Vestas has signed a servicing contract with long-term customer Datang Group to upgrade 50 of its 2MW turbines in two Chinese wind parks.
The turbine manufacturer will upgrade the V80-2.0 MW machines to increase energy production at the wind farms.
The upgrade will improve project reliability through site-specific optimisation of operational parameters, implementation of intelligent software algorithms and enhanced aerodynamic performance, said Vestas.
Datang Group operations deputy director Hongkai Sun said, “The Vestas PowerPlus upgrade service can effectively help us increase the annual energy production of our wind farms, allowing us to achieve further benefits from the operating wind farms with high subsidy.
“Choosing to cooperate with Vestas in aftersales can further optimise our return on investment”.
Vestas China Service and Construction vice president Bob Yin added, “This deal showcases how Vestas can leverage its market experience, broad service solutions portfolio and mature supply chain to provide additional value for our customers in China throughout the duration of a wind park’s 20-year lifecycle.
“We look forward to further strengthening our long-standing partnership with Datang and we are glad that they see the value of Vestas’ broad range of industry-leading and cost-efficient service solutions”.
According to China Wind Energy Association the country has more than 25GW onshore wind turbines that has been in operation for over 10 years, representing a significant servicing opportunity.
Vestas supplied and installed 6.9GW of wind turbines in the market.