Senvion
German wind turbine manufacturer
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Senvion S.A. (called REpower Systems SE until 2014) was a German wind turbine manufacturer founded in 2001 in Germany, majority owned by a private equity firm. Senvion as REpower Systems, as it was initially called, was established in 2001 through the merger of German wind companies: HSW (Husumer Schiffswerft), the engineering consultancy Pro+Pro (a subsidery of Denker&Wulf and aerodyn Energiesysteme GmbH), the wind turbine manufacturer BWU and Jacobs Energie; and since April 2015 Centerbridge Partners.[5][6][7][8] It was under the ownership of Suzlon, an India wind turbine manufacturer, from 2007 to 2015.
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 Administrative building in 2019 | |
| Company type | Société Anonyme |
|---|---|
| FWB: SEN | |
| Industry | Renewable power |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Hamburg, Germany |
Key people | Yves Rannou (CEO)[1] |
| Products | Wind turbines |
| Revenue |  € 1.89 billion (2017)[2] |
Number of employees | 4500 (2017)[3] |
| Parent | Siemens Gamesa[4] |
| Website | www |
With equipment pricing under pressure due to auctions, Senvion filed for insolvency in German courts in early April 2019.[9] Senvion sold its 9 GW European service fleet to Siemens Gamesa in October 2019.[10] A Saudi Arabian company, Alfanar, acquired the Indian division of Senvion in 2021.[11]
