Ostro Energy selects Gamesa to build two 200 MW wind farms in India

Indian renewable energy farm Ostro Energy has selected Spanish company Gamesa to build two 200 MW wind farms.

Under the deal, the company will install 100 G97-2.0 MW class S turbines, specially designed for the low wind speed sites of India.

Out of 100 turbines, 50 will be installed at the Amba wind farm, Madhya Pradesh and the rest of the 50 turbines will be installed at Nimbagallu wind farm, Andhra Pradesh.

The new deal has raised Gamesa’s order intake in India to 896 MW, out of which around 450 MW has been generated just in the third quarter.

Gamesa Indian operations chairman and managing director Ramesh Kymal said: "Gamesa has astutely leveraged its experience as wind farm developer and its broad range of products tailored to the idiosyncrasies of each market to become the number-one OEM in India, one of Gamesa’s key regions."

The new turbine has a tower height of 104 metres and certified by TÜV NORD. .

The Madhya Pradesh project is scheduled to be commissioned by 2017 and the project at Andhra Pradesh is scheduled to be launched by next year.

Ostro Energy CEO Ranjit Gupta quoted by The Time of India as saying: "With signing of contracts for Amba and Nimbagallu, Ostro now has over 300 MW of wind projects under various stages of construction in addition to its operating capacity of 60 MW."

Last month, Gamesa signed another contract in India for the supply of 100 MW to one of the country’s independent power producers Hero Future Energies (HFE).

Under the agreement, the company will install 50 G97-2.0 MW class S turbines at the Dhar wind farm, located in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

The commissioning of the farm is scheduled for next year.