Suzlon bags Rs 865cr order from Hindustan Zinc

MUMBAI: The country's largest wind turbine maker Suzlon today won a Rs 865-crore order from the Vedanta Group firm Hindustan Zinc to set up wind farms in four states which will together generate 150 megawatt (MW).

The project entails setting up 150 mw capacity in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu by September, besides operating and maintaining the mills, a release issued by Suzlon from Pune said today.

First 50 MW will be completed by March and the remaining by September, the release said, adding the output will be purchased by discoms of the respective states under a long-term PPA (power purchase agreement).

The London-based USD 8 billion Vedanta Group, which is into mining and metals, already has 125 MW of installed capacity in Gujarat and Karnataka and the new project will take its total portfolio to 275 MW and help it earn more carbon credits under the clean development mechanism.