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Vestas introduces the V138-3.0 MW to meet market constraints & reduce LCoE

By Michelle Froese | May 22, 2019

Following the launch of the EnVentus platform in January, including the V162-5.6 MW and V150-5.6 MW turbines, Vestas introduced the V138-3.0 MW turbine at AWEA WINDPOWER 2019 in Houston, Texas this week. Based on the scalable EnVentus platform architecture, the V138-3.0 MW’s 138m rotor provides a large rotor-size-to-generator-rating ratio, strengthening the company’s portfolio of turbines through superior park level energy production, higher certainty in performance, and reduced levelized cost of energy.

 Prototype installation is expected by the second half of 2020, while serial production is scheduled for the first half of 2021.

Prototype installation of the new turbine platform is expected by the second half of 2020, while serial production is scheduled for the first half of 2021.

The V138-3.0 MW is globally applicable but purposely designed to maximize performance under market specific constraint conditions. By combining the V138-3.0 MW turbine’s 138m rotor with an 83m tower, the new turbine offers the industry’s largest swept area under 152.4m (500ft), a relevant height constraint in the United States.

“The V138-3.0 MW underlines Vestas ability to continuously innovate and lead the industry in developing customizable and sustainable energy solutions that meet our customers’ needs,” said Chris Brown, President of Vestas’ sales and service division in the United States and Canada says: . This turbine is a perfect match for the North American market where higher certainty in Annual Energy Production at park level will become increasingly important for our customers to secure project financing and ensure profitability in a post-PTC market.”

As wind energy continues to expand globally and increase its share of the energy mix, the energy market is transforming. EnVentus is designed to meet the challenges our customers are facing in this environment, including changing energy policy and grid requirements. Through increased standardization of components while ensuring turbine optimization, the EnVentus variants thus help efficiently ensure our customers’ competitiveness in a wide range of market conditions, including markets driven by auction and forward-selling.

“With the introduction of the V138-3.0 MW, we take another step forward in versatility and scalability of functional systems, demonstrating modular product development’s huge potential and how it supports our vision to become the global leader in sustainable energy solutions,” said Anders Vedel, Vestas Chief Technology Officer. “I’m proud that, by utilizing many of the same components as the first two turbines, we can introduce the V138-3.0 MW to meet customer requirements while lowering the levelised cost of energy and optimising the value chain.”

With the introduction of the V138-3.0 MW, EnVentus now covers an unprecedented wide spectrum of turbine generator ratings and rotor sizes, underlining the scalability of EnVentus’ platform architecture.


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