ZF Wind Power To Expand Gearbox Manufacturing Plant in Coimbatore

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“The test rig will be in use at the beginning of 2025, and we’ll be able to test all system functions up to 13 MW under both static and dynamic loads. This makes it possible for our team to perform both serial and R&D testing.”- Deepak Pohekar, Plant Head, ZF Wind Power Coimbatore

May 2024 : The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than ever, giving it a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030, set at the COP28 climate change conference. The IEA report expects a major increase in the global renewable power capacity over the 2023-28 period. Solar PV and wind account for 95 percent of the expansion, with renewables becoming the largest source of global electricity generation by early 2025. Solar PV and onshore wind deployment through 2028 are expected to more than double in the United States, the European Union, India, and Brazil compared with the last five years.

While the wind energy supply chain faces massive challenges, ZF commits to taking important steps in empowering a sustainable future together with its partners. One of these steps is the expansion of the gearbox manufacturing capacity of ZF Wind Power’s state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Coimbatore from 9 GW to 12 GW. This expansion captures the growth in the international wind market. ZF invests in both production and testing capacity. The installation of a 13 MW test rig will strengthen ZF’s position as a partner in development and validation. “The test rig will be in use at the beginning of 2025, and we’ll be able to test all system functions up to 13 MW under both static and dynamic loads. This makes it possible for our team to perform both serial and R&D testing,” explains Deepak Pohekar, Plant Head of ZF Wind Power Coimbatore. \

The expansion project will be finished around mid-2025 and will support the plant’s current balanced and vertically integrated flow. With a capacity expansion up to a total of 12 GW, the plant can now produce components and gearboxes supporting the transition of over 10 million households to green energy annually. This extension also prepares the Indian location for future complete powertrain assembly.

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