Simens Gamesa India starts exporting wind energy equipment

Siemens Gamesa
Simens Gamesa India has started its India manufacturing facilities to export wind energy generation equipment, in addition to meeting domestic demand, informed CEO, Markus Tacke. The company has two blade factories in Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), and Halol (Gujarat), a nacelle factory at Mamandur (Tamil Nadu) and an operations and maintenance centre in Red Hills (Tamil Nadu). In 2017, business had become tough for wind energy equipment manufacturers after the Centre struck down feed-in-tariffs and introduced reverse bids for awarding wind energy generation tenders. A sudden drop in margins, coupled with the drying up of orders, had caused a setback for the domestic wind industry, forcing companies like Siemens Gamesa to look at overseas markets for their products. Commenting on the quantum of exports, India head of Siemens Gamesa, Ramesh Kymal, said, that the company has been sending blades to different places such as the Americas, and now the larger 145 motor that produces 4.5 MW of power from a wind turbine is also being exported.

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