GE Renewable Energy to deliver wind turbines for 300MW wind farm in Gujarat

• 4 years ago (2020-02-27)
• David Flin

Asia 850 Wind 239

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GE Renewable Energy has received an order from the EDF-SITAC joint venture to supply and install 112 of its 2.7MW wind turbines with 132m rotor at the Sitac Kabini wind farm in Gujarat, India. The 112 units will be installed and commissioned over the next year.

EDF Renewables and the Sitac Group previously announced that they have secured a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement for the wind farm through a competitive bidding process with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a public sector company under the administrative control of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

The 300MW Sitac Kabini will help the Government of Gujarat reach its Renewable Power Obligations (RPO) to bring the percentage of renewable sources to 17 per cent of its installed capacity, up from its current 10 per cent.

GE described its 2.7-132 turbine as being ideally suited for Gujarat’s wind speed regime. The turbine was designed primarily at GE’s Technology Centre in Bangalore.

Malvinder Singh, Chairman of the SITAC Group, said: “The SITAC Kabini project is the seventh wind power project in India for the EDF/SITAC Joint Venture. We will build on our execution capability to construct this project, and we look forward to working with GE to achieve this important milestone which will further strengthen our market presence with our partners across India in the renewable energy sector.”