October 2, 201510 yr Vestas secures huge windmill order from ThailandBANGKOK: -- In one year windmills from Denmark will rotate in the Southeast Asian wind. Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas have received an order of 126 megawatts for a big wind-power project in Thailand.The order includes 70 V110-1,8 MW windmills which will be delivered, installed and put into service in the Songkla and Nakhon Si Thamarat provinces of Thailand. Placed by Thailand-based Energy Absolute PCL the order also includes a 5 year service-agreement.The order will be the Vestas’ first large-scale wind park in Thailand and one of Southeast Asia’s largest.“With our technologically advanced 2 MW variant turbine and our unique tower crane solution, which is well-suited for this project, Vestas can provide Energy Absolute an superior annual energy production and low cost of energy, helping to secure business case certainty for their investment,” said Chris Beaufait, President of Vestas Asia Pacific and China.The wind turbines are expected to be delivered in 2016 with commissioning in the same year.Vestas ranks among the world’s leading wind-turbine manufacturers, delivering wind energy in 74 countries worldwide.Sources: www.borsen.dk www.shanghaidaily.comSource: http://scandasia.com/vestas-secures-huge-windmill-order-from-thailand/-- ScandAsia 2015-10-02
October 2, 201510 yr "Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas have received an order of 126 megawatts for a big wind-power project in Thailand." That's a lot of blow and jobs for Thais.
October 2, 201510 yr Notice how no info about costs or when this project was approved. It makes me wonder if when this info finally does come to light just how much corruption is involved. I hope their was none and costs are not overly exaggerated. But I have yet to see this not happen in thailand
October 2, 201510 yr "The order includes 70 V110-1,8 MW windmills" Pretty sure Thailand runs on 220 Volts AC. Probably something lost in translation. They'll just get here & not work most likely. DOH!
October 2, 201510 yr Notice how no info about costs or when this project was approved. It makes me wonder if when this info finally does come to light just how much corruption is involved. I hope their was none and costs are not overly exaggerated. But I have yet to see this not happen in thailand You should ask the OP to look up and post the prospectus regarding this project, I'm surprised it hasn't been posted as that is the usual practice with news postings.
October 2, 201510 yr Great news! There's unlimited energy in wind and it's without any kind of risk at all,so it's studid not to use it. Wind-,solar- and wave-energy,is the future. No risks at all,is a good reason to use that kind of energy.. Instead of paying oil-countries your money,you'll keep them in your own country,that's another good reason. Oil is a old and outdated energysource. But that's just my opinion :-) "You can't create energy,but you can convert it"
October 2, 201510 yr Notice how no info about costs or when this project was approved. It makes me wonder if when this info finally does come to light just how much corruption is involved. I hope their was none and costs are not overly exaggerated. But I have yet to see this not happen in thailand Seems like it's a private energy generation company? http://www.energyabsolute.co.th/index.php Assume they'll wholesale to PEA? But it would be interesting to understand the legal ramifications of that arrangement, or maybe not?
October 2, 201510 yr Notice how no info about costs or when this project was approved. It makes me wonder if when this info finally does come to light just how much corruption is involved. I hope their was none and costs are not overly exaggerated. But I have yet to see this not happen in thailand You should ask the OP to look up and post the prospectus regarding this project, I'm surprised it hasn't been posted as that is the usual practice with news postings. Tongue in cheek here @ TheCruncher, but....... Where's your PROOF that this is "usual practice" on this??? I won't believe a word you say unless you can provide PROOF!!!! Otherwise it's just rubbish. -------------- And for those of you who do not get my sarcasm, I detest people asking for PROOF all the time on this forum, which is a forum of opinions, satire, sarcasm & hopefully fun sometimes.
October 2, 201510 yr Notice how no info about costs or when this project was approved. It makes me wonder if when this info finally does come to light just how much corruption is involved. I hope their was none and costs are not overly exaggerated. But I have yet to see this not happen in thailand You should ask the OP to look up and post the prospectus regarding this project, I'm surprised it hasn't been posted as that is the usual practice with news postings. You could also look it up here. https://www.vestas.com/en/media/news#!150914_nr_uk_vws
October 2, 201510 yr This time last year they were talking to the Chinese about it in Songkhla. What happened? It won't work. Songkhla is not very windy at all.
