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Following the announcement of its first U.S. office in January, MHI Vestas officially commemorated the opening of its new Boston location with a celebration this week, which included Massachusetts State Representative, Patricia Haddad, and MHI Vestas CEO, Philippe Kavafyan. “Choosing Boston, and now opening the office, shows MHI Vestas’ commitment to the U.S. offshore wind…

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has announced that it has chosen Boston for its U.S. headquarters. The company’s announcement demonstrates a long-term commitment to Massachusetts, advancing the progressive state’s lead in the burgeoning U.S. offshore sector. “The Baker-Polito Administration was proud to secure the largest single procurement of offshore wind by any state in the country, and…

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has announced the appointment of Jason Folsom, the company’s first official hire in the U.S. market. Folsom, a respected offshore wind expert with extensive new market entry experience and a passion for offshore wind in the United States. “I have been watching with great interest how MHI Vestas has approached the…

MHI Vestas has received its new blade mould on the Isle of Wight as major preparations are now underway to begin production as early as January 2019. The arrival of the mould signals a chief milestone in the company’s manufacturing expansion efforts, which promises to add 1,100 new jobs — direct, indirect, and induced —…

EDF Renewables North America has selected MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as the preferred supplier for the Nautilus Offshore Wind project off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The pioneering offshore wind project, the first in New Jersey, has plans to feature three V164-8.3 MW turbines from MHI Vestas, taking the company’s V164 platform to…

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has made it official — its V164 turbine platform has now achieved a power rating of 10 MW. The offshore wind pioneer has pushed the boundaries with the industry’s first commercially available double-digit wind turbine. “What was unreachable before has become the new benchmark,” said MHI Vestas CEO, Philippe Kavafyan. “In launching the V164-10.0…

WindPlus, a consortium led by EDP Renewables, has signed a firm order with MHI Vestas to provide three V164-8.4 MW turbines for the WindFloat Atlantic project situated near the coast of Northern Portugal. The 8.4 MW turbines will be the largest and most powerful wind turbines ever installed onto a floating foundation at sea. “This…

MHI Vestas celebrates financial close with innogy at the 860-MW Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm, confirming the largest megawatt project in the history of the wind-turbine company. The Danish-Japanese joint venture will supply 90 of the world’s most powerful commercially available turbine, the V164-9.5 MW, for the project and has agreed on a comprehensive service…

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S has signed a conditional agreement for the supply of wind turbines for an offshore project, which is not materially above Vestas’ announcement threshold for offshore projects of 800 MW. The project will be delivered by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and will not enter into the order backlog of Vestas Wind…

MHI Vestas, a manufacturer of offshore wind turbines, has joined the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the trade body which represents the global wind industry. “We are delighted that MHI Vestas is coming on board,” said incoming GWEC CEO Ben Backwell. “Offshore wind, from its origins in Europe, is now in a position to become truly…

Deutsche Bucht will be the first offshore wind farm worldwide to test the mono-bucket foundation structure under commercial operating conditions. The foundations will be equipped with V164-8.4 MW wind turbines manufactured and installed byMHI Vestas will be installed on Mono Bucket foundations. The news continues a series of innovation-related announcements involving MHI Vestas, including the rollout…

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind is celebrating another milestone for its flagship V164 turbine platform: the 9.5-MW model has received its Rotor-Nacelle-Assembly component certificate. This final certification was received one year after MHI Vestas announced the massive turbine to the market, moving the industry one step closer to double-digit MW turbines in the water. “This is…

Vestas has entered into a partnership with Swedish utility Vattenfall and Danish pension fund PKA for a 353-MW wind-energy project in Sweden. Vestas will provide 353 MW of its V136-4.2 MW turbines and become a shareholder through a share purchase agreement for 40% of the project. PKA and Vattenfall will own 30 percent project equity…

Sending a signal to developers and policymakers that it will be ready for early projects in Taiwan, MHI Vestas signed its fifth memorandum of understanding (MOU) today with TECO and The Switch for the delivery of generator products. The company also confirms that its 9-MW turbine platform will be typhoon-ready in 2020, in time for…

Signaling a new era in the company’s global ambitions, MHI Vestas has signed Memorandums of Understanding with four Taiwanese companies for the development of offshore wind. The agreements are the realization of the company’s manufacturing strategy for the region and leverage the unparalleled experience in energy infrastructure of the Mitsubishi Group in Taiwan. “The Taiwan offshore…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Vestas Wind Systems (Vestas) have appointed Philippe Kavafyan to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Lars Bondo Krogsgaard to Co-Chief Executive Officer (Co-CEO) of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind. The appointments will take effect on April 1, 2018, and are made in accordance with the joint venture agreement’s principle of changing its leadership every four…

Offshore wind continues its growing industrialization in Belgium as MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and Esvagt will announce the inauguration of the market’s newest state-of-the-art service vessel. The vessel, christened as ‘Esvagt Mercator’, will support 50 turbines at Nobelwind, Belgium’s newest offshore wind park, and 55 turbines at Belwind 1. “With the inauguration of Esvagt Mercator,…