REpower North (China) Co. Ltd has received an order
for 24 wind turbines from Guangdong Baolihua New Energy Stock Co. Ltd, an energy
and property company based in Guangzhou.
The Chinese joint venture, in which
REpower Systems has a majority interest of 50.01%, will deliver the turbines of
type MM82, each with rated power of 2MW, in summer 2009 for a wind farm on the
coast of Guangdong Province, 2,000 kilometres southeast of Beijing. The
turbines of type MM82, which REpower North has been constructing in Baotou
since May 2008, are designed for the high wind speeds on the south Chinese
coast and in northern China and are also available in Cold Climate Version
(CCV) for temperatures down to - 40º C. The joint venture REpower North (China)
Co. Ltd was established in 2006 by REpower Systems AG, the Chinese steel and
engineering company North Heavy Industry Corporation and project developer
Honiton Energy Ltd in Baotou in Inner Mongolia. From 2009, 200 turbines meeting
German quality standards are to be produced each year.
