September 25 -- Suzlon Group has secured a new order to develop 29.4 MW of wind power capacity for BrightNight, a global renewable power producer. This project is part of BrightNight's 100 MW co-located wind-solar hybrid project in Osmanabad, Maharashtra. Suzlon will install 14 units of S120-140m wind turbine generators (WTGs) with a Hybrid Lattice Tubular (HLT) tower, each with a rated capacity of 2.1 MW. The scope of work includes supply, installation, commissioning, and post-commissioning operation and maintenance (O&M) services. The project is scheduled to be commissioned in phases, starting in April 2024, with the electricity generated supplied to Commercial and Industrial (C&I) customers in the state.
The plant is specially designed to meet energy savings requirements, the wind-solar configuration is optimised, enabling consumers to achieve up to 80 percent of greening of their overall consumption.A project of this size can provide electricity to approx. 50 thousand households and curb around 2.5 lakh tonne of CO2 emissions per year.BrightNight's India operations is geared towards developing multi-tech, hybrid, dispatchable renewable projects. It recently announced a USD 250 million partnership with ACEN, an Ayala Group company, for expanding its portfolio of projects in India.