'No imports needed': German wind sector defiant as Chinese flex muscle at trade fair
China's Mingyang and Sany boast biggest stands at leading German wind power and renewable energy exposition
Chinese wind turbine manufacturers have greatly increased their presence at the leading wind energy exposition for Europe’s largest market, Germany, but the domestic sector has stressed foreign players aren’t needed to satisfy demand.
Chinese OEMs Mingyang and Sany have built very large stands at the Husum Wind show that is supposed to cater mainly to the German wind market. The event’s managing director, Meike Kern, said at a press conference that they are the biggest at the trade fair.
In total, Chinese OEMs and suppliers have 20 stands among Husum Wind’s 600 exhibitors. The show opened on Tuesday and runs until Friday.
Dennis Rendschmidt, managing director of VDMA Power Systems, a group representing German wind OEMs and suppliers, denied that any overseas players are needed to supply surging domestic demand.
“The clear message is we can achieve our current goals and, if necessary, we can expand our production capacities in Germany and Europe – provided we have reliability and the political framework is right.
“We are capable of supplying on our own. We don't need any non-European manufacturers to help us implement our energy transition,” he said.
China's Sany is promoting its 7.X and 8.X MW platform at the event. The Chinese OEM says it already has 1.6GW of firm orders from the platform developed for high wind speeds, but didn’t disclose where.
But the machines would for now need to be imported from China.