Vestas to close China plant, stop making kilowatt turbines

Vestas V52-850kW wind turbines

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas is shutting down its Hohhot factory in China and will make 300-350 people redundant.

Vestas says it has decided to phase out production of its “kilowatt” platform – the V52-850kW and V60-850kW turbines made at the plant – because of low market demand.

“Vestas will honour all firm sales commitments for kilowatt turbines and make sure that any ongoing negotiations for kilowatt orders will be finalised considering the customers’ needs and Vestas’ profitability,” the company says.

“Servicing the kilowatt platform will remain an important business for Vestas and we will continue to offer comprehensive service solutions to the owners and operators of the kilowatt turbines.”

Vestas says that…

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