Suzlon Group subsidiary REpower Systems SE has signed contracts to supply wind turbines for two wind farms in England for a total of 20 MW of power.
Armistead wind farm in South Cumbria, owned by Banks Renewables, will see six REpower MM82 machines installed while Carsington Pasture wind farm owned by International Power, an independent power generation company, will consist of four MM82 wind turbines.
Armistead wind farm will have a rated output of 12 MW and will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of nearly 7,000 homes annually, while those at Carsington wind farm will in total generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of at least 4,500 homes. Both projects are expected to be completed in early 2013.
Flimby wind farm REpower's first project with International Power was signed at the end of 2011. It will consist of three MM82 and is scheduled for completion at the end of 2012.
Since its launch in 2004, REpower UK has delivered 37 onshore wind farms in Scotland, England and Wales and two offshore wind farms: Project Beatrice in the North Sea and its largest offshore contract to date in the UK is the Ormonde wind farm, owned by Vattenfall.
This offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea consists of the 30 REpower 5M wind turbines with a total rated output of 150 MW.