Goldwind

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., commonly known as Goldwind, is a Chinese multinational wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Beijing, China. Goldwind was the largest wind turbine manufacturer globally (by installations) in 2015.[1]

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
Traded asSEHK: 2208
SZSE: 002202
ISINCNE100000PP1 
IndustryWind power
Founded1998 (1998)
Headquarters
Beijing, China
Key people
Wu Gang (CEO)
ProductsWind turbines
Revenue
  • HK$ 30.6 B (2016)
  • HK$ 37.06 B (2015)
  • HK$ 22.27 B (2014)
Number of employees
6,000 (2012)
Websitewww.goldwindglobal.com

As of 2016, it was ranked 3rd for onshore and also 3rd for offshore turbine manufacturing by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.[2]

History

In 2008, Goldwind purchased their permanent magnet direct-drive (PMDD) technology from a German company called Vensys.[3] Goldwind had 1,500 employees in 2009. It was the second-largest Chinese wind turbine manufacturer by 2011 market share and the third-largest in the world. In 2015, Goldwind became the largest turbine manufacturer in the world.[4]

Operations

With offices and facilities throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas, Goldwind employs over 6,000 staff and combined, has an installed capacity base of 38 gigawatts (GW) across six continents. Goldwind is principally engaged in researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing large-sized wind turbine generator sets. The company's major products include 1.5MW, 2.0MW, 2.5MW, and 3MW(S)[5] Permanent Magnet Direct-Drive (PMDD) wind turbine generators. The company also provides wind power technology services, investment and sale of wind power projects and technology transfer service.

Goldwind Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, Co., Ltd., is based in Chicago, IL and currently employs approximately 100 individuals. Goldwind Americas (Goldwind USA, Inc.) has installed approximately 500 MW of PMDD turbines. In 2016 and 2017, Goldwind acquired two Texas projects totaling a combined capacity of 300 MW. Once constructed, the Rattlesnake Wind Project[6] and Heart of Texas Wind Project [7] will be Goldwind's largest U.S. projects to date. In 2017, Goldwind obtained $140m in tax equity financing commitments from a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Citi for its 160MW Rattlesnake wind project in central Texas – easily the most financing of US origin yet secured by a Chinese turbine OEM in the U.S. market.[8] Goldwind Americas also manages and operates the company's Panamanian team, which oversees the Penonome I and Penonome II wind farms totaling 270 MW, and the Chilean service operations team.

Goldwind Australia is the Australian subsidiary that owns and operates both wind and solar energy farms in Australia.


Products
Goldwind turbines in operation at a wind farm outside of Urumqi in Xinjiang, China

Goldwind turbines are exclusively PMDD machines.

Goldwind's initial use of the PMDD fully converted design came through its partner and eventual subsidiary Vensys Energy, with the VENSYS 62 which has been in operation since 2004.

PMDD Models above 1000 kW

  • 1.5 MW
  • 2.0 MW
  • 2.5 MW
  • 3 MW (S) (onshore & offshore)
  • 6.0 MW (offshore only)
  • 10 MW (offshore only)

Previous Generation Models below 1000 kW

  • 600 kW series wind turbine
  • 750 kW series wind turbine

See also

References
  1. "Goldwind took 12.6% last year - FTI". Windpower Monthly. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. "BNEF 2016 wind turbine manufacturers ranking". Bloomberg New Energy Finance. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. "China - Xinjiang Goldwind to acquire 70% of German wind-turbine maker". w3.windfair.net.
  4. IHS Emerging Energy Research. Gamesa back in wind top-five as GE drops out - analysts Global Wind Turbine Supply Market Share Evolution, 6 March 2012. Retrieved: 8 March 2012.
  5. "Goldwind grid-links next-generation 3MW flagship". Recharge | Renewable energy news and articles. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  6. "Goldwind US financing milestone as Buffett and Citi bac". Recharge | Renewable energy news and articles. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. "Goldwind buys second 160MW Texas project". Recharge | Renewable energy news and articles. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  8. "Goldwind US financing milestone as Buffett and Citi bac". Recharge | Renewable energy news and articles. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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