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in 2011.
The facility in Miyagi Prefecture became
the 16th reactor at nine nuclear power plants in the country that has passed the Nuclear Regulation Authority’s safety screenings.
The NRA examines the safety of nuclear reactors based on strict standards that the country introduced after the March 2011 triple meltdown at TEPCO’s Holdings Inc.’s tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
The Onagawa facility is the first to have passed the NRA’s scrutiny among reactors in the Tohoku region.
Among other reactors hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the reactor at Japan Atomic Power’s Tokai No. 2 nuclear plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, cleared the NRA’s examination in September 2018.
WIND
MHI Vestas signs turbines
deal for Japan’s Akita
offshore wind farm
Akita Offshore Wind Corporation (AOW) has completed a firm wind turbines agreement with MHI Vestas for the Akita Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm Project.
n a sector first for a utility-scale wind power project in Japan, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has completed firm and unconditional orders to supply wind turbines for the Akita and Noshiro offshore wind farms, jointly referred to as the Akita Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm Project. The wind farms have an expected combined output of 139 MW.
MHI Vestas will supply 33 V117-4.2 MW wind turbines in total, to be installed with fixed-bottom foundations at both sites.
Installation is expected to commence in 2022, and will include a maximum 20-year (subject to the options being exercised) service and maintenance agreements.
“We are pleased to secure the firm order
to support AOW in their development of the Akita Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm Project,” said MHI Vestas CSO, Henrik Jensen. “As Japan progresses towards a wind energy future powered by offshore wind power, MHI Vestas and our parent companies, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Vestas, are ready to play our part. We’re looking forward to delivering the Akita and Noshiro wind farms with Marubeni and the rest of the AOW partners.”
13 wind turbines will be supplied at the Akita wind farm, while the Noshiro site will incorporate 20 wind turbines. In total, the projects will supply the equivalent of nearly 130,000 homes.
The electric power output from the wind farms will be fed through both the Akita and Noshiro ports in Akita Prefecture, with an expected output of 55 MW at Akita Port and 84 MW at Noshiro Port.
Vestas wins first order for
new V155-3.3 MW turbine in
China
Vestas has secured the first order for the V155-3.3 MW turbine variant for two projects in China that total 201 MW.
The order includes the supply of 61 turbines and towers as well as a 5-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service contract. Both projects are derived from the ongoing Chinese auction scheme.
To meet Chinese customers’ needs in this changing market environment, Vestas introduced the V155-3.3 MW variant in the Chinese market in June 2019. The turbine
combines the largest rotor with the lowest power rating of Vestas’ globally proven 4 MW platform to optimise a project’s capacity factor in low wind speeds.
“This order comes less than six months after the introduction of V155-3.3 MW, demonstrating the optimal market fit of the product in China’s low wind market.” Says Thomas Keller, President of Vestas China. “Designed specifically to meet customer
needs and market requirements in China,
the V155-3.3 MW will offer our customers
a lower cost of energy and better business
case certainty. This will lay the foundation for success as the market transitions to distributed wind and grid-parity projects, causing a
more competitive and complex business environment”.
The global demand for sustainable energy solutions optimised for low and ultra-
low wind conditions continues to grow as renewable technology improves in efficiency, making more sites viable for wind energy. This trend is especially prominent in the world’s largest wind energy market, China, where the wind industry at the same time is facing an increasingly competitive business environment with the transition to grid parity pricing and a more decentralised energy infrastructure with distributed wind projects. VESTAS
GE wins 112 turbine contract for Gujarat wind farm
GE Renewable Energy has received an order from the EDF-SITAC joint venture to supply and install 112 of its 2.7 MW wind turbines at the Sitac Kabini wind farm in Gujarat, India.
The 112 units will be installed and commissioned by early 2021, and will produce enough green energy to meet the annual electricity requirements of more than 1.3mn people in the country.
EDF Renewables and the Sitac Group previously announced they have secured a 25- year Power Purchase Agreement for the wind farm through a competitive bidding process with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a public sector company under the administrative control of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Gilan Sabatier, regional leader for GE Renewable Energy’s Onshore Wind business in South Asia and ASEAN said “We are extremely honored to have been selected
by EDF-Sitac for this project. Together, we are aiming at growing Gujarat’s and India’s renewable energy capacity. We are now focused on making this project a success for our customer and we look forward to seeing
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