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REpower and Valorem agree to supply 21 wind turbines to France

01 July 2009

The REpower MM92 wind power plants, each with a rated power of 2.05 megawatts (MW) and a hub height of 80 metres, are intended for five wind farms projects in the Vendée and Loire Atlantique regions in the West of France.

The REpower MM92s will be supplied and erected between March and June 2010.

The agreements for the supply to the five wind parks Saint Michel Chef Chef, La Marne, La Limouzinière, La Planche and Saint Philbert are being executed by the French subsidiary REpower S.A.S., based in Paris. The 21 turbines are the first wind power plants that the company is supplying to Valorem.

 

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