Ming Yang Smart Energy won a deal to supply Italy's first offshore wind project, in a commercial breakthrough for a Chinese turbine maker in the European market.

Ming Yang said it has been lined up to deliver 10 of its MySE3.0-135 machines to the 30MW nearshore pilot project being developed by Renexia off Taranto in Italy’s Apulia region.

The deal marks a first for a Chinese wind OEM in the European offshore sector, which has so far been dominated by western giants Siemens Gamesa, GE and MHI Vestas.