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Vestas introduces low-wind variant suited for India’s wind market and expands its production footprint in the country

Kolkata, Oct 06 (UNI) The global demand for sustainable energy solutions in low and ultra-low
wind areas continues to grow as renewable technology improves in efficiency and cost.
This trend is especially prominent in India, the world’s fourth largest wind energy market,
where the energy demand is expected to double and the government targets to add around
100 GW wind power in the predominantly low-wind market by 2030.
To help meet the growing demand, Vestas is introducing the V155-3.3 MW turbine optimised
for low and ultra-low wind conditions. The V155-3.3 MW was introduced by Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen in a meeting today with Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Vestas’ commitment
to support India’s push for renewable energy and to strengthen the country’s wind energy industry.
While the new turbine is globally applicable, it initially targets low and ultra-low wind condition
projects in India. It increases the turbine swept area by 67 percent in comparison to V120-2.2
MW, and with a large rotor to rating ratio, it significantly improves the partial load production in
low-wind conditions.
The V155-3.3 MW improves the annual energy production (AEP) by more than three percent
for a 300 MW wind park with 46 fewer turbines, creating an improved level of business case
certainty.
“With the introduction of the V155-3.3 MW wind turbine, Vestas is connecting our proven 4 MW platform technology with customised solutions to improve our customers’ business case in low and ultra-low wind conditions”, says Thomas Scarinci, Senior Vice -President of Product Management Vestas.
“With this product designed specifically to optimise energy production in low and ultra-low wind conditions, we are confident that we can bring enhanced value to our customers and partners in
India and other suited markets”.
As the turbine will be predominantly locally manufactured and sourced in India, it reinforces
Vestas’ existing commitment to the country’s growing renewable energy industry. Vestas will
increase its already prominent manufacturing footprint in India by establishing a new converter
factory in Chennai and expanding its current blade factory in Ahmedabad.
These investments follow our previously announced new nacelle and hub factory in Chennai,
which is currently under construction. The production ramp-up will add around 1,000 new jobs
within the next year to the approximately 2,600 people currently working for Vestas in India.
While the expanded production setup in India will serve the growing wind market in the region,
it will also act as a strategic export hub.
“We have installed close to 4 GW of wind turbines in India over the last two decades and
established a large production footprint, and we’re excited to leverage this as we support the government’s ambitions for renewable energy”, says Clive Turton, President of Vestas Asia
Pacific.
“With the production ramp up in India, we anticipate increased employment across our
existing hubs, underlining our commitment to better support our customers and drive the
country’s renewable energy transition”.
“With the introduction of the V155-3.3 MW turbine, we are able to offer improved energy
production and business case certainty for our customers in India’s growing wind market”,
says Vickram Jadhav, Vice -President of Sales for Vestas India.
“Built on the globally proven 4 MW platform, the V155-3.3 MW features a full-scale converter delivering excellent grid compliance, faster active and reactive power during dynamic frequency
and voltage events. The V155-3.3 MW has an optimised blade design customized and best
suited for the Indian Wind conditions. It also features market specific towers up to 140m hub
height to meet local transportation requirements”.
With 35 GW of 4 MW platform turbines installed in 47 countries, the V155-3.3 MW has been developed within Vestas’ leading standards within design, testing and manufacturing, ensuring customer’s business case certainty.
Prototype installation is planned for the third quarter 2021, while serial production is expected
by the first quarter of 2022.
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