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investors asked why, he answered, the next priority would be
ofshore wind power, where equipment would be needed. In order
to ship them, boats would be necessary, for which they needed to
find sea terminals.
“Why not take the road transport?” an investor asked. Han
Junliang explained that a 3 MW wind turbine had a diameter
of 4.7 m at the base, yet with the 4.5 m high elevated overpass, it
was not feasible to travel through, or to dismantle the overpass,
Despite a long coast line in China, the number of sea terminals is
limited, so it would be a good time to use them either for transport
or future export at a low cost before competitors realised this,
and made it difficult to get even at higher prices. His vision could
even reach such extension and details; who else could have
thought of the height of the overpass?! Han Junliang's prestige
was thus consolidated.
In 2010 Sinovel completed China's first ofshore wind power
demonstration project deemed impossible by domestic enter-
prises—102 MW Shanghai Donghai Bridge Ofshore Demon-
stration Project. At that time, both the Shanghai government and
the
National Development and Reform Commission
(NDRC) expected
domestic enterprises to undertake this project, which would save
money and win honours for the country, but industry experts
unanimously said it will be impossible, considering that domestic
enterprises had just started installation of onshore MW turbines
and would be doomed to fail in 3 MW ofshore projects.
Nevertheless, Sinovel took its first step towards ofshore
wind turbines. In Han Junliang's view, this was another starting
from scratch. In December 2007, Sinovel undertook projects and
in September 2009, completed the first batch of 3 MW turbines
connected to the grid. In February 2010, a successful installation
of 34 ofshore wind turbines was completed and started generation
to the grid on 8 June 2010.
This set the tone for Sinovel to play an extraordinary role in
China's ofshore wind power industry, the curtain for which was
gradually unveiled. On 18 May 2010, China's first batch of ofshore
wind power concession projects bidding was officially launched.
The first four projects totalled 1 GW, equivalent to 10 Donghai
Bridge wind farms in size. This is only the tip of an iceberg
compared with massive sizes of installations submitted by local
regions. The total installation capacity planned in Shanghai,
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