China's Envision tightens Indian wind turbine grip with gigascale deal
Envision Energy also gets first storage order alongside deal to supply new 5MW machine
China’s wind giants underlined their role as the biggest overseas players in India’s domestic market with a gigascale order for Envision Energy for its latest turbine.
Envision will deliver 200 of its EN182 5MW turbines to Juniper Green Energy, the company said today.
The deal with Juniper also includes a 320MWh battery storage system that is Envision’s first in the country, “opening a new market” for the company, according to
The deal adds a spate of order successes for Envision and other Chinese players in an Indian market where until a few years ago the biggest challenge to domestic OEMs came from Western manufacturers such as Siemens Gamesa.
As well as seeing Envision emerge as market leader with a 40%-plus share, India has also been a happy hunting ground for compatriot Sany, which books gigascale orders late last year and is licensing manufacturing there.
The march of Chinese players comes as Siemens Gamesa, which for several years led the market, apparently prepares to sell its operations in India amid a review of its global onshore wind operations.