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The factory will produce blades for the G114-2.0 MW class S turbine, tailor-designed for the Indian market Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Ramesh Kymal, Gamesa's CEO in India, and José Antonio Cortajarena, Gamesa's Chief Corporate and General Secretary, presided the inauguration ceremony  Gamesa today inaugurated its new factory in the Nellore region, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, one of the country's fastest-growing wind power producing regions. Construction of this manufacturing facility, one of the company's largest in India, is framed by Gamesa's growth plans, which contemplate capex of more than €100 million through 2017 to reinforce its manufacturing presence in this market. The inauguration ceremony was presided by Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Ramesh Kymal, CEO of India, José Antonio Cortajarena, Chief Corporate and General Secretary, Iñaki Murgiondo, Industrial Managing Director

Gamesa India, a leading renewable energy company, has signed a 100 mW Wind Power Project Order with Hero Future Energies (HFE), a venture of The Hero Group that caters to providing renewable power.  Under this contract Gamesa will supply and erect 50 units of G97-2.0 mW turbines with a tower height of 104 metres at Dhar site in Madhya Pradesh. The commissioning is scheduled for March 2016.  Chairman and Managing Director, Gamesa India. Ramesh Kymal said, “We are happy to announce our new order win from The Hero Group. This partnership shows the trust customers have in our project capabilities and help us inch closer to the renewable energy targets set by the government which will secure the energy requirements of the country.” Rahul Munjal, Managing Director of Hero Future Energies (HFE), commented, “Completing this and other such developments in the pipeline, our cumulative installed capacity is likely to be over 500 mW by 2016.”   DH

HYDERABAD:  In a major boost to renewable energy sector, the Andhra Pradesh Government has inked memorandums with several companies with a total investment outlay potential of Rs. 19,000 crore. SBJ Cleantech, a joint venture of SoftBank Corporation of Japan, Foxconn Technology Group of Taiwan and Bharti Enterprises; Gamesa, the Spanish wind turbine maker, and Accinona Energia signed separate agreements for setting up solar and wind power projects in the State. The three-way venture of SBJ Cleantech has outlined plans to develop 2 Giga Watt solar (2000 MW) and One Giga Watt (1000 MW) wind power projects. Wind power companies Gamesa, Suzlon, Regen Power and Renew Power have outlined their plans for over the next five years, which includes wind power projects and turbine facilities. The Chief Minister, N Chandrababu Naidu, has assured strengthening of transmission network and wanted the developers to bring down the cost to Rs. 4 per unit from Rs. 6 now.