The new business, branded REpower Australia, will offer equipment and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services from both companies.

Germany-based REpower is majority-owned by Suzlon, and the Indian wind group is in the final stages of a legal process to buy the handful of remaining shares in its subsidiary it does not already own.

While the two parties are keen to stress that the move is a local arrangement, the choice of the REpower brand for the ongoing Australian business will be noted with interest ahead of Suzlon’s assumption of full control of its German division.

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