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Vestas introduces low-wind variant suited for India’s wind market and expands 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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