Gamesa India strengthened its operations in the country by announcing the launch of its new production line in its Nacelles plant in Mamandur, near Chennai.

Ignacio Martín, Executive Chairman, Gamesa Group and Xabier Etxeberria, Business CEO, Gamesa Group, inaugurated the new production line in the plant for manufacturing larger G114-2.0 MW machines to be launched in 2015.

For the first time in the Indian Wind Turbines industry, the Mamandur plant will feature an Automated Conveyor system in its production line which will considerably reduce the manufacturing time and ensures faster delivery.

With the launch of the G114 next year, the production line in the Mamandur plant will be one of the few Multi Model Lines in the sector assembling two models (i.e., G97-2.0 & G114-2.0) on the same line.

Ignacio Martín, Executive Chairman, Gamesa Group, said, "The positive political climate coupled with the growing demand for renewable energy was the key driver for us to further expand our presence. India is one of the top 3 markets for Gamesa contributing 27% of the overall revenues in the 3Q 2014.

"Gamesa plans to invest over 100 million euros in India in the next 5 years. Our primary focus in India is to increase our manufacturing capability, developing our supply-chain and to increase our land bank to promote and develop wind farms."

The plant at Mamandur is a part of the earlier investment outlay made by the parent company to further strengthen its Indian operations. The company already has two manufacturing plants in Vadodara, Gujarat, India - a Blade manufacturing facility and a Tower facility which is part of a JV with Daniel Alonso group.

The company also has state-of-the-art Integrated Turbine Monitoring & Service Training Center at Red Hills, Chennai. There are 1015 people working in the Gamesa India.

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