Suzlon wins order from Surat Municipal Corporation

BANGALORE: Wind turbine supplier Suzlon Group has bagged an order from Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) to set up and operate a 8.4 MW wind energy project in Gujarat.

The contract was awarded through the tender process. The project will comprise four units of Suzlon's S95 - 2.1 MW wind turbine and will be commissioned in early calendar year 2013, the company said in a statement.

Suzlon supplied a maiden 3 MW wind power project in 2010 for the SMC in Adodar, Gujarat.

The new project will augment SMC's existing wind power portfolio to 11.4 MW. Once commissioned, the project will help SMC to reduce its carbon footprint by eliminating approximately 15,000 tones of CO2 emissions per-annum, the company added.