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{{Short description|German wind turbine manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company 
| name            = Senvion SA
| logo            = Senvion_logo.svg
| image           = Senvion Verwaltung.JPG
| image_caption   = Administrative building in 2019
| type            = Société Anonyme
| traded_as       = {{FWB|SEN}}
| key_people      = Yves Rannou (CEO)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| industry        = Renewable power
| products        = [[Physics:Wind turbine|Wind turbine]]s
| operating_income= 
| revenue         =  {{decrease}}&nbsp;€&nbsp;1.89&nbsp; billion <small>(2017)</small><ref>{{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}}</ref>
| num_employees   = 4500 (2017)<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.senvion.com/global/en/company/about-senvion/ |title=About Senvion - senvion.com |access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref><br>
| subsid          =
| homepage        = {{url|www.senvion.com}}
| parent          = [[Company:Siemens Gamesa|Siemens Gamesa]]<ref>{{cite web |title=About Senvion |url=https://www.senvion.com/global/en/company/about-senvion/ |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
| intl            = 
| foundation      = 2001
| location        = [[Place:Hamburg|Hamburg]], {{wipe|Germany}}
}}

'''Senvion S.A.''' (called  '''REpower Systems SE''' until 2014) was a German [[Physics:Wind turbine|wind turbine]] manufacturer founded in 2001 in Germany,  majority owned by a [[Finance:Private equity|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), the wind turbine manufacturer BWU and Jacobs Energie; and since April 2015 Centerbridge Partners.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKPAC00866020070916 | work=Reuters | title=Areva takes 51% in German wind plant firm -source | date=2007-09-16}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>  It was under the ownership of [[Company:Suzlon|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Senvion sold its 9 GW European service fleet to [[Company:Siemens Gamesa|Siemens Gamesa]] in October 2019.<ref>{{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}}</ref> A Saudi Arabia company acquired the India division of Senvion in 2021.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==See also==
*Hallett Wind Farm
*Hoosier Wind Farm
*List of offshore wind farms
*[[Company:List of wind turbine manufacturers|List of wind turbine manufacturers]]
*Wind power in Germany
*Wind power in India

==References==
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==External links==


[[Category:Wind turbine manufacturers]]

{{Sourceattribution|Senvion}}