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include a smart energy storage system with a Wind Farm, as well as eleven V105-3.45 MW Spain’s Iberdrola raising its bid to AUD856
capacity of 50MWh. turbines in 3.6 MW Power Optimised Mode million ($589.1 million), shortly after
The hybrid power plant will generate at Noheji Mutsuwan Wind Farm. Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp hiked its
power and produce chilled water for the “Projects like Chitose and Noheji offer, Reuters reported.
U-Tapao International Airport and Eastern Mutsuwan wind farms demonstrate Vestas’ Philippines-based UAC Energy, a joint
Airport City Development Project. market experience, broad service solutions, venture of Ayala’s AC Energy and Hong
and extensive supply chain to provide the best Kong-based UPC Renewables Group, revised
return of investment for the lifecycle of a wind its cash offer to AUD0.86 per share from
farm,” said Clive Turton, President of Vestas AUD0.80 per share earlier on Monday,
WIND Asia Pacific. “We are proud that customers matching Iberdrola’s (IBE.MC) initial bid.
all throughout our region can turn to Vestas’ UAC also declared its bid free of conditions
Vestas secures two wind broad range of industry-leading and cost- which had irked Infigen.
Iberdrola responded immediately by
efficient energy solutions.”
orders in Japan and 28 MW repowering order from ecoJoule sweetening its offer by 3 cents to AUD0.89 a
In Germany, the firm has received a
share, a touch above Infigen’s close on Friday
Germany construct GmbH for the wind project of AUD0.885, valuing the renewables firm at
AUD856 million.
Brest, located in Lower-Saxony in northern
Vestas has secured turbine orders for two Germany, won in the tender for the Federal Infigen shares jumped 4% to trade at
wind projects in high-wind sites in Japan, Network Agency. Five V150-5.6 MW turbines AUD0.92, indicating investors expect both
and a repowering order in Germany for its from the EnVentus platform, with concrete suitors to improved their bids.
Enventus Platform. hybrid towers with a hub height of 166m, Infigen said it was considering
Vestas has announced that it has secured will replace the currently installed turbines to developments on both the offers and advised
turbine orders for two wind projects in high- maximise the annual energy production. shareholders not to take any action.
wind sites in Japan, and a repowering order in “We are excited to partner with our long- Iberdrola and UAC pounced on Infigen
Germany for its Enventus Platform. term customer ecoJoule construct GmbH after its share price slumped due to falling
In Japan, the turbine manufacturer on the first wind energy project, combining power prices in Australia and challenges
has announced that in partnership with the highly efficient V150-5.6 MW turbine facing wind and solar firms hooking up
Tokyu Land Corporation and Japan Wind variant of our EnVentus platform and the projects to a shaky grid.
Development, Vestas has secured a 76 MW concrete hybrid tower, taking advantage of UAC has already secured approval for
order for Chitose Wind Farm and Noheji the favourable wind conditions at 166m hub its bid from Australia’s foreign investment
Mutsuwan Wind Farm in the Aomori height”, says Alex Robertson, Vice President board, at a time when the country has
prefecture of Japan. Sales DACH, Vestas Northern & Central introduced tougher policies to monitor
Due to the typhoon and earthquake-prone Europe. “The state-of-the-art wind energy foreign investments as interest rises for
environment of the region, an extended solution provides a competitive levelised troubled Australian assets in the wake of the
collaboration between all project partners cost of energy to maximise the return of coronavirus pandemic.
was required when designing a turbine investment for our customer.” Infigen earlier backed Iberdrola’s offer, as
solution to maximise wind capture in the sites’ VESTAS the bid from the Spanish company was 7.5%
challenging wind and weather conditions. higher with fewer conditions.
The order includes the supply and Battle for Infigen hots up
supervision of four V117-3.45 MW and six
V105-3.45 MW turbines that are all delivered A bidding war for Australian wind and solar
in 3.6 MW Power Optimised Mode at Chitose firm Infigen Energy heated up this week, with

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