Siemens Gamesa said the assets it is buying include a large part of Senvion's European onshore services business, all its intellectual property as well as an onshore blade manufacturing facility in Vagos, Portugal.
Senvion will be able to start its operations with the assets immediately after the closing of the transaction and obtaining the necessary approvals, it said.
Tanti forecasts a growth of 30% for the Indian wind sector, but he says Suzlon is going to do better than that.
Under pressure to do more to cut a USD 49 billion mountain of bad debt, India's state-owned banks are reversing years of lax recovery efforts, naming and shaming smaller borrowers and even using big TV screens at shopping malls to advertise seized assets for sale.
Company's losses widened to Rs 1,212.06 crore during the March quarter due to a fall in income and provision for impairment of goodwill following sale of its German subsidiary Senvion.
In full-year FY15, just 32 cases have been referred to the CDR cell, which is a marked improvement when compared with 101 in FY14.
Dilip Shanghvi has agreed to buy a 23 percent stake in Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy for about USD 290 million.
Suzlon had reported a loss of Rs 1,075.25 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. Its total income declined marginally to Rs 4,977.18 crore during the October-December quarter as against Rs 5,052.2 crore in the third quarter of FY14
Suzlon Energy chairman Tulsi Tanti said the sale of its German subsidiary Senvion, which accounted for half of the group's revenues, would help the residual business grow at a faster pace.
Suzlon today said it will repay domestic term loans worth Rs 5000 crore with the proceeds from the sale. It further said it will use Senvion‘s offshore technology by paying a license fee.
Suzlon said it will repay domestic term loans worth Rs 5000 crore with the proceeds from the sale of its German arm Senvion
Wind turbine maker Suzlon is close to selling off its wholly-owned German subsidiary Senvion for 1 billion euro (about Rs 7200 crore) as against its acquisition cost of 1.5 billion euro.
The company‘s board met on Tuesday to discuss its debt reduction strategy and is in the process of implementing Rs 9500 crore corporate debt restructuring (CDR) plan.
Suzlon plans to list its German subsidiary Senvion on the London Stock Exchange through an initial public offer which is likely to garner close to Rs 7,000 crore.
World's fifth largest wind turbine maker Suzlon plans to list its German subsidiary Senvion on the London Stock Exchange through an initial public offer which is likely to garner close to Rs 7,000 crore.
The transition to the new corporate design and name change will take place in the next year 2014.