LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business, has completed the production of the 50,000th wind turbine blade in India.
The blade was built at LM Wind Power’s manufacturing site in Vadodara, Gujarat, a release by LM Wind Power said. (see photograph)
LM Wind Power’s operations in India began in 1994 with the production of the 13.4m blades in Hoskote, near Bangalore. Today, the length of the blades produced in India exceeds 80m.
Currently, about 70 per cent of blades manufactured in LM Wind Power’s factories in India are exported, supporting the Government of India’s vision of ‘Make in India,Make for World’.
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A GE Renewable Energy business, LM Wind Power operates a factory in Dabaspet, Bangalore; and another in Vadodara, Gujarat – recognized as one of the largest production sites in the world. It may be mentioned that GE Renewable Energy is an integral part of the GE Vernova portfolio of energy businesses.