Siemens Gamesa wins double royalties from GE as judge blasts corporate self-interest

The US-based OEM gets a court order to pay its European rival USD 60,000 per MW for patent violations on turbines selected for one of Ørsted’s US projects, rules judge, who also chastises the two corporate egos by saying the pair ought to fight climate change rather than each other.
Photo: Ørsted
Photo: Ørsted
BY MAZ PLECHINGER, TRANSLATED BY DANIEL FRANK CHRISTENSEN

That making money on US offshore wind is a tall order has been a pervasive theme throughout recent months. Nevertheless, at least one company will be able to turn a tidy profit on New Jersey’s forthcoming wind-at-sea facility, Ocean Wind – and that’s none other than Siemens Gamesa.

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