SPAIN-CHINA WIND PACTS

Gamesa and Chinese partners will jointly develop new 600 MW of wind projects
16 February 2011 (Gamesa)

"…[Spanish wind developer and turbine manufacturer Gamesa] has signed two new agreements with Guangdong Nuclear Wind Power and China Huadian New Energy Development to develop a total of 600 MW wind projects in Jilin province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region….[Gamesa will] deliver several batches of G9X-2.0 MW wind turbines during the next five years.

"…[Gamesa and China Guangdong Nuclear] have jointly developed wind projects in Shandong, Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces [sine 2009]. The new agreement is a unique milestone because it uses wind turbines produced in Gamesa's Jilin factory, for wind projects in Jilin."

The eastward march of the wind industry continues (click to enlarge)

"…[Gamesa and Huadian New Energy first partnered] in Inner Mongolia in 2009….[T]he new 300 MW…project will use wind turbines produced in…[Gamesa’s planned] Inner Mongolia factory…"

China almost matched the rest of the world's wind-building last year. (click to enlarge)

"Gamesa operates as a wind farm developer in China…in conjunction with the country's leading (global and provincial) power companies…[It now] has cooperation agreements of 2,726 MW in [China]…[It] has four manufacturing plants (for blades, generators, and nacelle and gearbox assembly) in the province of Tianjin…[as well as the two] under construction, in Jilin and Inner Mongolia.

"Gamesa broke ground on the Jilin [turbine] plant in May 2010…[which] is scheduled to open in March 2011…with an anticipated annual output of approximately 250…cutting edge 2.0 MW wind turbines for its partners in that province…"