Vestas wins major wind projects in China
Danish wind energy giant, Vestas, will provide 200 megawatts of wind turbines for two projects in China
Danish wind energy giant, Vestas, will provide 200 megawatts of wind turbines for two projects in China.
Vestas announced on Friday that it will providea total of 100 turbines for the Azuoqi 1A and Azuoqi 1B projects in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The projects are expected to be completed in 2016 with Vestas delivering and commissioning them
Vestas will also provide a 2-year Active Output Management 4000 service contract, as well as SCADA VestasOnline Business “for data-driven monitoring and preventive maintenance.”
China’s Hanas Group placed the order, adding to the existing 600 MW of turbines that the group has already purchased from Vestas since 2011.
This new project comes after the two companies signed a cooperation agreement in October, “reiterating their common goal to reinforce mutually beneficial collaboration in the years to come.”
Ma Fuqiang, President of Hanas Group, said: “We have been impressed by the performance of Vestas’ products and its global technological leadership in the industry.”
Chris Beaufait, President of Vestas Asia Pacific and China, said: “We are proud to have a close partner like Hanas, which from the formation of their wind energy businesses has focused on the levelised cost of energy and world-class operations and maintenance practices for the turbines’ entire lifecycle, and we are pleased to see that more and more developers in China are following suit.”
Beaufait added: “At Vestas, we will continue to create value for our customers by bringing the latest technologies to the market with competitive lifetime cost of energy, enhanced by our unparalleled experience, know-how and services in operations and maintenance”.
