Gamesa

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Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica SA

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legal form Corporation
founding 1976
resolution 2017
Reason for dissolution Fusion to Siemens Gamesa
Seat Zamudio , Spain
management Ignacio Martín ( Chairman of the Board )
Number of employees 9,367 (2016)
sales 6.612 billion euros (2016)
Branch Renewable energy
As of December 21, 2017

Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica was a listed manufacturer of wind turbines based in Zamudio near Bilbao in the northern Spanish province of Vizcaya . In addition to wind turbines, Gamesa also manufactured photovoltaic systems and solar parks . Based on the newly installed capacity of 3700 megawatts , Gamesa was the fourth largest manufacturer of onshore wind turbines worldwide in 2016 after Vestas , GE Wind Energy and Goldwind (2015: 3100 MW). In April 2017, the company merged with the wind energy division of Siemens in the newly founded company Siemens Gamesa .

history

Gamesa Innovation Park in Navarre
Gamesa Innovation Park in Navarre

The company was founded in 1976 as Grupo Auxiliar Metalúrgico, SA as a mechanical engineering company; from the early 1990s the company has been active as a supplier in the aviation industry and in the construction of wind turbines.

In the wind energy sector, the Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems initially held a 40% stake in Gamesa as a technical partner. The technical cooperation agreement between the two companies stipulated that Gamesa would limit the range of wind turbines to Spain , Latin America and North Africa . With the approval of Vestas, Gamesa systems could also be offered in other regions. The systems of both companies from this time were technically comparable. In 2001 Vestas sold its stake in Gamesa for the equivalent of 287 million euros. The sale also provided for a technology transfer in favor of Gamesa for the G52, G58, G66 and G80 systems.

In 2000 the company went public and a little later the historical activities in the aviation and automotive supply activities were given up. Gamesa's activities from then on consisted of the manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines and the development and construction of wind farms .

The company operated in Spain, Argentina , Australia , Brazil , China , Denmark , Germany , France , Greece , Italy , Mexico , Poland , Portugal , Dominican Republic , Uruguay , United Kingdom and the United States . The German subsidiary based in Oldenburg operates under the name Gamesa Energie Deutschland GmbH . The company, founded in 2005, develops wind farms in Germany and was taken over by enercity in 2019 .

Gamesa had been part of the IBEX 35 stock exchange index again since December 2013 .

On March 9, 2015, the cooperation between Gamesa and the French industrial group Areva in the offshore wind energy sector became known. The offshore wind turbines of both companies have since been offered under the Adwen company . Following a decision by the Areva Board of Directors in September 2016, Areva sold its Adwen shares to Gamesa. The Adwen GmbH is based in Bremerhaven and is the successor to the AREVA Wind GmbH (formerly: MULTIBRID GmbH ).

The Spanish energy supply company Iberdrola held almost 20% of Gamesa at the beginning of 2016. In June 2016 it became known that Siemens and Gamesa had agreed in principle to merge their wind energy businesses. The merger between Siemens Wind Power and Gamesa was completed on April 3, 2017, when Siemens acquired 59% of the shares in Gamesa. The Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy brand was introduced with the merger . As a result of the merger, Adwen had to stop production in Bremerhaven-Luneort in June 2017, as Siemens had decided to expand the Cuxhaven location instead.

The headquarters and the headquarters for the onshore activities remained in Spain. The offshore activities were bundled at the locations previously used by Siemens Wind Power in Hamburg and Vejle .

Shareholders

Before the merger with Siemens, the Gamesa shares were held by the following owners:

proportion of Shareholders
59% Siemens
8th % Iberdrola
33% Free float

As of April 3, 2017

Earlier plant types

Wind turbines on land (onshore)

With a few exceptions, Gamesa systems were used in the onshore area. Gamesa technology relies on the use of a gearbox in conjunction with a double-fed asynchronous generator .

Plant type Nominal power (kW) Rotor diameter (m)
G132-5.0MW 5000 132
G128-5.0MW 5000 128
G128-4.5MW 4500 128
G132-3.3MW 3300 132
G126-2.5MW 2500-2625 126
G114-2.5MW 2500 114
G106-2.5MW 2500 106
G114-2.0MW 2000 114
G97-2.0MW 2000 97
G90-2.0MW 2000 90
G87-2.0MW 2000 87
G83-2.0MW 2000 83
G80-2.0MW 2000 80
G66-1.65MW 1650 66
G58-850kW 850 58
G52-850kW 850 52

G126-2.5MW: In October 2015, Gamesa presented the G126-2.5MW, a low-wind turbine that should go into series production in 2017. In December 2016, the G126-2.5MW was recognized by the specialist magazine Windpower Monthly as wind power plant of the year in the category "Onshore turbines up to 2.9 MW".

