repower uk secures first order
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www.re-focus.net July/August 2004 reFOCUS 17
Vestas Wind Systems has
received an order for Euro 27
million of turbines to be
installed next year at the
Yambuk facility in the southern
part of the Victoria region in
Australia and is planning to
build a blade factory in the
region. The Yambuk windfarm is
the first stage of Pacific Hydro's
Portland Wind Energy Project,
and the order for 20 of its 1.5
MW turbines is part of the
agreement signed by NEG
Micon and Pacific Hydro in
2002. In addition to the order,
Vestas received sufficient com-
mitment from Pacific Hydro for
a total of 120 turbines at a total
project value of Euro 170 mil-
lion. The purchase commitment
is a precondition for the estab-
lishment of a blade manufactur-
ing factory in Australia,
announced by NEG Micon in
September 2002. Vestas says it
will establish the blade factory
in Portland that will manufac-
ture blades for megawatt-size
turbines. The blade factory will
be commissioned by next sum-
mer with an annual capacity of
100 blade sets. The factory will
employ 50 workers and require
a capital investment of Euro 5
million. "With Pacific Hydro's
commitment to carry through
the Portland Wind Energy
Project, there is now a basis for
the establishment of a blade
factory in Victoria," says Svend
Sigaard of Vestas. "However, to
have a stable wind energy mar-
ket in Australia in the long term,
it is still crucial that the
Australian legislation regarding
renewable energy is prolonged
and that the target for the use
of renewable energy is
increased." Within the past two
months, Vestas has received an
order for 26 of its 3 MW turbine
from Enersis of Portugal, 29 of
its 2 MW turbines from Terna
Energy of Greece, 35 of its 2
MW turbine from Italian Wind
Technology of Italy, and 31 of its
2 MW turbines from WKN
Windkraft Nord of Germany.
www.vestas.com
Vestas to build blade factoryin Australia
Within just six months of its
launch REpower UK Ltd, the
new joint venture between
wind turbine company REpower
Systems AG and specialist engi-
neering company Peter
Brotherhood Ltd, has secured its
first UK wind turbine order. A
single REpower, 2 MW, MM82
wind turbine will be manufac-
tured for Long Hill Energy Ltd
and will be installed at Long Hill
Road, near March, in
Cambridgeshire. The MM82 is
an IEC Class II machine and ide-
ally suited for installations in the
East of England because its long
rotor blades enable it to gener-
ate electrical power from rela-
tively low wind speeds.
Contact: Henning von
Barsewisch, REpower UK Ltd.
Tel: +44 (0)131 623 9286;
e-mail: h.barsewisch
@repower-uk.co.uk
Or Steve Canham Peter
Brotherhood Ltd. Tel: +44
(0)1733 292213; Fax +44
(0)1733 292209; E-mail: smcan-
REpower UK secures first order