Sinovel Wind Group Company () is a Chinese

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manufacturer headquartered in

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. It is the largest wind turbine manufacturer in

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and by 2011 market share the second largest in the world. The company aims to be the largest turbine maker by 2015 with half of sales for foreign markets.

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, the first offshore

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in China, began operation in July 2010 using 34 3 MW Sinovel turbines. In December 2010, the

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ordered a 1.5 MW wind turbine to power a wastewater pumping station in Charlestown,

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Controversies

The firm was accused of stealing software from AMSC and was sued by the company.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-09/amsc-taking-sinovel-infringement-suit-to-china-s-supreme-court.html
On 27 June 2013, the

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charged Sinovel and three individuals with theft of trade secrets. On 24 January 2018 a U.S. federal jury in

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, Wisconsin found Sinovel guilty of stealing trade secrets from AMSC causing the American company to lose over US$800 million. The jury found that Sinovel stole

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and copyrighted information with the intention of building its own versions of AMSC systems and retrofit previously built wind turbines so it could avoid having to pay AMSC for its technology. According to a press release by AMSC on 3 July 2018, AMSC has settled the lawsuit with Sinovel.

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Official website in English
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