WinWinD
 WinWinD facility in Hamina | |
| Industry | Wind power industry |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Espoo, Finland |
Key people | P Kumar, Chief Operating Officer (COO) |
| Products | Wind turbines |
Number of employees | 600 (2013) |
| Parent | WinWinD Oy |
| Subsidiaries | Winwind Power Energy Private Limited |
| Footnotes / references www.winwind.com (archived) | |
WinWinD was a wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It manufactured and supplied wind turbines with capacity of 1 and 3 MW.
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]
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
- ^ a b c Krishna Kumar, Arjun (2009-09-09). "WinWinD opens wind turbine manufacturing facility at Vengal near Chennai". Machinist. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ Chanchani, Madhav A (2008-09-24). "Abu Dhabi's Masdar Invests $174M In Siva's Finnish Company". VC Circle. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ "Masdar invests €120m in WinWinD Oy". AME Info FZ LLC. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ a b "Masdar invests in Finnish wind turbine manufacturer". Kauppalehti. Invest in Finland. 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ a b "WinWinD opens wind turbine manufacturing plant in Finland". Renewable Energy Focus. Elsevier Limited. 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ "TuuliWatti Oy to begin wind power production at Tahkoluoto in Pori" (Press release). St1. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ "Skellefteå Kraft Wind Power Facilities and Projects". Skellefteå Kraft. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ "WinWinD delivers three wind turbines Estonia". Renewable Energy Focus. Elsevier Limited. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ "WinWinD opens wind turbine manufacturing plant in Finland". Helsingin Sanomat. 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
