Suzlon secures 630 mw order

Mumbai, June 6 (UNI) Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation, the US-based subsidiary of Suzlon Energy A/S of Denmark, has signed a contract to supply a total of 300 units of the S88-2.1 MW turbine, which is equivalent to 630 MW of capacity, with Edison Mission Group (EMG) of Irvine, California.

The two-phase contract calls for delivery of 315 MW of turbine capacity in 2008 and another 315 MW of capacity in 2009, which along with previous purchases brings EMG's total committed Suzlon turbine capacity to over 1,000 MW and makes it Suzlon's biggest customer.

This is also the single largest order in Suzlon's history.

''This repeat order brings EMG's total committed capacity to a Suzlon company record of 1,000 megawatts,'' the company said in a statement here today, Andris Cukurs, CEO of Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation, based in Chicago, Illinois . ''Suzlon is honoured to say that EMG has become our biggest customer to date.'' The agreement includes a five-year contract for service and warranty in 2008. The turbines will be sited at various wind farm locations across the United States, which are yet to be announced.

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