Siemens receives order for wind turbines in Mexico

German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said Tuesday it has received an order for wind turbines from Mexico, first-come from Latin America.

Siemens, headquartered in Munich, said revenue generated by 23,000 million (34,000 million) in its environmental portfolio, up from 20,700 million in 2008.

Siemens said it received an order for 70 turbines for the windfarm The orchards in Tamaulipas, Mexico, worth about $ 270 million, and another order for Transpowder New Zealand Limited for 164 million euros to upgrade the power lines.

The company said the Mexican request was the first of the Latin American wind turbines.

Siemens added that the buyer is the Renewable Energy Solutions Group, Mexico. With a total installed capacity exceeding 160 megawatts, it is believed that the wind farm The orchards provide clean energy to 200,000 homes to be the largest establishment of its kind in Mexico.

In New Zealand, Siemens will modernize and increase the capacity of high voltage direct link between the islands of North and South for Transpower, the national energy company based in Wellington.

"Our products and green solutions help stabilize our business during the economic crisis," said Barbara Kux, chief sustainability of the firm, in a statement.

Siemens had said earlier this year she expects the governments of the 20 largest world economies will spend about 430,000 million dollars in the coming years to improve electricity infrastructure and transport networks to make them more efficient and less harmful to the environment. The company said it expects to benefit from this trend and increase their revenues in the environmental portfolio to 25,000 million euros for 2011.