Wind turbines at sea (offshore)

Adwen AD 8-180 prototype in Bremerhaven

For the offshore sector, AREVA's wind energy division in cooperation with Gamesa founded the joint company Adwen in 2015, based in Bremerhaven . With the merger to form Siemens Gamesa, Adwen technology was abandoned in favor of gearless Siemens technology in autumn 2017.

Gamesa offshore projects were:

  • In spring 2007 the El Abra nearshore wind farm was put into operation in the port of Bilbao (five G80-2.0MW.) The total output of the wind farm is 10 megawatts . The turbines were erected directly on the harbor mole .
  • At the end of 2013 a G128-5.0MW was installed in the port of Arinaga on Gran Canaria .
  • In 2018, the first floating wind turbine called Elican was also built off Gran Canaria. A G132-5.0MW was used. The system was installed on a new type of tower.
Plant type AD 5-116 AD 5-135 AD 8-180
Nominal power (kW) 5000 5000 8000
Rotor diameter (m) 116 135 180
AREVA wind turbines in the alpha ventus offshore wind farm

Offshore wind farms with Adwen wind turbines and AREVA wind technology:

On June 21, 2016, Adwen and supplier LM Wind Power presented the longest rotor blade in the world at 88.4 meters for the Adwen AD 8-180. The only prototype of the AD 8-180 with a nominal power of 8 MW and a rotor diameter of 180 meters was erected in spring 2017 on the disused airfield Bremerhaven-Luneort and put into operation in July 2017. The operation of the prototype is supported as a research project by Fraunhofer IWES and funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy .

See also

Web links

Commons : Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Annual report 2016. (PDF) Gamesa, accessed on February 11, 2019 (English).
  2. Vestas again wind world champion - Nordex conquers top 10 position. IWR, February 23, 2017, accessed February 25, 2017 .
  3. Goldwind ousts Vestas as the onshore market leader, Siemens remains the offshore frontrunner. IWR, accessed February 23, 2016 .
  4. Thomas Urban : With the power of the wind. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
  5. Joachim Zentes, Bernhard Swoboda: Case studies on international management . 2., completely revised Edition. Springer-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-409-21513-1 ( google.com [accessed January 12, 2016]).
  6. Gamesa compra a Vesta el 40% de Gamesa Eólica. In: El País . December 4, 2001, Retrieved January 12, 2016 (Spanish).
  7. Enercity takes over Siemens Gamesa's wind power subsidiary. In: Süddeutsche.de . Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  8. Bankia vuelve al IBEX 35 acompañado de Gamesa y salen del índice Endesa y Acerinox. In: Radiotelevisión Española . December 12, 2013, Retrieved December 23, 2013 (Spanish).
  9. ^ A b Gamesa and AREVA create the joint venture Adwen. Retrieved January 11, 2016 .
  10. Nuclear company puts an end to wind power. In: Handelsblatt . September 15, 2016, accessed February 10, 2019 .
  11. Siemens takeover gives Gamesa shareholders a hefty dividend. IWR, April 5, 2017, accessed April 13, 2017 .
  12. ^ Rüdiger Köhn: The first victims of the Siemens Gamesa merger . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of June 16, 2017, p. 23.
  13. Gamesa unveils 2.5MW low-wind turbine at China Wind Power 2015 . In: Windpower Monthly , October 14, 2015, accessed October 14, 2015.
  14. ^ Turbines of the year: Size matters for industry awards . In: Windpower Monthly , December 31, 2016, accessed January 3, 2016.
  15. Siemens Gamesa delivers direct drive systems to France and takes Adwen type out of the range. In: Renewable Energies. The magazine . September 21, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017 .
  16. Port Of Bilbao, Spain Wind Park  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: appropedia.org , accessed August 12, 2018@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.appropedia.org  
  17. The Elican Project In: esteyco.com , accessed on February 12 of 2019.
  18. Meet LM 88.4 P - the world's longest wind turbine blade. In: lmwindpower.com. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .
  19. Jürgen Rabbel: The world's largest wind turbine is being built in Bremerhaven. In: Nord 24. Nordsee-Zeitung , accessed on January 16, 2017 .
  20. Fraunhofer IWES develops research test field for offshore plants. Fraunhofer IWES , December 20, 2016, accessed on January 17, 2017 .