Vestas expands existing wind blade manufacture partnership with LM Wind Power

V172-7.2 MW wind turbine. Photo Credit: Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Vestas (Aarhus, Denmark) has signed an agreement with LM Wind Power (Kolding, Denmark), a manufacturer of wind turbine blades, to further develop the wind energy supply chain and scale renewables efficiently for the global energy transition. The agreement includes design and manufacturing of blades for EnVentus platform V172-7.2 megawatt (MW) wind turbines. The new agreement is a continuation of the existing Vestas and LM Wind Power partnership announced in April 2022 to manufacture V150 blades in Brazil.

“This new partnership highlights how we are increasingly collaborating with partners in a flexible setup to scale efficiently and build on the foundations we have established across our global supply chain,” Tommy Rahbek Nielsen, executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) of Vestas, says. “We aim to leverage LM Wind Power’s proven and extensive engineering and manufacturing capabilities coupled with their global footprint to support our customers with high-quality sustainable energy solutions meeting all Vestas standards.”

LM Wind Power will work with Vestas throughout the blade development phase to optimize the blade design, the manufacturing setup and supply globally based on Vestas’ specifications and requirements. LM Wind Power will supply the blades from its existing global production footprint, which is scheduled to commence in the second half of 2024.

According to Vestas, the partnership highlights how Vestas continues to optimize its supply chain and manufacturing setup by building on close strategic partnerships with its key partners leveraging the partners’ knowledge, capabilities and global footprint.

Vestas introduced the V172-7.2 MW wind turbine with global applicability in April 2022. The EnVentus platform now includes four different wind turbine variants, and since the launch of the EnVentus platform in 2019, Vestas has reportedly secured orders for more than 6 gigawatts (GW) across 15 different markets on four continents.