Siemens Gamesa has landed the mandate to supply wind turbines aggregating 346 mw to Azure Power India Pvt Ltd, for the latter’s upcoming wind farm in Karnataka.
This contract also marks the entry of Azure Power in the wind energy segment. The company’s current portfolio (completed and under-construction projects) of over 7.4 GW is largely dominated by solar power.
The wind turbine supply agreement will cater to its projects under the SECI Hybrid IV, SECI XI tenders and its other energy pipelines, a release from Siemens Gamesa said.
The order entails the supply of 96 units of SG 3.6-145 wind turbines. The supply of turbines is scheduled to start in the April-June quarter of 2023.
Siemens Gamesa launched this new platform in 2020 during an ongoing pandemic and with this new deal takes order entry for the Siemens Gamesa 3.X platform in India past the 1.4 GW mark, helping to confirm its competitiveness in the Indian market.
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Since 2009
Siemens Gamesa has operated in India since 2009, and the base installed by the company recently surpassed the 8 GW mark. The company has blade factories in Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), a nacelle factory in Mamandur (Chennai, Tamil Nadu), and an operations and maintenance centre in Red Hills (Chennai, Tamil Nadu).
