EANS-News: REpower Systems AG / REpower and RWE Innogy sign contract for about 295 MW for offshore wind farm off Helgoland

First supplies under the framework agreement concluded in February
2009 / Delivery of 48 turbines of the REpower 6M type, each with a
rated out-put of 6.15 MW / “Nordsee Ost” wind farm to be built from
2011 to 2013

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Subtitle: First supplies under the framework agreement concluded in
February 2009 / Delivery of 48 turbines of the REpower 6M type, each
with a rated out-put of 6.15 MW / “Nordsee Ost” wind farm to be built
from 2011 to 2013

Hamburg / Essen (euro adhoc) - REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) and
the RWE project company for "Nordsee Ost" have concluded a contract
on the delivery of 48 offshore wind turbines. The turbines of the
type REpower 6M are based on the proven technology of the 5M range,
have a total capacity of approx. 295 megawatts and are intended for
the "Nordsee Ost" offshore wind farm, due to be built in the German
Bight between 2011 and 2013. The first wind turbines should start
running mid year 2012. The wind farm will be situated about 22 miles
(35 km) north of the island of Helgoland, at a depth of 22 to 25
meters.

"Nordsee Ost" is the first project under the framework agreement
concluded between REpower and RWE Innogy in February 2009 - one of
the biggest in the history of the wind power sector - for the
delivery of up to 250 offshore turbines of the type REpower 5M/6M.
REpower will supply the nacelles and hubs after manufacturing the
same at the company's offshore production facility in Bremerhaven as
well as the rotor blades and towers for the project. REpower will
also be responsible for the start-up of the wind farm and for
servicing. "Nordsee Ost" will be co-funded by the European Commission
under the EEPR-program.

Paul Coffey, Member of the Management Board at RWE Innogy, says:
"With "Nordsee Ost" we are realizing a German offshore project that
has already received all the required permits. The framework
agreement with REpower gives us the flexibility to change our
original plans and to start installation somewhat earlier, before we
receive planning permission for our second German North Sea Project,
Innogy Nordsee 1. We'll be investing about a billion Euros in
"Nordsee Ost". We've already gathered some positive initial
operational experience with the REpower 5M turbines at our Belgian
offshore project Thornton Bank."

Per Hornung Pedersen, Chief Executive Officer of REpower Systems AG,
adds: "Today we are pleased to announce the first project under the
framework agreement with RWE Innogy. Meanwhile REpower has become one
of the few manufacturers with several years of experience in the
installation of offshore wind farms in Europe - so far in Scotland,
Belgium and Germany."

Matthias Schubert, as CTO of REpower also responsible for the
company´s offshore operations, says: "We already showed in 2006, with
our first offshore project Beatrice, 16 miles (25 km) off the
Scottish coast, that we can set up turbines at a depth of 44 meters.
Beatrice is currently the northernmost and deepest off-shore wind
farm in the world. And quite recently we successfully installed the
first German offshore wind farm alpha ventus - partly under rather
difficult weather conditions - with six REpower 5M turbines. By this,
we have built up the learning curve for our offshore activities very
systematically. We are pleased to be realizing one of the first major
North Sea projects off the German coast for RWE Innogy.

With a rated capacity of respectively 5 and 6.15 megawatts, and a
rotor diameter of 126 meters, the 5M and 6M are among the biggest and
most powerful wind turbines in the world. Since 2004 REpower has set
up a total of 26 5Ms and 6Ms both onshore and offshore.

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Further inquiry note:

Daniela Puttenat

+49 (0) 5555090-3024

d.puttenat@repower.de

Branche: Alternative energy
ISIN: DE0006177033
WKN: 617703
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