GE wins 810 MW wind turbine contract from JSW Energy

GE 2.7 MW wind turbine model

GE Renewable Energy announced a contract with JSW Energy to supply 810 megawatt (MW) of wind power turbines by the first quarter of FY23.

GE Renewable Energy will supply the blades from LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business, from its factory in Halol, Gujarat. This wind turbine was designed primarily at GE’s Technology Centre in Bengaluru and is ideally suited for Tamil Nadu’s wind speed regime.

“It will be a unique partnership where both the companies will leverage their respective strengths to deliver competitive levelized cost of energy. Together, we are aiming at enabling the energy transition in India, helping the country to achieve its renewable energy targets,” Sheri Hickok, CEO of GE Renewable Energy’s Onshore Wind International business, said.

# GE to supply wind turbines for 810 MW of JSW Energy’s ongoing projects in India

# JSW selected GE’s 2.7-132 onshore wind turbine, a model primarily designed and manufactured in India, ideally suited for the country

# These machines will produce enough green energy to meet annual electricity requirements for ~2.1 million households in India

“The projects being implemented in Tamil Nadu is our first large scale wind power project,” Prashant Jain, managing director and CEO of JSW Energy, said.

JSW Energy recently announced a deal to buy 591 MW of wind power turbines from Saudi Arabia-based Alfanar-owned Senvion India.

JSW Energy is constructing around 2,500 MW of renewable power projects with the aim to achieve a total power generation capacity of 20,000 MW by 2030.

About 2,200 MW of wind and solar projects, tied with Solar Energy Corporation of India (Seci) and JSW Steel, are expected to be commissioned in the next 18-24 months. The company currently has a power generation capacity of 4,559 MW comprising 3,158 MW thermal, 1,391 MW hydel and 10 MW of solar power plants.

JSW Energy is currently constructing around 2,500 MW of renewable power projects with the aim to achieve a total power generation capacity of 20,000 MW by 2030, when the share of renewables in its total capacity is planned to increase to around 85 percent.

About 2,200 MW of wind and solar projects, tied with Solar Energy Corporation of India (Seci) and JSW Steel, are expected be commissioned in the next 18-24 months. The company currently has a power generation capacity of 4,559 MW comprising 3,158 MW thermal, 1,391 MW hydel and 10 MW of solar power plants.

The company had marked its entry into the country’s wind power generation sector by winning 810 MW projects in the auction conducted by Seci in August, 2020 against its quote of Rs 3 per unit. JSW selected the 2.7 MW model assembled at GE Renewable Energy’s site in Pune.