Sweden with high tech wind energy: Siemens Gamesa moves ahead with its 5.X platform for the 372-MW Björnberget project in Sweden

NEW TECH/GO ECO GREEN21. Siemens Gamesa has closed the largest order to date for its 5.X platform with a new deal to supply 372 MW of the SG 5.8-170 turbine for the Björnberget project in Sweden. The wind farm, owned by asset manager Prime Capital and independent power producer Enlight, will be one of the largest onshore wind projects to start construction in Europe this year and brings the total order entry for the Siemens Gamesa 5.X to 1 GW in record time, only 18 months after its launch. It also consolidates the partnership between Siemens Gamesa and Prime Capital in Scandinavia, with close to 1 GW of projects.

Thanks to the OptimaFlex technology, the sixty units of the SG 5.8-170 will operate at 6.2 MW, which combined with…