- Category: Projects and Contracts
REpower Systems AG has secured three contracts with the company Fenland Wind Farms Ltd to supply 22 wind energy turbines, each of 2MW, in the East Anglia region of the UK. Fenland Wind Farms Ltd was established specifically for this project by the French green electricity producer EDF Energies Nouvelles, an affiliate of EDF Group. The three wind parks should be completed and put into operation by spring 2006. The total project turnover for REpower should exceed € 32 million. The ‘Fenland Wind Farms’ will be erected in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire in eastern England on three sites. The wind parks were developed by the independent British project developer Wind Prospect Group in cooperation with EDF Energies Nouvelles. REpower UK Ltd, a joint venture between REpower Systems AG and the specialist engineering company Peter Brotherhood Ltd, will take responsibility for the construction of the turbines.
- Category: Projects and Contracts
On 26 May, government and business dignitaries gathered with local townspeople to officially dedicate the Arklow Bank Offshore Wind Park. Built, owned and operated by GE Energy, the plant is the first large-scale offshore wind energy facility developed solely as a technology demonstration and learning platform for offshore wind power, and represents Ireland’s first offshore wind project. Placed in operation in June 2004, GE’s seven 3.6MW wind turbines bring 25MW of wind-generated capacity to Ireland’s electricity grid. The project is sited about 10km from Arklow’s shore on the Arklow Bank in the Irish Sea. The current 25MW project is considered phase 1 of the overall proposed project. Under the terms of the project’s co-development agreement, once GE’s demonstration is complete – approximately two years from first operation – Zeusford, a company owned 50% by Airtricity and EHN of Spain, holds an option to purchase the project from GE. Further future development of the project to its potential 520MW has been proposed by Zeusford.
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Surana Industries Limited of Chennai, India, a producer of thermo-mechanically treated (TMT) bar steel and stainless steel products and components, is turning to wind energy to help power its factories. The company has selected GE Energy’s wind turbine technology for a 12MW wind farm to be located in the village of Radhapuram in the state of Tamilnadu, South India. GE is supplying eight of its 1.5MW wind turbines for the project, which is scheduled for commissioning in July 2005 and is expected to generate approximately 36 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. GE is also providing technical advisory services for the erection and commissioning of the turbines, and operation and maintenance services for five years.
- Category: Projects and Contracts

- Category: Projects and Contracts

- Category: Projects and Contracts
REpower Systems AG has signed a supply agreement with its Chinese licence partner, Dongfang Steam Turbine Works (DFSTW), for their first joint project in China. By the end of the year, seven wind energy turbines of the 1.5MW class are to be erected in Chinese Rongcheng (Shandong Province).
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