The world’s fifth and India’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Suzlon Energy Ltd, will supply six of its S88 2.1 MW wind turbines to the Bulgarian industrial group, Technomash, during 2009 and 2010 for installation on a wind farm close to Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast.
“Bulgaria offers an excellent wind regime and supportive investment climate, and we aim to expand the wind market in the country," said Erik Winther Pedersen, CEO of Suzlon Wind Energy.
“This is both an important order and important new market for Suzlon. Europe forms the largest market for wind energy, and we are focused on expanding our footprint in the market,” added Sumant Sinha, COO of Suzlon Energy Limited.
According to Suzlon, Bulgaria offers considerable potential for wind farm development, with around 3,400 MW of wind resource that can be developed in the mid-term. Furthermore, the Bulgarian government has announced a generous feed-in tariff for wind energy and has set a maximum of 11% of gross energy consumption to come from renewable energy sources by 2010.
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