Vestas has received orders for a total of 187MW consisting of 220 units of the V52-850kW wind turbine for two wind power projects in China.

The two orders have been placed by Datang Chifeng Saihanba Wind Power Co., Ltd. and Yilan Longyuan Wind Power Co., Ltd. and the orders comprise 152 and 68 units of the V52-850kW turbine, respectively. Both companies are state-owned utilities and developers and are among the "big five" in China's electrical power sector. The orders comprise supply and commissioning of the turbines. Delivery of the turbines will begin in the autumn of 2007, and commissioning of the wind power plants will take place at the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008. The projects are located in the provinces of Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia in the northern and north-eastern part of China.