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Vestas wins 53MW turbine order from Vietnam

VIETNAM VESTAS has received a 53MW order from “Five years ago, Vestas was the turbine sup-
Vietnamese wind developer Thuan Binh Wind plier of an EPC contract that TBW signed for
Power (TBW) to supply and install 13 of its the 24MW Phu Lac 1 wind farm. The wind farm
V150-4.2MW turbine models to the Phu Lac has been a showcase piece for us, especially after
Phase 2 and Loi Hai 2 wind farms. winning Asian Power Award 2017 - Wind Power
The two projects are located in Binh Thuan Project of the Year, and with Vestas’ turbines
and Ninh Thuan provinces on the South-Central exceeding all contractual expectations so far,”
Coast of Vietnam. said Bui Van Thinh, CEO of TBW.
This is the second time Vestas will be work- “TBW is thrilled to be working directly with
ing with TBW, which owns the 24MW Phu Lac Vestas this time for our next two wind projects
Phase 1 wind farm, which opened in 2015 with with a total capacity of 53MW. We would like to
12 of Vestas’ V100-2.0MW turbines. thank Vestas for the good job done at Phu Lac 1
“It is great to be able to partner with TBW and look forward to more successes with Phu Lac
once again for these two wind farms, following Phase 2 and Loi Hai 2 wind farms”.
our previous co-operation back in 2015”, said The order also includes a 20-year Active
Clive Turton, president of Vestas Asia Pacific. Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) ser-
“As the deadline for Vietnam’s feed-in tariff vice agreement for both projects, designed to
(FiT) quickly approaches, our partnership with maximise energy production for the sites. With
TBW still enables us to deliver these projects a yield-based availability guarantee, Vestas will
within the time limit, maximising the benefits to provide the customer with long-term business
our customer and to the Vietnam wind industry”. case certainty.
The 12 turbines will have different power The projects are planned to be commissioned
ratings in order to optimise the projects’ energy in the third quarter of 2021.™
output.

Sumitomo confirms Five

Estuaries leasing rights

JAPAN SUMITOMO Corp’s Japanese-backed 353MW Sumitomo said that it would now work
Five Estuaries offshore wind project in the UK together with its partners to acquire generations
has secured lease agreements for seabed rights licences and other regulatory requirements
and aims to begin commercial operations in before opening Five Estuaries by 2030.
2030. RWE also said this week that Five Estuaries
The project is located in a 149-square km area was among the four wind farm lease agreements
of the North Sea seabed off the coast of Essex. it will secure this week from the UK’s Crown
Sumitomo said this week that it would take a Estate, which controls seabed development
12.5% stake in Five Estuaries, whose other part- rights.
ners are RWE Renewables UK (25%), Siemens It said that the seabed leases were for the
Financial Services (25%), ESB II UK (12.5%) Gwynt y Môr, Galloper (Five Estuaries), Greater
and a consortium managed by Green Investment Gabbard and Rampion extension projects,
Group and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real which have a combined capacity of 1,800MW.
Assets (25%). RWE’s equity interest would be 900MW.
The project is an extension to the adjacent Sumitomo is involved in wind projects in
353MW Galloper wind farm, which was also Japan, Europe, the US, South Africa and China,
funded, developed by the same partners and and has developed offshore facilities in Belgium,
opened in 2018. UK and France.
Both Galloper and Five Estuaries have Sumitomo said that its equity interest in off-
already been incorporated as seed assets in the shore wind would rise to 590MW when the new
first renewable energy fund formed by Spring Five Estuaries project is completed.
Infrastructure Capital, in which Sumitomo Cor- In the UK, the company jointly manages the
poration jointly invested with Sumitomo Mitsui Race Bank wind farm (total capacity 573MW)
Banking Corporation and Development Bank and the Galloper wind farm.™
of Japan.

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