From an LM Glasfiber blade testing facility.

LM Glasfiber has signed a cooperation agreement with Chines wind turbine manufacturer Envision, for the supply of 2000 MW worth of wind turbine blades. For this purpose, LM Glasfiber has opened a new blade manufacturing facility, its fourth, which will supply blades to Envision. The facility will be located in Jiangyin, China. Production is expected to start in Q2 this year.

At the same time, LM Glasfiber has announced it will be supplying its new rotor blade concept through this contract, the GloBlade. The new model offers a change from the industry standard for blades, featuring an innovative aerodynamic design developed in the companies wind tunnel, allowing an increase of annually produced electricity of 4-5% over 40.3 blades. The company said this opens new market opportunities for developers around the world for wind class III.

LM Glasfiber has this way strengthened its presence in the Chinese wind energy market, but has also created an opportunity to spread its presence in more areas around the world, which have lower wind resources.

[source: LM Glasfiber, image: LM Glasfiber]