Nordex has received a turnkey order for a wind project in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
The agreement, for the 300MW Mulanur facility, is with Sprng Energy Private Limited, a subsidiary of private equity fund Actis.
Construction of the project, near the city of Coimbatore, will start in May 2019 with completion slated for the beginning of 2020.
Under the turnkey contract, Nordex will supply, erect and commission 100 AW140/3000 turbines, each with 3MW capacities.
The turbines will have rotor diameters of 140 metres and hub heights of 120 metres.
Nordex will build the turbines and rotor blades in its local factories near Chennai.
The 120-metre concrete towers for the turbines will be made in the Nordex factory located in Tamil Nadu, near the wind project.
Nordex chief sales officer Patxi Landa said: “Local production creates jobs and reduces investment costs.”
Sprng Energy chief executive Gaurav Sood said: “We are excited to partner with Nordex Group and set-up the state of the art 3MW WTG, which will be the largest turbine in India, having the biggest rotor of 140 metres, for our project.”
Sprng Energy is a renewable energy platform, set up in India by Actis, with a total obligation of $450 million from ‘Actis Energy Fund 4’ to develop around 2GW of solar and wind capacity in the next four to five years.