Vestas

Vestas Wind Systems A / S ( Copenhagen Stock Exchange: VWS.CO ) is a Danish manufacturer of wind turbines.

3.1 Vestas
3.2 Micon
3.3 North Tank
3.4 NedWind

History

Based in Randers company had 20,829 employees at the end of 2008 over 26 countries, including Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy, China, Japan, USA and Australia. Until 30 June 2012, over 47,000 plants were supplied with a total capacity of around 52 GW worldwide. One-third of sales were made in markets outside Europe. With 12,000 installations and 10 GW most of them went to the United States. From 2000 to 2011, Vestas was the largest after each shipped annually performance manufacturer of wind turbines worldwide.

Vestas was for several years the world leader in the number and total capacity of newly installed wind turbines. In the offshore sector, Vestas was by Siemens Wind Power with a share of 31 % of the total capacity of the manufacturers with the second most installations (as of November 2012). 2012, the company was supplanted by GE Wind Energy at No. 2 because GE had to scroll through the boom in the U.S. market, due to the initially assumed expiration of the production tax credit with over 13 GW a high annex.

Timeline:

Business

Corporate Structure

President and CEO of the company is Ditlev Engel, the deputy managing director Hendrik Nørremark.

Vestas Wind Systems A / S is divided into three business units:

Vestas Blades ( blades )
Vestas Towers ( towers and Metallurgy )
Vestas Nacelles ( nacelles and generators)
Vestas People & Culture,
Vestas Offshore,
Vestas Spare Parts & Repair, as well as the range of the control system and
Regional subsidiaries ( for example: Asia-Pacific).

Locations and Subsidiaries

The company is headquartered in Randers, Denmark.

Major production facilities are among other things in Lauchhammer ( Germany ), Lem and Nakskov (Denmark), Isle of Wight (England), Taranto (Italy ), Tianjin (China), Daimiel (Spain) and Windsor (USA).

The Germany company headquarters is located in Husum (Schleswig -Holstein). Here, the company is active since 1986 and employs around 2,000 staff.

Plant types

Vestas

The following types come from the production Vestas:

V164 - 8.0: On 30 March 2011, Vestas announced the V164 - 7 MW at a new offshore turbine. This new wind turbine was developed specifically for use in the North Sea; it can also be used in other regions. In October 2012, Vestas has increased the indication of the nominal capacity of 7 to 8 MW. The prototype was built in January 2014, the series production is planned for 2015.
V126-3.0/3.3: 2012 Vestas announced the production of the V126 - 3.0MW, a further development based on the V112 - 3.0MW, with a rotor diameter of 126 meters will be used. The prototype is to be built in the second quarter of 2013. It is also a variant with a 3.3 MW available.
V117 -3.3: The system is based on the V112- 3.0MW platform and was introduced to the public in 2013.
V112-3.0/3.3: The V112 is suitable in the onshore version for low and medium wind on land. The plant has a rated capacity of 3.0 MW. The offshore version is suitable for strong winds. 2013 an increase in output to 3.3 MW was announced.
V100: (rotor diameter: 100 m) V100- 1.8: The V100 with a rated power of 1.8 MW is since spring 2009 on the market, has a transmission and is designed for extreme low wind sites. This is reflected in the ratio of rotor swept area to power.
V100- 2.6: In 2011, Vestas V100 - 2.6 MW another new wind turbine before. The turbine is designed specifically for low and moderate wind sites.

Set types ( examples):

V47 -660
V39 -500: possessed with a rotor diameter of 39 meters with a rated power of 500 kW. It is no longer manufactured.

Micon

The company Micon A / S was founded in 1983 as a swap from the North Tank Energy Group A / S, and soon became one of the leading manufacturers. Especially on the market of the California energy policy, the company was successful. 1997 back to a company NEG Micon A / S merged Micon and Northern tank.

The company NEG Micon has acquired a majority stake spring of Vestas in 2004 and then merged.

Overall, around 35 types came from the production Micon / NEG Micon; Selection of recent models:

NM92/2750
NM82/1500, NM82/1650: one of the successful investments of the Company
NM80/2500, NM80/2750, NM80/2875
NM72c/1500, NM72/1650, NM72/2000, NM72/2100: one of the successful investments of the Company
NM64/1500, NM64c/1500
NM52/900: one of the successful investments of the Company
NM48/750: one of the successful investments of the Company

North tank

The company Nord tank in Balle, Syddjurs, was originally a boiler manufacturer, who joined in the energy industry (North Tank Energy Group A / S). She was one of the first Danish manufacturer in the early 1980s with the pioneers of wind energy. In 1983, the company Micon ' A / S' outsourced. 1997, the other divisions were merged into one company with the wind group, which then changed its name to NEG Micon A / S.

The following types were from the northern production capacity:

NTK1500/60
NTK600/43
NTK550/41
NTK500/37
NTK300/31
NTK150/16 150 /25 and 150/XLR ( 24.6 m diameter)
NTK130/22
NTK99/20
NTK75/17 ( 16.6 m diameter)
NTK65/16

NedWind

NedWind, founded in 1990 in Rhenen was, at that time the third largest Dutch wind turbine manufacturer, and had production facilities in Palm Springs and on Curacao, and was next to the U.S. particularly active in India. 1998 the company got into trouble and was acquired by NEG Micon. The company remained for a time as a Dutch branch active, for example, was also engaged independently in China.

NedWind built primarily two -bladed wind turbines. The following types come from the production Nedwind:

NedWind 53/1000
NedWind 44/500
NedWind 40/500
NedWind 35/500

Offshore

Vestas Wind Systems A / S 2010 had offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of over 1,400 MW installed at the end of the world. In November 2012, a collaboration with the Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was announced. This cooperation should be the development of 8 - MW wind turbines.

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