REpower Systems SE, the German unit of India’s Suzlon Energy Ltd. (SUEL), won orders to supply 58 megawatts of wind turbines for four wind farms in the U.K.
REpower signed a contract with Vattenfall AB to install 18 wind turbines with a total capacity of 37 megawatts, Pune, India-based Suzlon said in an e-mailed statement today.
Accords were also signed with Broadview Energy Ltd. for three machines generating 6.15 megawatts, Temporis Capital LLP for two turbines producing 6.8 megawatts and Good Energy Group for 8.2 megawatts from four turbines, Suzlon said.
Suzlon Energy said that REpower UK will be supplying turbines for new wind farms at Clashindarroch in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; Eye Airfield in Suffolk in the South East of Engliand; Hampole in Yorkshire and finally Westnewton located in Cumbria. Financial details were not disclosed.
Last week, Suzlon Energy said its subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, won an order to supply 24 wind turbines in France. REpower Systems SE signed a contract with Valorem for 24 wind turbines of type MM92 with 80 metres hub height and a rated power of 2 megawatts (MW) to be supplied to four windfarms located in French Picardie, Pays de la Loire and Burgundy regions. REpower will also provide the full maintenance of the windfarms for 10 years, Suzlon Energy said in a statement.
The Suzlon Group is ranked as the world's fifth largest wind turbine supplier, in terms of cumulative installed capacity and market share, at the end of 2012.