October 2, 201510 yr Notice how no info about costs or when this project was approved. It makes me wonder if when this info finally does come to light just how much corruption is involved. I hope their was none and costs are not overly exaggerated. But I have yet to see this not happen in thailand Denmark has the least corruption in the world. Source http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results Im from Denmark and i can say if vestas is found doing corruption they will die as a company.
October 2, 201510 yr "The order includes 70 V110-1,8 MW windmills" Pretty sure Thailand runs on 220 Volts AC. Probably something lost in translation. They'll just get here & not work most likely. DOH! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestas https://www.vestas.com/en/products_and_services/turbines/v110-2_0_mw#! Just a model number mate.;
October 2, 201510 yr Notice how no info about costs or when this project was approved. It makes me wonder if when this info finally does come to light just how much corruption is involved. I hope their was none and costs are not overly exaggerated. But I have yet to see this not happen in thailand Denmark has the least corruption in the world. Source http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results Im from Denmark and i can say if vestas is found doing corruption they will die as a company. I am Denise to and have stock in vestas. I don't think you are right in that statement. How can Mærsk and otter Big denish Company svimming so god the most corrupt places in the world without paying corruption tax?Like Bjarne Ris was winning tour the France without doping? Remember it is not long time ago Denish company got tax deduct from corruption payd on the Danish tax bills... Remember, when you are in Rome, do like the Romans.
October 2, 201510 yr I am Denise to and have stock in vestas. I don't think you are right in that statement. How can Mærsk and otter Big denish Company svimming so god the most corrupt places in the world without paying corruption tax? Like Bjarne Ris was winning tour the France without doping? Remember it is not long time ago Denish company got tax deduct from corruption payd on the Danish tax bills... Bjarne Riis Is no longer allowed to work with any form cycling in Denmark When carlsberg was in Thailand the last time the owner of chang was apart of the board. When the board found out he was doong corruption he was kicked out of the board. He got so angry that HE used all of hes influence to get carlsberg out of the country an they have just returned what 3 years ago? Im not a part of mærsk and dont know how they do it i just know that if they are found doing any kind of corruption it WILL be huge scandal the danish media will slaughter em
October 2, 201510 yr That is the difference in our culture compare to Asian culture. We are not suppose to lie and it will be a huge scandal if it come out in the media. (The free media) Ok, we are the best when it come to corruption, I mean, we are not good to do it. Just not show the Tibetan flag when khon China visit Denmark to sign business contract to 3 billion US$. How many meter elastic you want sir. Ok, just making fun with the best country in the world. Denmark is a great country, no doubt about that. But...
October 2, 201510 yr Ok, we are the best when it come to corruption, I mean, we are not good to do it. Just not show the Tibetan flag when khon China visit Denmark to sign business contract to 3 billion US$. And that is becoming a big scandal just now as we speak no?
October 2, 201510 yr Energy absolute PLC is a developer of solar farms (they've already built some up north) and wind farms (these will be their first windfarms; 2 in Nakorn si Thammarat and 1 in Songkhla provinces). The wind farms are close to the coast. A wind model is developed for any wind farm to ensure it will have sufficient wind to be profitable. The windfarms in Thailand sell the elecricity generated at a fixed baht on to EGAT. Electricity generated by EGAT is sold on to PEA to the national grid. The south has a power shortage; some of you might remember a massive outage in the whole of the south about 2 years ago, it lasted about 2 hours I think; I endured it in the irish bar in songkhla ;-) It is not unusual not to get in to costs in general construction media pieces. Not sure why anybody would think there's anything dodgy involved.
October 2, 201510 yr "Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas have received an order of 126 megawatts for a big wind-power project in Thailand." That's a lot of blow and jobs for Thais. I doubt if Vestas are gonna hire thais - for obvious reasons ...
