2000 headquarters bremerhaven germany products design assembly and installation of offshore wind turbines number of employees 360 80 for areva blades website www.adwenoffshore.com areva wind is a subsidiary of areva a french nuclear company . the company designs assembles installs and commissions 5 megawatt wind turbines for offshore wind farms a growing international industry . each turbine can produce enough electricity to power 4 000 to 5 000 homes . areva also designs and manufactures rotor blades through its subsidiary areva blades . areva wind is headquartered in bremerhaven germany 1 and areva blades is located in stade germany . 1 areva wind produced 6 of 12 turbines for the first german offshore test field alpha ventus and is producing turbines for commercial wind farms in the north sea . 2 3 areva says it is europe s second largest offshore wind industry player and it will have installed more than 120 turbines in the waters around europe by 2013 . 4 the company is active in the uk and france and has stated that it plans to develop offshore wind in north america . 5 contents 1 history 2 organization 3 technology 4 projects 5 awards 6 references history edit areva wind began as multibrid gmbh which along with areva blades was owned by the energy company prokon nord energiesysteme . the areva group first invested in multibrid in 2007 buying 51 % of the company s shares from prokon nord energiesysteme for 150 million . it bought the remaining 49 % of shares in 2010 . 6 in 2009 areva acquired areva blades formerly pn rotor and added the subsidiary to its renewables business group . 7 organization edit areva wind is one of four units in areva s renewable energies business group areva renewables . jean huby is areva wind s executive vice president . 8 areva wind is headquartered in the north of germany . all of its m5000 wind turbines are developed and manufactured at bremerhaven . the blades for the m5000 are manufactured in stade areva blades . 9 both plants are located near the port of bremerhaven or hamburg . 9 areva operates a 50 50 joint venture for offshore turbines with gamesa corporaci n tecnol gica called adwen . 10 11 for the year of 2015 adwen had a market share of 18 % . 12 technology edit the areva m5000 the m stands for multibrid which means multi megawatts and a hybrid design is designed for harsh offshore conditions . 13 the design has been made by aerodyn energiesysteme . 14 the turbine design has got the if design award 1999 bartsch aerodyn . 15 it can power up to 5 000 households . 16 its hybrid drive system and lightweight blades were designed for compactness and reliability . 17 weighing 815 metric tons including the 500 metric ton tower the wind turbine operates at wind speeds of 3.5 25 m s. the hub height is 90 m lat and the diameter of the rotor is 116 m. 18 the turbine includes a unique anti corrosion system . this innovation has got the european inventor award 2008 by european patent office . 19 projects edit the first prototype was installed in 2004 . three additional onshore turbines were installed in 2008 in order to develop expertise with tripods large hub heights erection lifting equipment logistics and serial manufacturing . 20 in 2009 areva wind completed the epc supply and commissioning of 6 m5000 turbines for the first german offshore wind farm alpha ventus . 21 alpha ventus is situated near the german island of borkum in the north sea . 21 the farm was completed in september 2009 and incorporates 12 wind turbines with a total production of 60 mw . six of those are areva wind m5000 models and the remaining 6 were made by repower . 20 the farm is owned and operated by the doti syndicate which comprises e.on energy projects gmbh ewe ag and vattenfall europe . 22 areva wind was selected in 2010 to supply 40 areva m5000 wind turbines for the 200 mw borkum west ii offshore project run by trianel . this project is also located on the north sea close to the alpha ventus test field . 21 the global tech north sea wind park is a 1.3 billion project by global tech 1 north sea gmbh scheduled for construction between 2012 and 2013 . 23 it will consist of 80 m5000 turbines all supplied by areva wind in an 800 million contract . 23 the 400 mw farm will be situated 110 km northwest of cuxhaven in the german exclusive economic zone awz . it is expected to help cut germany s carbon dioxide emissions by 1.2 million tons each year . 23 in may 2011 areva signed a partnership agreement with gdf suez and vinci sa to respond jointly to the january 2011 call for tenders announced by french president nicolas sarkozy . 24 the government is targeting 6 000 mw of offshore wind capacity by 2020 and intends to build 5 offshore wind farms along the french coast . the agreement applies exclusively to three wind farms at dieppe le tr port courseulles sur mer and f camp . these wind farms are expected to serve the electricity requirements of several million people for an average duration of 30 years . 25 in june 2011 iberdrola renewables and areva signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop offshore wind projects in france following the government s announcement of a plan to reach a 6 gw target by 2020 . the partners will compete for two of the country s five offshore zones offered in a first phase of bidding . 26 awards edit areva s m5000 was the offshore turbine of the year 2012 27 references edit a b http www.areva.com en operations 412 areva wind design assembly manufacture of offshore wind turbines.html german missions in south africa lesotho and swaziland home . oilvoice areva wins 400 million euros wind farm contract in germany . tara patel 18 may 2011 . areva gdf suez vinci team up to develop wind farms in france . bloomberg.com . offshore wind areva group . areva snaps up multibrid to create new division . areva snaps up german turbine blade manufacturer . areva names jean huby new ceo of areva wind . a b areva blades design and manufacture blades for offshore wind turbine . http www.adwenoffshore.com wind turbine firms gamesa and areva in joint venture . bbc . retrieved 13 june 2014 . reuters editorial 22 march 2016 . siemens ready to buy areva wind venture in gamesa deal paper . reuters . archived from the original on 28 march 2016 . retrieved 28 march 2016 . offshore wind areva group . areva multibrid s series production an ambitious growth path . http exhibition.ifdesign.de winner en.html ma id 7359 offshore wind areva group . http offshore windport.de fileadmin downloads unternehmen multibrid mb prospekt 10 uk.pdf areva m5000 116 manufacturers and turbines online access the wind power . european patent office . epo planting wind turbines on the sea . a b http www.renewable energy sources.com 2009 06 15 alpha ventus offshore project six tripods for 5 mw m5000 wind turbines are ready a b c http www.renewable energy sources.com 2009 07 21 alpha ventus project first areva multibrid m5000 wind turbine installed http www.offshore wind.de page index.php id 9352 & l 1 a b c 400 mw global tech i north sea wind park project presented . german energy blog . http www.google.com hostednews afp article aleqm5jycna3ruvnzeistsld4xqc9fpxqw docid cng .5245208 a3cdbb72a5d8098fe7ef8e19a .211 http www.green energy news.com nwslnks clips511 may11018.html iberdrola renewables and areva join to bid for french offshore wind projects . offshore wind . turbines of the year the products that made the grade in 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title areva wind & oldid 739319680 categories engineering companies of germanywind turbine manufacturersareva navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated 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