Siemens Gamesa
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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, S.A., born in 2017 as the merger of Siemens's Wind Power Division with Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica, S.A., is a Spanish-German wind engineering company based in Zamudio, Biscay, Spain. In Spain, the company has two other main sites in Spain: one in Madrid and the other one in Sarriguren. Other than its headquarters, its onshore business is primarily based in Spain, while the offshore business is based in Germany and Denmark. It is the world's second largest wind turbine manufacturer behind Vestas.[2]
Company type | Sociedad Anónima |
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Industry | Engineering |
Predecessors | Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica S.A. Siemens Wind Power |
Founded | 28 January 1976; 48 years ago (28 January 1976) |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Jochen Eickholt (CEO) Christian Bruch (Chairman)[1] |
Products | Wind Turbines |
Revenue | 4,611,983,000 Euro (2016) |
477,377,000 Euro (2016) | |
302,396,000 Euro (2016) | |
Total assets | 5,895,083,000 Euro (2016) |
Owners | Siemens Energy AG |
Number of employees | 27,604 (2022) |
Parent | Siemens Energy AG |
Divisions | Onshore Offshore Service |
Subsidiaries | Gamesa Gearbox Gamesa Electric Adwen |
Website | www |
The company is notable for its SG 14.0-222 wind turbine, the largest variant based on the Siemens D7 platform [de], as well as being the largest wind turbine in the world. Its main competition will be the General Electric Haliade-X and the MHI-Vestas V164.[3]