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Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines that was founded in 1945. The company operates manufacturing plants in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, India, Italy, Romania, the United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Australia, China, Brazil, Poland [2] and the United States, [3] and employs 29,000 people globally.
Alstom Wind (Spain) – subsidiary of General Electric since 2015; Enron Wind (now defunct) – wind-turbine manufacturing assets bought by General Electric in 2002; Fuji Heavy Industries (Japan) – the wind turbine business was acquired by Hitachi in 2012; Gamesa (Spain) NEG Micon (Spain) – was bought by Gamesa; NEG Micon – now part of Vestas
Each wind turbine used in the wind farm is a V100 rated at 1.8MW. [4] In total the farm produces just over 100MW of power that is distributed by Consumers Energy throughout the state of Michigan. The Lake Winds Energy Park contributes to the 1,350MW of wind energy being produced in the state of Michigan at the time of their grand opening ...
Since 2005 many turbine manufacturing leaders have opened U.S. facilities. Of the top 10 global manufacturers in 2007, seven – Vestas, GE Energy, Gamesa, Suzlon, Siemens, Acciona, and Nordex – have an American manufacturing presence. [89] [90] [42] REpower is another manufacturer with notable usage in the United States. [91]
The Vestas V164 is a three-bladed offshore wind turbine, produced by Vestas, with a nameplate capacity of up to 10 megawatts, a world record. [1] Vestas revealed the V164's design in 2011 with the first prototype unit operated at Østerild in northern Denmark in January 2014. [ 2 ]
The second phase turbines are being provided by Vestas, a Danish manufacturer. [21] West Camp Wind Farm. AES has received approval from the Navajo County board of Supervisors for a 500 megawatt, 104 turbine, wind farm 10 miles south of Joesph City, Arizona. On December 23, 2023 Vestas announced an agreement to build and commission 89 wind turbines.
Three subsequent projects 150 MW Alta III, 102 MW Alta IV, and 168 MW Alta V projects were completed in the 2nd quarter of 2011 using 50, 34, and 56 3 MW Vestas V-90 wind turbines. Alta VIII and Alta VI projects, comprising 300 MW, were completed in late 2011/early 2012, but they were renamed Brookfield Tehachapi 2 and Mustang Hills respectively.
The Stateline Wind Farm is a wind farm located on Vansycle Ridge, which receives 16 to 18 mph (26 – 29 km/h) average wind speeds from the Columbia Gorge, on the border between Washington and Oregon in the United States. With 454 turbines, [1] it is the largest wind project in the Northwestern United States.