AMSC expects to begin shipping sets of core components under the new contract in March 2010 and to complete all shipments by the end of 2011. Sinovel is China’s largest wind turbine manufacturer and expects to be the world’s fifth largest wind turbine manufacturer by the end of 2009.

With a 300-foot rotor diameter and tower height, Sinovel’s SL3000 is China’s most powerful domestically produced wind turbine.