REpower Systems SE, subsidiary of the Suzlon Group has been awarded two contract by GDF-Suez Future Energies, totalling 40 MW, for supplying 20 wind turbines MM92 and MM82 types with a nominal output of 2.05 MW each in France.

REpower Systems will make available full maintenance of Somme Soude wind farms and Hangest wind farm in France for a minimum period of five years.

The Somme Soude windfarm, located in the northern- eastern region of the Champagne-Ardenne, will be supplied with nine turbines of MM92 with 92 mtr rotor diameter at different hub heights (80 mtr and 100 mtr) and one MM82 turbine with 82 mtr rotor diameter. The deliveries of the project are planned for April 2014, and commissioning of the project is expected by September 2014.

Ten MM92 turbines with 100 mtr hub height are proposed for Hangest wind farm located in the northern region Picardie. The delivery and the erection of the wind turbines are planned for July 2014, and the commissioning of the project by October 2014