* REpower and wpd europe GmbH enter into contract for six projects in Ontario
* Order for 51 units of MM92 – 2.05 MW turbines
* Service and maintenance agreement for 15 years
Hamburg/Toronto: Suzlon Group subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, has concluded a contract with wpd europe GmbH, a subsidiary of project developer wpd AG, for the delivery of a total of 51 wind turbines. As part of this, a service and maintenance agreement (ISP) for a total of 15 years for the new projects was also concluded.
The REpower MM92 turbines, each with a rated power of 2.05 megawatts (MW), are intended for a total of six projects, Whittington, Springwood, White Pines, Napier,Sumac Ridge and Fairview, to be constructed and commissioned in 2014.
In order to serve its growing business presence in Canada and to meet the 50 per cent domestic content requirement of the Green Energy Act, REpower also announced to setup a new rotor blade manufacturing facility in Southern Ontario.
Andreas Nauen, CEO of REpower Systems SE, said: “The 105-MW contract again shows that the cold climate version of our MM92 is very well suited to the conditions on the Canadian wind market. With our announcement of rotor blade production in Ontario, we are expanding our presence in Canada – a wind market with great potential – even further.”
Helmut Herold, Managing Director of REpower Systems Inc., REpower’s Canadian subsidiary, added: “We are pleased that with our commitment in Ontario we are able to make an important contribution to local value creation. The project management and setup of a rotor blade factory involves the creation of several hundred medium to long term jobs.”
Member of the Board of Directors of wpd Dr. Hartmut Brösamle, said: „Ontario is an important market to us. We have been active there since 2007 and an experienced team of ours will bring the first projects of more than 100 MW to the construction phase next year.”
Ian McRae, Managing Director of wpd Canada Corp., added: “Through the contract with REpower we are certain to have our wind farm equipped with reliable wind turbines and a sophisticated service concept. The local economy not only profits from clean and affordable energy but is also provided with new infrastructure in conjunction with the installation of the wind farms.”
Robert Hornung, President of the Canadian Wind Energy Association CanWEA, said: “This announcement provides further evidence of the wind energy industry’s ability to drive hundreds of millions of dollars in new investments across the manufacturing and supply chain sectors in Ontario. Besides playing a growing role in delivering clean and affordable energy to Ontario families, wind energy is creating very good jobs for our highly skilled workers and trades people. Following a near record year for new wind energy installations in Canada in 2012, Ontario is well positioned to attract even more clean energy investments going forward.”
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REpower in Canada:
REpower has been operating in Canada since 2007 and since then has connected wind farms with a total output of 84 MW to the grid. In the coming months, a further 350 MW in total will be connected. The headquarters of the REpower Systems Inc. are in Montreal. The company employs approximately 100 workers across the country.
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 meters to 126 meters. 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 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 with installations of over 20,000 MW and operations across 32 countries and a workforce of approximately 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 commerciallyavailable 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 Cons