Vestas has announced that assembly of the prototype and pre-series versions of their new 7MW turbine will take place at Lindø in Denmark.
Vestas has signed a fixed period business lease agreement with Lindø Industrial Park, for production buildings and offices along with overhead cranes, covering an area of almost 15,000m², for assembly of the prototype and pre-series versions of its V164-7.0MW turbine.
This follows the recent announcement that the first turbines in the series will be tested at Østerrild wind turbine test centre at Fredrikshavn, in close collaboration with DONG Energy. This in turn follows the port option agreement signed with Peel Ports in March 2011, giving Vestas exclusive rights to 70ha of land at Sheerness in Kent UK for series manufacturing and assembly of the new turbine, along with vessel loading facilities.
Vestas’ commitment to facilities in Denmark is understandable given their own, and the country’s, pre-eminence in the wind industry. They also plan to test a limited number at their own facilities at Aarhus.
Anders Søe-Jensen, president of Vestas Offshore, said: “We continue to see a great deal of interest in our new offshore turbine and are pleased to see more and more pieces of the puzzle falling into place and paving the way for the turbine to hit the market.”
Article first published in Maritime Journal
