Vestas has secured a turbine order totalling 201MW from an unnamed client for two wind farms in China.
The deal is the first order for the V155-3.3MW variant and covers turbines and towers, as well as a five-year active output management 5000 service contract, the Danish manufacturer said.
Delivery is expected to be in the third quarter of 2020, with commissioning in the same quarter.
The V155-3.3MW’s lower rotor rotational speed ensures low sound power levels that combined with the full-scale converter’s grid capabilities, make the turbine suitable for China’s centralised projects as well as the increasing number of distributed wind energy projects, Vestas said.
The turbine’s 76-metre blade is co-developed with an unnamed local partner, it added.
Vestas China president Thomas Keller said: “This order comes less than six months after the introduction of V155-3.3MW, demonstrating the optimal market fit of the product in China’s low wind market.
“Designed specifically to meet customer needs and market requirements in China, the V155-3.3MW will offer our customers a lower cost of energy and better business case certainty.
“This will lay the foundation for success as the market transitions to distributed wind and grid-parity projects, causing a more competitive and complex business environment.”
Vestas Product Management senior vice president Thomas Scarinci said: “This order demonstrates how Vestas’ latest 4MW variant is able to increase our customers competitiveness in the Chinese market by offering enhanced customer value and improved grid integration.
“The new variant shows how we, together with our local partners, continue to strengthen our offerings in the world’s largest wind energy market.”
Customer and project’s names were undisclosed at the customer’s request.