The company has also developed a new V60-850 kW wind turbine which is specifically tailored for China.

Vestas is working on its plans to produce 800 of its new V60-850 kilowatt units per year at its new factory in Inner Mongolia once it goes into full operation in a year’s time.

The new V60-850 kW wind turbine has been tailored for China and is the first market-specific turbine ever developed by Vestas. The V60 has longer blades that turn at a lower wind speed, and is designed to operate in a broad range of weather conditions.

The turbine is almost entirely sourced in China; over 90 percent of the machine’s components are Chinese-made.

Inner Mongolia in northern China is the country’s leading region in terms of wind power. Its installed wind power capacity was three gigawatts in 2008 and is expected to reach five gigawatts by 2010, Xinhua news agency quoted Zhao Shuanglian, vice chairman of the region, as saying. Overall, China’s wind-power sector is on track to generate 100 gigawatts by 2020, more than triple the original target.

Chinese manufacturers have roughly three-quarters of the domestic wind turbine market, but foreign players are trying to break in by capitalising on better technology. Last year, Vestas had about 10 percent marketshare in China.