XEMC installs first 5MW prototype in China

CHINA: XEMC installed a 5MW direct-drive permanent magnetic offshore prototype in southeast China’s Fujian province and expects to connect the prototype to the grid in May.

by Jianxiang Yang 26 March 2012

The turbine is installed in a land surrounded by the sea in three sides in Dongsha village, Sanshan town of Fuqing city, Fujian province.

In September 2011, XEMC Darwind, a subsidiary of XEMC based on a former Dutch-owned offshore wind turbine developer which was acquired by XEMC in 2009, installed one 5MW prototype in the second half of 2011 in the Netherlands.

In March, XEMC Darwind won a 50MW offshore supply and installation agreement from German Hamburg-based developer Windkraft FIT. The deal is for 10 5MW XD115/5MW direct-drive turbines.

The units, which are likely to be the first Chinese offshore turbines to be installed in Europe, are to be built off the German North Sea coast in a project called Albatros 1.

Albatros

The Albatros project has an overall capacity of 474MW. No other turbine contracts have been made for the wind farm. Realisation of Albatros 1, with a contract value between €70-90 million and is expected to be completed by 2015.

The XD115/5MW onshore prototype was installed during the second half of 2011 in the Netherlands and again ranks amongst the first multi-megawatt offshore-dedicated direct-drive PMG-type turbines.