December 02, 2008

Ghodawat to invest for manufacturing wind turbines

Ghodawat Industries India Limited has announced that it proposes to invest INR 100 crore for manufacturing 1.65 MW turbines by 2009.

Mr Shrenik Ghodawat MD of Ghodawat Industries said that "We are investing INR 100 crore in the first phase for manufacturing of turbines and for R&D. Wind turbines to be manufactured at Kolhapur, will have an initial production of 1.65 MW wind turbines in 2009."

Ghodawat Industries is foraying into wind turbine manufacturing in association with leading energy technologies company, American Superconductor Corporation. It will utilize AMSC's proprietary WT1650 wind turbine design, technology and core electrical components to begin manufacturing complete wind turbines for use in India and for export to countries in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.

Ghodawat Industries has been manufacturing wind turbine towers in its state of the art facility in Kolhapur for customers such as Suzlon, Vestas and Enercon.