Suzlon signs 20.5 MW UK contract with RWE npower renewables

Suzlon Group subsidiary, REpower Systems SE has signed a contract to supply 10 wind turbines to Bradwell wind farm, developed by RWE npower renewables.

PUNE (Scrap Monster): Suzlon Group subsidiary, REpower Systems SE has signed a contract to supply 10 wind turbines to Bradwell wind farm, developed by RWE npower renewables.

The wind farm, located to the south of Bradwell-On-Sea in Essex, will consist of REpower MM82 machines.The turbines at Bradwell, with a rated output of 2.05 MW each, will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of nearly 12,000 homes annually.

Installation of the wind turbines will start in the latter half of 2012 and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Rick Eggleston, Managing Director – REpower UK, commented: 'Signing the contract for Bradwell has boosted our RWE npower renewables portfolio to over 70 MW. They were one of the first companies to buy REpower wind turbines in the UK, so we're delighted to continue our relationship with them.'

Since its launch in 2004 REpower UK has delivered 36 onshore wind farms in Scotland, England and Wales and one offshore wind farm, Project Beatrice, in the North Sea.

However, its largest offshore contract is currently underway, with the company currently commissioning the 30 REpower 5M wind turbines for Vattenfall's Ormonde wind farm in the Irish Sea, with a total rated output of 150 MW.

Suzlon is a leading wind power company spread across worldwide, America, Australia, Europe, Denmark, India, with over 18,000 MW of wind energy capacity installed in 28 countries and operations in 32 countries.