Saturday, September 22, 2012


Suzlon Group subsidiary REpower and WSB sign 45 MW contract for Poland

Pune/Hamburg: Yesterday at the HUSUM WindEnergy trade fair, Suzlon Group’s subsidiary REpower Systems SE and WSB Neue Energien GmbH signed a contract for the delivery and construction of 22 REpower MM92 wind turbines. The turbines, each with a rated power of 2.05 megawatts (MW), are intended for the Taczalin project near Legnica in the Polish province of Lower Silesia. Construction and
commissioning of the wind farm, which will have a total power output of 45.1 MW, are scheduled for completion in August 2013.

After signing the contract, Jens Müller Nielsen, Managing Director of REpower Systems Polska SP.z.o.o., which serves the Polish market, said: “REpower has been operating on the Polish market since 2010 and since then has sold wind farms with a power output totalling more than 200 MW. The Taczalin project is our biggest ever in Poland.”

“We are delighted to continue our successful cooperation with REpower, a strong partner with whom we can accelerate our already burgeoning growth in international activities,” says Andreas Dorner, Managing Director of WSB Neue Energien GmbH.

In August 2011, Dresden-based WSB commissioned a wind farm near Opole, its first in Poland. Now, 15 REpower MM 92 turbines supply around 41,000 households with eco-friendly electricity. REpower has already set up two service support points in Poland for the maintenance of its turbines installations there. The sales team responsible for the market is based in Warsaw.

About REpower:

REpower Systems SE, a wholly owned subsidiary within the Suzlon group, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The international mechanical engineering company develops, produces and markets wind turbines for almost any location – with rated outputs of 1.8 MW to 6.15 MW and rotor diameters of 82 metres to 126 metres. Furthermore, the company offers its customers project specific solutions in the areas of turnkey, service and maintenance, transport and installation, as well as foundation planning and construction. The profitable and reliable systems are designed at the REpower TechCenter in Osterrönfeld and manufactured at its plants in Husum (North Friesland), Trampe  Brandenburg) and Bremerhaven as well as Portugal, India and China. With more than 2,900 employees  worldwide the company headquartered in Hamburg can make use of the experience gained from the manufacture and installation of over 3,800 wind turbines around the world. REpower is represented by
Suzlon Energy Limited One Earth, Hadapsar, Pune – 411 028, India
Registered Office “Suzlon”, 5, Shrimali Society, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad – 380 009, India distribution partners, subsidiaries and participations in European markets such as France, Belgium, the UK, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Poland and Spain as well as on a global level in the USA, China, Australia and Canada.

About Suzlon Group:

The Suzlon Group is ranked as the world’s fifth largest* wind turbine supplier, in terms of cumulative installed capacity, at the end of 2011. The company’s global spread extends across Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and North and South America approaching 20,000 MW of wind energy capacity installed in 30 countries, operations across 33 countries and a workforce of over 13,000. The Group offers one of the most comprehensive product portfolios – ranging from sub-megawatt on-shore turbines at 600 Kilowatts (KW), to the world’s largest commercially-available offshore turbine at 6.15 MW – with a vertically integrated, low-cost, manufacturing base. The Group – headquartered at Suzlon One Earth in Pune, India – comprises Suzlon Energy Limited and its subsidiaries, including REpower Systems SE. Visit us at
www.suzlon.com
Source: *BTM Consult ApS – A part of Navigant Consulting – World Market Update 2012.

About WSB Corporate Group:

The WSB Corporate Group with headquarters in Dresden is one of the big full service providers for renewable energy projects in Germany. Project development and commercialization of wind farm and photovoltaic projects form our core business. Since 1996 WSB has erected more than 290 wind turbines with an installed capacity of 495 megawatts and a project volume of over 740 million Euros. The group and its associated companies employ more than 200 people in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania.

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