Suzlon Group’s UK subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, a leading manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines, has reached the historic milestone of 1 gigawatt (GW) installed capacity across UK wind farms. REpower UK is only the third manufacturer in the UK to achieve the 1 GW watershed.
Since its inception in 2005, REpower UK has consistently been one of the fastest growing turbine manufacturers in the UK. The company has taken just over two years to add a further 500 MW to its portfolio since announcing 500 MW of installed capacity in the summer of 2010. By 2014 REpower UK is looking to secure 25 per cent of UK onshore market share and 30 per cent of UK offshore market share.
Since REpower UK reached 500 MW installed capacity back in 2010, the manufacturer has added a substantial number of wind farms to its portfolio in England, Scotland and Wales. These include the Penny Hill wind farm developed by Banks Renewables which features six 3.4M104 turbines and was the project that took REpower UK to 1 GW. 3.4M104 is currently the company’s most powerful onshore wind turbine, and is the most powerful onshore turbine to be installed and operate in the UK.
Rick Eggleston, Managing Director of REpower UK says: “We are delighted to reach the historic milestone of 1 GW of installed capacity in the UK. We believe this is testament to the quality and reliability of REpower’s turbine technology which is ideally suited to UK wind conditions both onshore and offshore. We are committed to developing our market share and installed base in the UK wind power sector, and to building further on the successful relationships we have developed since we installed our first turbine in the UK in 2005.”
