Suzlon Group signs contract for 332 MW for German offshore project

Suzlon Group-subsidiary REpower Systems SE has signed a contract with PNE Wind AG to deliver 54 offshore wind turbines. The 6M turbines, each with 6,150 kW of rated power, are intended for the Gode Wind I wind farm. The project is based in the German North Sea, around 35 km north of the East Frisian Islands in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Germany. This is the largest-ever offshore project with REpower turbines and one of the world's biggest open-sea projects with turbines in the multi-megawatt class.

The wind turbines are set to be installed and commissioned in 2015. At the Gode Wind I site, the water is between 28 and 34 meters deep.

The REpower 6M is the most powerful wind turbine ever to be installed on the high seas anywhere in the world. The turbine is produced in Bremerhaven, Germany. In 2009, 3 prototypes of the REpower 6M were installed onshore at the Ellhoft wind farm, near the German-Danish border. The first offshore installations were recently erected in the Belgian Thornton Bank wind project. REpower has already sold 150 of this type of turbine, including Gode Wind. With 6150 kW of rated power, an individual turbine installed offshore can supply more than 6000 households with electricity. As it has 332 MW of rated power, the Gode Wind I wind farm will generate enough electricity to provide power to approximately 324,000 households.