Inox Wind receives over Rs 900 crore order from Singapore-based Continuum Wind Energy

Inox Wind Limited (IWL), a subsidiary of Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFL), has been recently awarded a 170 MW order from Continuum Wind Energy, a Singapore based company. The Singapore based firm is indirectly majority owned by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners. The project is to be constructed in and around Ratlam and Mandsaur districts of Madhya Pradesh. 

The order, valued in excess of Rs 900 crore, is one of the largest wind turbine orders in the country for a single project, a release issued by IWL, a part of over US $ 2 billion Inox Group, involved in diverse businesses including industrial gases, refrigerants, chemicals, renewable energy and entertainment among others, said.

The order is for 85 units of IWL’s newly launched 2 MW wind turbine with 100 meter rotor diameter, a variant of its 2 MW wind turbine platform. “Inox will also carry out the erection and commissioning as well as the operations and maintenance of the project,” the release mentioned. Presently, IWL which has manufacturing plants in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, is implementing projects across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. The new order will be executed from IWL’s manufacturing unit at Rohika village in Ahmedabad district.

Source: Times of India