GE Renewable Energy was selected by Chinese Fuqing Haixia Electricity Generation Company – a joint venture between China Three Gorges and Fujian Energy – to deliver three Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbines to the Fujian Xinghua Gulf demo project.
The contract includes technical support and a two-year operation and maintenance (O&M) service.
The three nacelles and generators will be manufactured at GE’s Offshore Wind facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, whereas towers and blades will be manufactured locally in China and Denmark respectively.
John Lavelle , President & CEO of GE’s Offshore Wind Business, said: “Our state-of-the-art Haliade 150-6MW wind turbine has proven to be a very flexible product that can be customized to the local needs. When finished, GE will be the only supplier in the world to have installed offshore wind turbines in the Americas, Europe and Asia, and we are looking forward to continue a successful offshore journey in China and Asia.”
Installation is expected to take place during the last quarter of 2017.
GE Renewable Energy is one of the several wind turbine suppliers to participate in the 73MW wind farm project, which will comprise 14 wind turbines.