Vestas installs first V110-2MW prototype

DENMARK: Vestas has installed the first V110-2MW prototype at a testing site in Jutland, Denmark.

by David Weston 6 May 2014

  • Vestas has installed a prototype for the V110-2.0MW turbine

    Vestas has installed a prototype for the V110-2.0MW turbine

  • The turbine has been designed for low-wind sites.

    The turbine has been designed for low-wind sites.

  • The turbine will enter mass production later this year.

    The turbine will enter mass production later this year.

  • The turbine is targeted at the US market.

    The turbine is targeted at the US market.

  • Testing will take place in Denmark.

    Testing will take place in Denmark.

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The turbine was installed at the Høvsøre test site on west Denmark's coast. It will be tested and certified prior to the first deliveries by the end of 2014.

The low-wind IIIa class turbine's design is targeted at the American market and the Danish firm has already received large orders for the model.

In August, Vestas agreed to supply 400MW of V110 turbines to EDP Renováveis for use in the US.

Duke Energy Renewables also ordered 200 V110 turbines in September to be used at the Los Vientos III and Los Vientos IV sites in Texas.

Vestas said the new turbine will have an annual energy production that is 13.6% higher than the company's V100-1.8MW low-wind turbine.

The new model features longer, 55-metre blades as well as a strengthened gearbox compared with Vestas'  previous 2MW turbines.