Suzlon extends contract with PPM Energy, adding 300 MW

Mumbai, Jun 29 (UNI) Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation has extended its contract with the US-based PPM Energy for supply of additional 300 MW wind turbine capacity.

Suzlon Energy extended the original contract of supplying 400 MW of wind turbine capacity by another 300 MW, thus taking the total contract capacity to 700 MW, a company statement said today.

The original agreement had called for delivery of 300 MW of turbine capacity in 2008 and 100 MW of capacity in 2009, but now it has been extended to include an additional 300 MW, it said.

Suzlon Energy is one of the pioneers in the wind energy industry and PPM Energy is a part of the Iberdrola group of companies with more than 6,500 MW of combined wind power capacity.

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