Suzlon subsidiary bags Austria windfarm project

Suzlon Group subsidiary REpower Systems on Thursday said in a company statement as having signed a 25.6-MW contract with Windkraft Simonsfeld to supply eight 3.2 M114 turbines for its windfarm project in Austria.

Each rated with a power output of 3.2MW and a hub height of 143 metres, the turbines will be supplied for the Poysdorf-Wilfersdorf III windfarm in Austria. "With a total height of 200 metres, the REpower 3.2M114, which is the tallest wind turbine ever built in that country, will be delivered in the second quarter of 2013 and the project is schedule to go live in the fourth quarter," it said.

Besides delivery, the Hamburg-based REpower will also be responsible for constructing and commissioning these turbines, besides maintaining them as well as conclude a 20-year integrated service package (ISP) contract with Windkraft Simonsfeld, the release said.

"The Austrian market offers huge potential that we are keen to leverage for the benefit of REpower. This is why we plan to further strengthen our activities here in the future," REpower Systems Managing Director Jens Müller-Nielsen said.

Compared to a 3.2M114 turbine with a hub height of 93 metres, a hub height of 143 metres can increase yields at locations with low wind speeds by up to 50%, he said.

"Following the initial positive experiences we had with REpower in the construction of our five 2.05MW turbines at the Dürnkrut windfarm, it was only logical to take the step into the 3MW class together," Windkraft Simonsfeld Head of Engineering Markus Winter said.