GE to supply three Haliade 150-6MW turbines to Chinese offshore wind farm
GE Renewable Energy will supply three Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbine model for a demonstration project in China.
The company is among the suppliers chosen to provide turbines for the 73-megawatt (MW) 14-turbine Fujian Xinghua Gulf offshore wind farm demo project by Fuqing Haixia Electricity Generation Co., a joint venture between China Three Gorges Corp and Fujian Energy.
The deal for GE includes technical support and two years of operation and maintenance (O&M). Installation is to take place in the closing quarter of 2017.
The US company said it will manufacture the three nacelles and generators at its Offshore Wind facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, while the blades will be made in Denmark. Towers for the wind turbines will be produced in Chengxi, China.
John Lavelle, President and CEO of GE’s Offshore Wind Business, said: “Our state-of-the-art Haliade 150-6MW wind turbine has proven to be a very flexible product that can be customized to the local needs. When finished, GE will be the only supplier in the world to have installed offshore wind turbines in the Americas, Europe and Asia, and we are looking forward to continue a successful offshore journey in China and Asia.”
The Haliade turbine has been developed by French Alstom, the power and grid businesses of which were bought by GE in 2015. The US conglomerate recently got the European Commission’s (EC) approval to also buy Danish wind turbine blade maker LM Wind Power. The latter is expanding its capacity after a deal to supply blades to the Haliade platform.
China ranked third in terms of total installed offshore wind capacity at the end of 2016 after adding 592 MW in the year. Chinese offshore market began what many hope is the sector’s long awaited take-off in 2016, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said when releasing statistics for the past year.
