SWT-3.0-101 direct drive turbines at Bison Phase 1B, Bison 2 and Bison 3. In addition, the service agreement includes 64 SWT-3.2-113 units at the project

Source: IWR Online, 25 Sep 2015