Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., commonly known as Goldwind, is a Chinese
multinational wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each yea ...
manufacturer headquartered in Beijing, China.
Goldwind was a
state-owned enterprise before 2007, with largest shareholders including
Hexie Health Insurance
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,
China Three Gorges
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Renewables Group, and the
National Social Security Fund, state-controlled corporations holding almost 40% shares.
Its founder, Wu Gang, is a Communist Party member and had a seat in the 12th
National People's Congress
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With 2,9 ...
.
In 2016, it was ranked third for onshore and also third for offshore turbine manufacturing by ''Bloomberg New Energy Finance''.
History
Xinjiang Wind Energy, the predecessor of Xinjiang Goldwind, was founded by using a $3.2 million grant, given by the
Danish government
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, which they used to build China's first wind farm at Dabancheng.
Dabancheng wind farm, opened in 1989, consisted of the thirteen small, 150 kilowatts, wind turbines made by Danish turbine maker,
Bonus Energy.
Goldwind was founded by Wu Gang as part of China government's
863 Program
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and was funded by the state.
The funding helped Goldwind open its first assembly plant in
Urumqi and sign
technology transfer
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agreement with a German turbine manufacturer
Vensys
Vensys Energy AG (stylized as VENSYS) is a German gearless wind turbine manufacturer which is majority-owned by Chinese turbine manufacturer Goldwind.
Vensys licenses its products to several non-European manufacturers of wind turbines. In addition ...
.
In 2008, Goldwind purchased its
permanent magnet direct-drive (PMDD) technology from Vensys. Goldwind had 1,500 employees in 2009.
In 2010, Goldwind acquired a $6bn low-interest loan from the government-owned
China Development Bank as part of its expansion plan.
In 2015, Goldwind became the largest turbine manufacturer in the world but in 2019
Vestas
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took over.
Operations
With offices and facilities throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas, Goldwind employs over 6,000 staff and, combined, has an installed capacity base of 38 gigawatts (GW) across six continents. Goldwind is principally engaged in
research
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,
development
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,
manufacturing
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and
marketing
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of large-sized wind turbine generator sets. The company's major products include 1.5MW, 2.0MW, 2.5MW, and 3MW(S) Permanent Magnet Direct-Drive (PMDD) wind turbine generators. The company also provides wind power technology services, investment and sale of wind power projects and
technology transfer
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service.
Goldwind Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, Co., Ltd., is based in Chicago, Illinois, and currently employs approximately 100 individuals. Goldwind Americas (Goldwind USA, Inc.) has installed approximately 500 MW of PMDD turbines. In 2016 and 2017, Goldwind acquired two Texas projects totaling a combined capacity of 300 MW. Once constructed, the Rattlesnake Wind Project and Heart of Texas Wind Project will be Goldwind's largest U.S. projects to date. In 2017, Goldwind obtained $140m in tax equity financing commitments from a unit of
Berkshire Hathaway Energy
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and Citi for its 160MW Rattlesnake wind project in central Texas – easily the most financing of US origin yet secured by a Chinese turbine OEM in the U.S. market.
[ ] Goldwind Americas also manages and operates the company's Panamanian team, which oversees the Penonome I and Penonome II wind farms totaling 270 MW, and the Chilean service operations team.
Goldwind Australia is the Australian subsidiary that owns and operates both wind and solar energy farms in Australia.
Products
![Wind Farm Outside Urumqi](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Wind_Farm_Outside_Urumqi.jpg)
In 1998 Goldwind started the production of Jacobs 43/600 and Jacobs 48/600 turbines.
This German wind turbine with conventional geared drive train is similar to HSW600 and was designed by
aerodyn Energiesysteme GmbH.
Later the design has been geared to Jacobs 48/750 and Goldwind by the German engineering consultancy aerodyn.
Nowadays Goldwind turbines are exclusively PMDD machines.
Goldwind's initial use of the PMDD fully converted design came through its partner and eventual subsidiary
Vensys Energy
Vensys Energy AG (stylized as VENSYS) is a German gearless wind turbine manufacturer which is majority-owned by Chinese turbine manufacturer Goldwind.
Vensys licenses its products to several non-European manufacturers of wind turbines. In addition ...
, with the VENSYS 62 which has been in operation since 2004.
PMDD models above 1000 kW
* 1.5 MW
* 2.0 MW
* 2.5 MW
* 3 MW (S) (onshore & offshore)
* 6.0 MW (offshore only)
* 10 MW (offshore only)
Previous generation models below 1000 kW
* 600 kW series wind turbine
* 750 kW series wind turbine
See also
*
List of wind turbine manufacturers
This is a list of notable wind turbine manufacturers and businesses that manufacture major wind turbine components.
Small wind turbine manufacturers
* Bornay (Spain)
* Enessere (Italy)
* Hi-VAWT (Taiwan)
* quietrevolution (United Kingdo ...
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Wind power in China
China is the world leader in wind power generation, with the largest installed capacity of any nation and continued rapid growth in new wind facilities.
With its large land mass and long coastline, China has exceptional wind power resources:
References
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