Under the new agreement, Sinovel and AMSC will design and jointly develop multi-megawatt-scale wind turbines that Sinovel plans to market and sell worldwide. Sinovel expects to begin volume production of these wind turbines by the end of 2012 and, as part of the agreement, will purchase core electrical components from AMSC for these new machines.
Han Junliang, chairman and president of Sinovel, said: “Since its founding in 2004, Sinovel has proven to be China’s dominant wind turbine manufacturer while also quickly rising in the global rankings.
“Our next objective is to become the largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world. This will be accomplished by our ability to offer a wide array of highly reliable, high-efficiency wind turbines for the global onshore and offshore markets. We are pleased to expand our partnership with AMSC as we execute on our growth plans.”
AMSC Windtec, the wholly-owned subsidiary of AMSC, and Sinovel first formed their relationship in 2005. Since that time, AMSC has provided core electrical components for Sinovel’s 1.5MW wind turbines as well as engineering support services and power electronics for the 3MW and 5MW wind turbines that have been co-developed by Sinovel and AMSC Windtec. Sinovel began shipping 3MW wind turbines for the onshore and offshore markets in 2009.
