Adwen

Adwen GmbH (former names: Multibrid GmbH and Areva Wind GmbH) is an offshore wind service company headquartered in Bremerhaven, Germany. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Spanish-German company Siemens Gamesa. Previously the company designed, assembled, and installed 5-Megawatt wind turbines for offshore wind farms. It also designed and manufactured rotor blades through its subsidiary Adwen Blades GmbH, headquartered in Stade, Germany. History Adwen was established as Multibrid GmbH by Pfleiderer Wind Energy GmbH in 2000, after acquiring Multibrid turbine technology from aerodyn Energiesysteme GmbH. In 2003, Multibrid was bought by Prokon Nord Energiesysteme GmbH. In 2007, Multibrid opened a wind turbine assembly plant in Bremerhaven. At the same year, Prokon Nord established a blade manufacturer PN Rotor GmbH. The French nuclear corporation Areva invested in Multibrid in 2007, buying 51% of the company's shares for €150 million. In 2009, Areva acquired PN Rotor, which became Areva Blades. Areva bought the remaining 49% of shares of Multibrid in 2010. Correspondingly, the company was renamed Areva Wind GmbH. 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. In 2009, Multibrid installed six wind turbines at the Alpha Ventus Offshore Wind Farm. In 2009, Areva Wind was selected as a turbine supplier for the Global Tech 1 offshore wind farm, in 2010 for the Borkum West II offshore wind farm and in 2012 for the Wikinger offshore wind farm.