October 2, 201510 yr I am Denise to and have stock in vestas. I don't think you are right in that statement. How can Mærsk and otter Big denish Company svimming so god the most corrupt places in the world without paying corruption tax? Like Bjarne Ris was winning tour the France without doping? Remember it is not long time ago Denish company got tax deduct from corruption payd on the Danish tax bills... Bjarne Riis Is no longer allowed to work with any form cycling in Denmark When carlsberg was in Thailand the last time the owner of chang was apart of the board. When the board found out he was doong corruption he was kicked out of the board. He got so angry that HE used all of hes influence to get carlsberg out of the country an they have just returned what 3 years ago? Im not a part of mærsk and dont know how they do it i just know that if they are found doing any kind of corruption it WILL be huge scandal the danish media will slaughter em He wasn't moved out for corruption, carlsberg found out he wasn't actively pushing carlsberg, but that he was pushing Chang more heavily. Ironically, Chang was a recipe taken from carlsberg itself, but today we have Beer Chang, Beer Thaaaaaiiiiiiii!!!!!!! They got well and truly screwed over.
October 2, 201510 yr They should order some Dutch windmills also, while their at it, to prevent the floodings.
October 2, 201510 yr "Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas have received an order of 126 megawatts for a big wind-power project in Thailand." That's a lot of blow and jobs for Thais. I doubt if Vestas are gonna hire thais - for obvious reasons ... Which are ?....give us the benefit of your many years experience working in Thai industry ?
October 2, 201510 yr Windmills, klongs/canals and dams...throw in some clogs and daffodils and a few posters would really feel at home.
October 2, 201510 yr Hi, 1.Vestas did come with a cheap offer due to Asia is going to a bigger marked the next few year. That is why not the Chineese. 2. Nothing to with coruption. The The customer company has good tax advantage due to green energy. And no import tax. 3. The customer will install the turbines them self under supervision. Like done in China.Vestas provide supervision. 4. There is enough wind , as messurement has been ongoing for 2 years. Do only require 5 m/s to produce power. 5. It is a 1.8 MW turbine and it electricity will be transferred into a substation. And i know what i am talking about. Been working in the industri for 14 years and inside Vestas.
October 2, 201510 yr As far as I know, these turbines are part of a scam in many parts of Europe. They forget to tell you that you need 4000 hours of adequate wind yearly to make these things worthwhile. So where's the windy city in Thailand where you have that kind of potential? "Wind turbines generate electrical energy when they are not shut down for maintenance, repair, or tours and the wind is between about 8 and 55 mph. Below a wind speed of around 30 mph, however, the amount of energy generated is very small." from https://www.wind-watch.org/faq-output.php Wind turbines are also UGLY. They will doubtless be implanted in the middle of Nature reserves, together with the accompanying access roads. Convincing people to insulate their homes and factories might be a start, I shudder to think what the air conditioning bills for the malls all over Thailand cost. I'm calling potential for scam on this one.
October 2, 201510 yr Great news! There's unlimited energy in wind and it's without any kind of risk at all,so it's studid not to use it. Wind-,solar- and wave-energy,is the future. No risks at all,is a good reason to use that kind of energy.. Instead of paying oil-countries your money,you'll keep them in your own country,that's another good reason. Oil is a old and outdated energysource. But that's just my opinion :-) "You can't create energy,but you can convert it" From the amount of energy needed to make the concrete for the windmill base to the numbers of birds and bats killed by windmills I think on closer inspection windmills are not nearly as environmentally friendly as promoters would have you believe. They do have a limited useful life span and like ethanol production for gasoline many studies conclude when taking all aspects of windmill production and installation vs electricity generation in there life time the amount of energy used makes most windmills, net energy negative. They are only viable because the rate paid per KWH is such a premium and there manufacture is heavily subsidized. So windmills except for in the windiest places are more green wash than truly green energy. At least that is what I have read. (And that is from GREEN advocates not the coal industry.)
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