LOCATION/TYPE

NEWS HOME

[ exact phrase in "" • results by date ]

[ Google-powered • results by relevance ]


Archive
RSS

Add NWW headlines to your site (click here)

Get weekly updates

WHAT TO DO
when your community is targeted

RSS

RSS feeds and more

Keep Wind Watch online and independent!

Donate via Paypal

Donate via Stripe

Selected Documents

All Documents

Research Links

Alerts

Press Releases

FAQs

Campaign Material

Photos & Graphics

Videos

Allied Groups

Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005.

News Watch Home

Planned merger would create wind behemoth 

Credit:  Source: Daniel Cusick, E&E reporter | via www.governorswindenergycoalition.org ~~

Two major European energy companies, Siemens and Gamesa, will combine their wind divisions under an agreement announced this morning that should establish a new market leader in the world’s largest renewable energy sector.

Under a binding agreement valued at €1 billion ($1.13 billion), Siemens AG, headquartered in Germany but with a global supply chain extending across a number of sectors and countries, will acquire majority stake in Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica SA of Spain.

The new company would retain Gamesa’s Madrid headquarters for onshore wind operations, while offshore wind projects will be managed from offices in Germany and Denmark, according to terms disclosed in a press release.

“The two businesses are highly complementary in terms of global footprint, existing product portfolios and technologies,” officials said in a statement. “The combined business will have a global reach across all important regions, and manufacturing footprints in all continents.”

Siemens would hold five out of 13 seats on the company’s board of directors, but it would effectively own the firm with 59 percent of combined shares, and all financial disclosures would be reported by Siemens, officials said.

Gamesa’s existing shareholders would own 41 percent of the company. In addition, Siemens will pay Gamesa shareholders a nearly €3.75-per-share ($4.22) cash dividend.

The deal is subject to Gamesa shareholder approval, and it must receive the endorsement of Spain’s National Securities Market Commission, since the combined company would be formally listed in that country. Officials said they hope to finalize the deal by the first quarter of 2017.

A combined Siemens-Gamesa wind energy firm would have a global generation portfolio of 69 gigawatts and more than 60,000 employees. The new company would have revenues of nearly €9.3 billion ($10.5 billion) and adjusted earnings before taxes of €839 million ($945 million). Combined existing turbine orders from the two companies amounts to roughly €20 million ($22.5 million), according to officials.

The company would also overtake Vestas Wind Systems A/S as the world’s largest wind energy company, while also bolstering its market position in Europe, North America, Latin America and South Asia, officials said. Gamesa is generally viewed as a leader in wind energy development in emerging markets, including India and Brazil, while Siemens has a major presence in Europe and North America.

“The combination of our wind business with Gamesa follows a clear and compelling industrial logic in an attractive growth industry, in which scale is a key to making renewable energy more cost-effective,” Joe Kaeser, president and CEO of Siemens, said in a statement. “With this business combination, we can provide even greater opportunities to the customers and value to the shareholders of the new company.”

Officials estimate the merger will save up to €230 million ($260 million) through greater scaling and other efficiencies by the fourth year of operations.

Two other firms were also affected by the deal. Iberdrola SA, also of Spain, agreed to dilute its holdings in Gamesa from 20 to 8 percent, while Areva SA of France agreed to waive contractual obligations made by Gamesa in the company’s formation of a 50/50 offshore wind energy venture called Adwen.

Source:  Source: Daniel Cusick, E&E reporter | via www.governorswindenergycoalition.org

This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.

The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.

Wind Watch relies entirely
on User Funding
   Donate via Paypal
(via Paypal)
Donate via Stripe
(via Stripe)

Share:

e-mail X FB LI TG TG Share


News Watch Home

Get the Facts
CONTACT DONATE PRIVACY ABOUT SEARCH
© National Wind Watch, Inc.
Use of copyrighted material adheres to Fair Use.
"Wind Watch" is a registered trademark.

 Follow:

Wind Watch on X Wind Watch on Facebook

Wind Watch on Linked In Wind Watch on Mastodon