Vestas signs global wind pact with methanol giant

Danish turbine group Vestas will help Methanol production giant Methanex to identify and develop wind projects following a new co-operation deal between the two.

The companies will look at opportunities for wind facilities that Methanex can develop in and around its global production plants, says a joint statement.

Vestas and Methanex signed the global collaboration deal in Chile, where the latter already uses the Danish group’s turbines at its Cabo Negro wind plant in Magallanes, home to its methanol production facilities in the country.

Morten Albæk, a Vestas global senior vice-president, says: “Producing methanol is an energy-intensive process.

“With the Cabo Negro wind project, Methanex have shown both their creativity in finding a business model that reduces consumption…

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