WinWinD

WinWinD was a wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It manufactured and supplied wind turbines with capacity of 1 and 3 MW.

WinWinD Ltd
IndustryWind power industry
Founded2000
HeadquartersEspoo, Finland
Key people
P Kumar, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
ProductsWind turbines
Number of employees
600 (2013)
ParentWinWinD Oy
SubsidiariesWinwind Power Energy Private Limited
Footnotes / references
www.winwind.com (archived)

The company was founded in 2000 in Oulu. In 2006, Chinnakannan Sivasankaran's Siva Group of India acquired majority control in WinWinD.[1] In September 2008, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) invested €120million in WinWinD acquiring 40% stake of the company.[2][3][4] In addition to Siva and Masdar, the Finnish investment fund Suomen Teollisuussijoitus (Finnish Industry Investment) has a stake in WinWinD.[1][5]

The 3MW wind turbine has a medium speed drive train. The nacelle design is similar to Multibrid 5MW wind turbine.

WinWinD has assembly factories in Hamina, Finland, and Chennai, India.[4] It employs more than 800 people globally. In addition to Finland,[6] WinWinD turbines produce energy in Sweden,[7] Estonia,[8] France, Portugal, the Czech Republic and India.

Hamina factory

WinWinD started up a 3 MW wind turbine manufacturing facility at Port of Hamina in 2009.[5][9]

Vengal factory

WinWinD's 1 MW turbines and blades are manufactured at Vengal, India since September 2009.[1]

Turbines
  • WWD-1 (1 MW wind turbine)
  • WWD-3 (3 MW wind turbine)
  • WinWinD3 (3 MW wind turbine)

See also

References
  1. Krishna Kumar, Arjun (2009-09-09). "WinWinD opens wind turbine manufacturing facility at Vengal near Chennai". Machinist. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  2. Chanchani, Madhav A (2008-09-24). "Abu Dhabi's Masdar Invests $174M In Siva's Finnish Company". VC Circle. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  3. "Masdar invests €120m in WinWinD Oy". AME Info FZ LLC. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  4. "Masdar invests in Finnish wind turbine manufacturer". Kauppalehti. Invest in Finland. 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  5. "WinWinD opens wind turbine manufacturing plant in Finland". Renewable Energy Focus. Elsevier Limited. 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  6. "TuuliWatti Oy to begin wind power production at Tahkoluoto in Pori" (Press release). St1. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  7. "Skellefteå Kraft Wind Power Facilities and Projects". Skellefteå Kraft. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  8. "WinWinD delivers three wind turbines Estonia". Renewable Energy Focus. Elsevier Limited. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  9. "WinWinD opens wind turbine manufacturing plant in Finland". Helsingin Sanomat. 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
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