Moventas wins $100m gearbox deal to supply Areva 5MW turbine

Finland’s Moventas has won an €80m ($101m) contract to supply gearboxes to Areva’s 5MW M5000 offshore wind turbine.

Moventas has already delivered the new-design, medium-speed gear units for a pair of the French group’s M5000s – the first of more than 120 planned under the deal.

The gearing system – which is beginning a year-long testing programme as part of Areva’s machine – strengthens Moventas’ product range for European offshore and hostile environments, says the company.

Moventas says that by the end of 2014, more than 120 M5000s fitted with its gears will be installed at German offshore wind farms.

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