Suzlon Group - the world's fifth-largest wind turbine manufacturer - will unveil its new offshore turbine, the REpower 6.2M152. With the new offering, the company once again sets standards in the cost-effective generation of offshore wind energy.
The new turbine features a rotor diameter of 152 metres, with the motors sweeping an area larger than three football pitches. The nacelle alone is as big as two detached houses and will be constructed offshore at a height of between 95 and 110 metres.
The Hamburg-based company has already sold the prototype REpower 6.2M152. Together with the customer, it has been agreed to construct the prototype with a hub height of 124 metres at an onshore site in northern Germany, with construction scheduled for completion by the end of 2014. From 2015, REpower 6.2M152 will enter commercial production. REpower already manufactures the world's most powerful commercially-produced offshore turbine. Since introducing its multi-megawatt offshore turbines ten years ago, REpower has constructed more than 100 turbines of this platform.
