Siemens to build R&D wind turbine center in Colorado

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Siemens says it intends to collaborate with NREL on the installation of a 2.3 MW pilot wind turbine at the NWTC.
Siemens Energy, the energy arm of the German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), today announced plans to establish its first U.S. wind turbine R&D competence center in Boulder, Colorado.

Also today, the company’s burgeoning renewable energy group announced intentions to enter a cooperative research and development agreement with the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) for the installation of a Siemens 2.3 MW pilot wind turbine at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), just outside of Boulder.

“The proximity of important institutions such as NREL and the NWTC, as well as the support received from the State of Colorado and the City of Boulder, make Boulder the perfect location for a R&D center," said Randy Zwirn, head of Siemens' Energy Sector in the U.S.

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