# Senvion > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Senvion > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Senvion.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senvion > Source revision: 1245430203 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|German wind turbine manufacturer}} {{Expand German|Senvion|date=February 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox company | name = Senvion SA | logo = Senvion_logo.svg | image = Senvion Verwaltung.JPG | image_caption = Administrative building in 2019 | type = [Société Anonyme](/source/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Anonyme) | traded_as = {{FWB|SEN}} | key_people = Yves Rannou (CEO){{cite press release |title=New chief takes reins early at Senvion |url=https://renews.biz/50517/new-chief-takes-reins-at-senvion/ |website=reNEWS - Renewable Energy News |language=en |date=13 December 2018}} | industry = [Renewable power](/source/Renewable_Energy) | products = [Wind turbine](/source/Wind_turbine)s | operating_income= | revenue = {{decrease}} € 1.89  billion (2017){{cite press release |title=Senvion takes onshore knock |url=http://renews.biz/110495/senvion-takes-onshore-knock/ |website=reNEWS - Renewable Energy News |language=en |date=15 March 2018}} | num_employees = 4500 (2017){{cite press release|url=https://www.senvion.com/global/en/company/about-senvion/ |title=About Senvion - senvion.com |access-date=2017-11-17}}
| subsid = | homepage = {{url|www.senvion.com}} | parent = [Siemens Gamesa](/source/Siemens_Gamesa){{cite web |title=About Senvion |url=https://www.senvion.com/global/en/company/about-senvion/ |access-date=1 December 2020}} | intl = | foundation = 2001 | location = [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg), [Germany](/source/Germany) }} '''Senvion S.A.''' (called '''REpower Systems SE''' until 2014) was a German [wind turbine](/source/wind_turbine) manufacturer founded in 2001 in Germany, majority owned by a [private equity](/source/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](/source/Aerodyn)), the wind turbine manufacturer BWU and Jacobs Energie; and since April 2015 [Centerbridge Partners](/source/Centerbridge_Partners).{{cite web|url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-22/suzlon-agrees-to-sell-senvion-to-centerbridge-for-1-2-billion |date=22 Jan 2015|title=Suzlon to Sell German Unit to Centerbridge for $1.2 Billion|author=Alexander, George Smith|publisher=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2015-06-20}}{{cite news| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/How_Suzlon_swung_the_REpower_deal/RssArticleShow/articleshow/2075263.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=How Suzlon swung the REpower deal! | date=2007-05-26}}{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKPAC00866020070916 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719130245/http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKPAC00866020070916 | url-status=dead | archive-date=19 July 2012 | work=Reuters | title=Areva takes 51% in German wind plant firm -source | date=2007-09-16}}{{cite web|last=Beckett |first=Paul |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703514404574587753147027832 |title=Suzlon Aims for Full Control of REpower - WSJ |publisher=Online.wsj.com |date=2009-12-10 |access-date=2015-06-20}} It was under the ownership of [Suzlon](/source/Suzlon), an India wind turbine manufacturer, from 2007 to 2015. With equipment pricing under pressure due to auctions, Senvion filed for insolvency in German courts in early April 2019.{{cite news |title=German wind turbine maker Senvion files for insolvency |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-senvion/german-wind-turbine-maker-senvion-files-for-insolvency-idUSKCN1RL271 |access-date=10 April 2019 |agency=Reuters}} Senvion sold its 9 GW European service fleet to [Siemens Gamesa](/source/Siemens_Gamesa) in October 2019.{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Leila Garcia da Fonseca and Daniel |title=A Closer Look at Siemens Gamesa’s Deal for Senvion |url=https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/closer-look-at-siemens-gamesas-deal-for-senvion |website=www.greentechmedia.com |date=23 October 2019}} A Saudi Arabian company, [Alfanar](/source/Alfanar), acquired the Indian division of Senvion in 2021.{{cite web |title=Saudi firm Alfanar acquires wind turbine maker Senvion India |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/saudi-firm-alfanar-acquires-wind-turbine-maker-senvion-india/articleshow/84234894.cms?from=mdr |website=The Economic Times |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211006101833/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/saudi-firm-alfanar-acquires-wind-turbine-maker-senvion-india/articleshow/84234894.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=6 October 2021 |date=8 July 2021 |url-status=live}} ==See also== *[Hallett Wind Farm](/source/Hallett_Wind_Farm) *[Hoosier Wind Farm](/source/Hoosier_Wind_Farm) *[List of offshore wind farms](/source/List_of_offshore_wind_farms) *[List of wind turbine manufacturers](/source/List_of_wind_turbine_manufacturers) *[Wind power in Germany](/source/Wind_power_in_Germany) *[Wind power in India](/source/Wind_power_in_India) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *{{Official website|1=http://www.senvion.com}} {{Wind power}} {{Authority control}} Category:Engineering companies of Germany Category:Companies based in Hamburg Category:Wind turbine manufacturers Category:German brands Category:2001 establishments in Germany --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Senvion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senvion) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senvion?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.