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to express our respect for you, all on behalf of Goldwind, for there
would be no wind power like what it is today in China without
you. From the first version of Regulation in Tianchi, Xinjiang, to
today's international recognition of CGC brand, how painful and
strenuous it has been! Yet for China's wind power, you stayed,
persisted and persevered. All thanks to you, China's wind power
thrives!”
The affirmation and encouragement from Wu Gang is the
best present I have received for the spring festival of 2012, which
brought our team and me cordial gratification and joy!
The “Regulation” mentioned in Wu Gang's SMS refers
to the project under China National High-Tech Research and
Development Program (Program No. 863)—Specification of Wind
Turbine Generating Units. Wu Gang and I were members of the
compilation team. I was 29 years old that year, 12 years younger
than Wu Gang, so it's been natural for him to call me “Xiao Qin”
(meaning younger with “Xiao”). For several decades, he still calls
me “Xiao Qin”, which makes me feel close to him.
At that time, Wu Gang was the executive deputy general
manager of Goldwind and 16 June 1998 was a memorable date
in his career. On that day, Goldwind introduced the first 600 kW
wind turbine made in China with German technology and was
connected to the grid at no. 1 wind farm in Daban, Xinjiang, causing
great attention from home and abroad in the wind power industry.
Some commentators named it as “the beginning of domestic large
wind turbines in China”. Wu Gang, who usually keeps a low profile,
could not resist the excitement and told me that “his dream of
making wind turbines is more firm than the steel used to make
them”.
Wu Gang's dream to make wind turbines dates back to
16 March 1992, at 10 am, when he witnessed an accident caused
by a failure in the braking system of a foreign brand. The situation
was horrible. Wu Gang stepped up at the risk of his life, climbed
to the nacelle at a height of 23 m, and used the jack to engage the
braking system, exercising 90 degrees of deviation, which avoided
a larger accident and bigger losses. With such experience, Wu
Gang realised the central importance of quality, and dreamed of
making a great wind turbine here in China.
At the end of 1999, while Goldwind was preparing for
industrialisation of 600 kW wind turbines, it also launched
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