17 Dec. 2010 by Danish Wind Energy News Editor Li Shen
Store mølleordrer på vej til GE og Siemens
(Big turbines orders bound for GE and Siemens)
16-12-2010
http://borsen.dk/nyheder/investor/artikel/1/197679/store_moelleordrer_paa_vej_til_ge_og_siemens.html
Mens Vestas torsdag kan glæde sine aktionærer med en ordre på 79 megawatt fra Idaho i USA, så kan konkurrenterne GE og Siemens efter alt at dømme se frem til endnu større ordrer til projekter i Kansas.
Vejen til kommende storordrer til GE og Siemens blev banet forleden, da forsyningsselskabet Westar Energy underskrev elkøbsaftaler på strømmen fra to vindmølleparker under udvikling.
I alt er der tale om en planlagt installeret kapacitet i de to vindmølleparker på 369 megawatt.
Den ene elkøbsaftale har Westar indgået med Wind Capital og omfatter vindmølleparken Post Rock Wind med en planlagt kapacitet på 201 megawatt. Den anden aftale er indgået med Duke Energy, som vil udvikle 168 megawatt i projektet Ironwood Wind Power.
Ifølge lokale amerikanske medier er det planen, at Post Rock Wind kommer til at bestå af 1,5 megawatt møller leveret af General Electric, mens det er planen at bruge Siemens 2,3 megawatt møller i Ironwood-vindmølleparken.
Konstruktion af begge parker ventes at begynde i 2011. Først skal elkøbsaftalerne dog godkendes af Kansas Corporation Commission.
Vestas sikret USA-ordre
(Vestas secured USA orders)
16-12-2010
http://borsen.dk/nyheder/investor/artikel/1/197665/vestas_sikret_usa-ordre.html
Vestas har torsdag modtaget en ordre på 44 vindmøller - eller i alt 79 MW - til projektet Rockland Wind Farm i Idaho i USA.
Det fremgår af en meddelelse fra selskabet.
Ordren består af 44 stk. V100-1.8 MW-vindmøller, og den omfatter levering, installation, et VestasOnline Business SCADA-system, samt en 10-årig servicekontrakt. Ordregiver er Ridgeline Energy.
Levering af vindmøllerne planlægges påbegyndt i midten af 2011, og idriftsættelse ses ske i slutningen af næste år. Ordren påvirker ikke Vestas-koncernens forventninger til 2010.
Vestas China establishes office in Fujian Province
(only in English)
17-12-2010
http://www.vestas.com/en/media/news/news-display.aspx?action=3&NewsID=2505
Today, Vestas opened its first regional sales office in Fuzhou city, Fujian province, in the southern region of China. The opening represents another step in Vestas’ strategy of becoming more embedded in the regions where Vestas has business activities, and of serving our customers better and faster.
The opening ceremony held at the new office was celebrated by Vestas’ customers and local government representatives, who witnessed this important step for Vestas China in establishing a more regionalized sales setup.
“The main objective of the new office is to proactively engage with customers in order to develop stronger relationships and a deeper mutual understanding,” said Jens Tommerup, President of Vestas China. “We are committed to developing close partnerships with our customers and to working closer with them. So opening an office next door is just one of our many initiatives to reach out to regional customers in this vast country. It makes good sense for Vestas and we are very pleased that we can now provide more timely services to our customers in the southern part of China.”
Initially the office will serve primarily as a sales office but will evolve as the request for services and support from customers increases.
Fujian province is one of the coastal provinces with a firm commitment to exploit the abundant onshore as well as offshore wind resources in China. Since Vestas entered Fujian province in 2005, many successful partnerships have been established with a number of local as well as national wind energy companies and developers, including Fujian Energy Group, Fujian Investment, China Longyuan Power Group and China Datang Renewable Power. To date, Vestas has installed more than 230 MW of clean energy in the province which accounts for approximately half of the cumulative installed capacity. This makes Vestas the single largest wind turbine supplier in the province.
