Renewable energy developer Siemens Gamesa today announced it
has bagged a contract from an Independent Power Producer to set up a Wind-Solar
hybri renewable energy project in Karnataka.
The Wind Solar Hybrid (WiSH) project constitutes the
hybridization of an existing 50 MW wind farm with 28.8 MW solar power plant to
be executed in the state of Karnataka, the company said in a statement.
As part of the contract, Siemens Gamesa will provide a
complete turnkey EPC solution that includes engineering and design of the solar
farm, supply of inverters, erection and commissioning of the 28.8 MW
photovoltaic solar farm in hybrid with the existing Wind farm. The project is
expected to be commissioned by the end of 2017.
“As the first large commercial level hybrid project in the
country, we are proud to have initiated this new phase of renewable energy
which ensures optimal harnessing of both Wind and Solar energy technologies.
This integrated approach will certainly place renewable energy in a new light
thus ensuring maximum advantage for its investors,” said Ramesh Kymal, Chairman
and Managing Director, Siemens Gamesa India.
Siemens Gamesa is present in the solar value chain providing
Solar EPC solutions for MW Scale Solar projects, Distributed Generation based
solar EPC, off-grid and Hybrid solutions besides continuing to expand its
Inverter Solutions.
"With the potential of Hybrid at around 15 GW in India,
it will be the perfect Techno-Commercial solution for ensuring the best optimal
outcome of renewable energy systems. We are seeing growing interest among the
customers in adopting this form of integrated renewable energy system to
complement their energy needs,” Said K V Sajay, Executive Vice President, Solar
Business unit, Siemens Gamesa India.
The merger between Gamesa and Siemens Wind Power became
effective in April 2017. The combined entity is present in over 90 countries
and have 80 GW of installed capacity worldwide.
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