REpower supplies 26 Wind Turbines for Project in Northeastern France

Hamburg/Paris, 15 February 2010. REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) and EOLE-RES S.A, one of the leading French wind and solar power developers, based in Avignon, have signed an agreement for the supply of 26 wind turbines. The REpower MM92 turbines with a hub height of 88.5 meters and 2 megawatts (MW) of rated power are destined for Langres Sud wind farm in the department of Haute-Marne in the Champagne-Ardennes region. At full power the wind farm achieves a total generating capacity of 52 MW.


EOLE-RES S.A is the French subsidiary of RES Méditerranée SAS, one of France’s largest development companies for wind farm and solar power projects. Only recently REpower concluded its largest onshore contract in the history of the company for up to 954 MW with RES Canada inc., which also belongs to the RES Group, and other Canadian project partners.

Per Hornung Pedersen, CEO of REpower Systems AG, emphasizes: “As before, France remains one of the most important wind markets in Europe and we are delighted to be bringing together for the first time the long-standing experience of EOLE-RES and the expertise of REpower. So far we have set up almost 400 turbines with a total generating capacity of some 750 MW in various French regions and wish to expand our position here even further in the future.”

The projects are being executed by the French subsidiary REpower S.A.S, which is headquartered in Paris. Olivier Perot, CEO of REpower S.A.S., adds: “We are proud to have been selected for this project in the Champagne-Ardennes region where we have already set up several wind farms. We look forward to collaborating with EOLE-RES in the future in this and hopefully other projects.” The 26 wind turbines are already to be delivered and commissioned by October 2010.

Since the end of 2001, REpower Systems AG has been distributing, erecting and maintaining its turbines in the French wind market via its subsidiary REpower S.A.S. Regarding the turbines related to sales, France is now besides the USA one of the company’s biggest foreign markets. In the past fiscal year, REpower Systems AG erected 133 turbines with a total generating capacity of 266 megawatts and recognized this in income.


About REpower:
REpower Systems AG is one of the leading manufacturers of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The international mechanical engineering company develops, produces and markets wind turbines with rated outputs of 2 MW to 6.15 MW and rotor diameters of 82 meters to 126 meters for almost any location. The company also offers a comprehensive portfolio of service and maintenance packages. The profitable and reliable systems are designed at the REpower development centre in Rendsburg and manufactured at its Husum (North Friesland), Trampe (Brandenburg) and Bremerhaven plants.
With over 1,900 employees worldwide, the company, which has been listed since March 2002 and is headquartered in Hamburg, can make use of the experience gained from the manufacture and installation of over 2,000 wind turbines around the world. REpower is represented by distribution partners, subsidiaries and participations in European markets such as France, Belgium, the UK, Italy, Portugal and Spain as well as on a global level in the USA, Japan, China, Australia and Canada.


About EOLE-RES:
Based in Avignon (France), EOLE-RES (www.eoleres.com) is specialized in the conception, development, financing, construction and operation of renewable energy power plants in France. EOLE-RES is today behind 400 MW of wind capacity, either installed or under construction. These wind farms total an annual production of over 1 TWh, able to provide over 420 000 people with clean power and avoid the rejection into the atmosphere of 300 000 tons of CO2 annually. The company is a subsidiary of RES Mediterranean, which develops renewables throughout the Mediterranean region and the Middle East (www.res-med.eu).