Nacelles are 90 ton boxes, which will sit atop the tower of a wind turbine and connect the turbine blades to a drive train and gear box.
Siemens is planning to increase employment in its wind unit in US by 25% to 1,000 in the US, for a total of 5,500 globally.
Vestas and GE were a little bit ahead of us. They started in the wind business a little bit earlier, said Randy Zwirn, president and chief executive officer of Siemens Energy Inc., noting Siemens entered wind power in 2005 with the acquisition of a Danish firm. We have had solid growth.
