fwb sen industry renewable power founded 2001 headquarters hamburg germany key people j rgen gei inger ceo products wind turbines number of employees 3700 2015 website www.senvion.com repower in bremerhaven germany aerial view 2012 repower mm82 wind turbine in minervino murge italy senvion se formerly repower systems se is a german wind turbine company founded in 2001 now majority owned by the private equity firm centerbridge partners . its product range comprises several types of turbines with rated outputs of between 1.8 and 6.15 megawatts . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 locations in germany 4 offshore wind 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message senvion was formed in 2001 from the merger of the company jacobs energy with hsw husum shipyard bwu and pro pro energy systems a subsidiary of aerodyn energiesysteme and denker & wulf . the roots of this company go back to 1994 when the first self developed 500 kilowatt system was presented . previously the configuration and operating company denker & wulf was founded in sehestedt in 1995 . this was however sold to the interim consolidated financial affiliation with repower in 2004 . senvion started to produce the protec md a 1500 kw turbine . this turbine designed by pro pro energy systems was licensed also to jacobs energie nordex se s dwind and fuhrl nder . later own designs like 2mw 3mw and 5mw turbines are follow . in may 2007 after efforts by its largest shareholder areva to take a controlling interest in the company a series of protracted bidding rounds 1 resulted in not areva but suzlon energy of india acquiring the majority shareholding in repower systems for 1.3 billion . 2 the deal was structured in such a manner to allow suzlon to purchase martifer s stake 22 % within two years for a fixed price of 265 million . 3 suzlon subsequently strengthened its position by buying the remaining 30 % areva stake in june 2008 for more than 350 million . 4 suzlon s total investment of approximately us 1.6 billion gives it a holding of 66 % with the next largest shareholder being martifer of portugal . areva went on to purchase the majority holding in 5mw rival multibrid . 5 in 2009 suzlon raised its share to 92 % of repower . 6 as of february 2015 suzlon energy owns 100 % of senvion but subsequently sold the company to centerbridge partners lp . 7 in april 2015 . the company was then listed on frankfurt stock exchange prime standard on 23rd march 2016 at a valuation of 1bn . operations edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message the senvion 5m 5 megawatt turbine was the largest commercial turbine until the subsequent upgrade of this unit to provide significant more power named 6m . this has a rated output of 6.15 megawatts from the same rotor diameter of 126.5 meters . the target market is the offshore wind farm sector . the prototype was assembled in the autumn of 2004 in brunsb ttel located in the german state of schleswig holstein . in august 2006 the first 5m model was erected for the beatrice project . the senvion 6mw turbine with the same rotor diameter has been operational in elh ft germany since 2009 well ahead of any other turbine manufacturers in this class in the world . locations in germany edit senvion new nacelle assembly hall at bremerhaven . wind rotor blade senvion bukowsko 2010 senvion maintain their global operating headquarters and administrative centre at hamburg . research and design facilities are located at rendsburg schleswig holstein close to the original manufacturing plant and test centre in husum . a new assembly hall was opened in bremerhaven in 2008 8 specifically aimed at the future offshore market . this facility was built adjacent to a new 460m long joint venture blade assembly plant where senvion has a majority holding . 9 a further manufacturing and service centre exists at trampe near berlin and a secondary design office at osnabr ck . offshore wind edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message senvion 5mw in thornton bank senvion is a major supplier to the offshore wind industry and one of the leaders in the 5mw turbine category . as well as the two units installed in the beatrice demonstrator project in the moray firth the 5m unit is currently being used for phase i of the thornton bank project off the belgian coast where the first six of a total of 54 turbines were installed in the summer of 2008 . 10 thornton bank phases ii and iii featuring 48 x senvion 6m turbines were installed in 2013 . this wind farm has been running exceptionally well with capacity factors of well above 50 % in the first three months of 2014 well above the predicted yields . thornton bank was fully project financed thus demonstrating the bankability and track record of the senvion turbines . in 2012 senvion also completed the 150mw ormonde wind farm off the coast of barrow in the uk with 30 x senvion 5m turbines for vattenfall . further projects include nordergr nde in the weser estuary off the coast of bremerhaven where a turbine supply agreement has been signed to supply 18 x 6.2 m126 units . 11 the 5m is also deployed as part of the alpha ventus demonstrator in the german north sea where six 5m units were installed in 2009 . in anticipation of future turbine supply shortages rwe innogy signed a memorandum of understanding with senvion for supply of 250 offshore units up to 2016 . 12 senvion has also recently signed a contract for 54 x senvion 6.2 m126 turbines for the 332mw nordsee one project for rwe innogy & northland power . in 2016 france chose to fund 3 4 6 mw senvion ideol floating offshore foundation turbines in the mediterranean sea for 2020 . 13 see also edit hallett wind farm hoosier wind farm list of offshore wind farms list of wind turbine manufacturers wind power in germany wind power in india wind turbine references edit how suzlon swung the repower deal . the times of india . 2007 05 26 . suzlon acquires repower for 1.35 b as areva backs out business line . thehindubusinessline.com . 2007 05 26 . retrieved 2015 06 20 . 1 archived december 5 2008 at the wayback machine . 2 dead link areva takes 51 % in german wind plant firm source . reuters . 2007 09 16 . beckett paul 2009 12 10 . suzlon aims for full control of repower wsj . online.wsj.com . retrieved 2015 06 20 . alexander george smith 22 jan 2015 . suzlon to sell german unit to centerbridge for 1.2 billion . bloomberg.com . retrieved 2015 06 20 . senvion 404 errorpage . repowersystems.de . retrieved 2015 06 18 . senvion 404 errorpage . repowersystems.de . retrieved 2015 06 18 . repower first wind energy turbine erected for thornton bank offshore wind farm in belgian north sea . your industry news . 2008 08 04 . retrieved 2015 06 18 . 3 archived july 18 2011 at the wayback machine . repower & rwe innogy make 1.9 gw deal renewable energy information . renewenergy.wordpress.com . doi 10.1016 j.ecolecon .2007.08.017 . retrieved 2015 06 18 . senvion turbines to float off french mediterranean coast . offshore wind . retrieved 1 august 2016 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to senvion . official website repower clinches 1.7 bn offshore wind turbine deal with rwe repower installs first three 6 mw turbines v t e wind power wind power environmental impact high altitude history land vehicles offshore turbines on public display windmill wind 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