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Wind turbine major Gamesa on Sunday formally launched its 2 MW machine. The turbine was unveiled by the Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah, at the 3rd International Wind Conference and Exhibition here.
The machine comes with an in-built ‘conditioning monitoring system', which collects real time performance data. This feature, company officials explained, helps in preventive maintenance, and hence increases the turbine's uptime.
Gamesa's 2 MW turbine approximately costs Rs 14.50 crore (to fully install) and would generate between 4.7 million units and 5.2 million units a year, it is learnt.
Gamesa officials said that next year, the company would offer its customers the option of a concrete tower too.
Spanish company Gamesa is the world's third largest manufacturer-supplier of wind turbines. Gamesa India began operations two years ago, and in calendar year 2011, notched up sales of about Rs 2,500 crore.
With the launch of this product, Gamesa has become the second wind turbine manufacturer to offer a 2-MW machine in India, (the first being Suzlon, which launched its 2.1 MW turbine in April last year).
For Indian conditions
Speaking to Business Line on the occasion of the launch here, the Chairman and Managing Director of Gamesa India, Mr Ramesh Kymal, said that Gamesa had modified the machine to suit Indian conditions. “We have tweaked the gear ratio and made the rotor diameter larger (97 metres),” he said.
Expects 750 MW in 2012
The company expects to sell machines worth 750 MW in (calendar) 2012. He said that Gamesa had budged for selling 70 of the 2-MW machines, but has received orders for twice the number and would therefore have to defer supply.
He said that the proportion of customers who are Independent Power Producers is also going up, and next year most of the customers would be IPPs.
Mr Kymal wants to quickly bring in the Renewable Energy Law, to give a fillip to the sector. He also wants the Reserve Bank of India to recognise ‘renewable energy certificates' (trade-able generation credits) as bankable.
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