China’s
wind power industry gradually came out of the 2011& 2012 slowdowns from
2013 on, and witnessed rapid growth in 2014 with full-year erected wind power
equipment capacity of 23,196MW, up 44.2% from a year ago, reaching a new
record.
As the
wind power industry heats up rapidly, wind turbine blade is much sought after
in the market. In 2014, China needed about 13,000 sets of wind turbine blade,
while it was capable of manufacturing only 11,000 sets.
During
the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), China will add more than 100
million kW of wind power capacity, creating an estimated annual average demand
of over 14,000 sets of wind turbine blade.
Wind turbine blade, one of
key parts of wind turbine, accounts for about 22% of total costs. Blade
materials make up more than 90% of manufacturing costs of blade. Wind turbine
blade materials now include mainly glass fiber reinforced polyester resin,
glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin, and carbon fiber reinforced epoxy resin,
with the middle one finding the widest applications. As blade materials become
ultra-large and lightweight, carbon fiber reinforced epoxy resin will be
vigorously developed and used in the future.
At
present, most of major large wind turbine manufacturers in the world produce
blades by themselves, like Siemens, Vestas, and Gamesa. The world’s largest
independent wind turbine blade manufacturer is LM Wind Power, whose blades are
installed in 1/3 of global wind turbines. By the end of 2014, LM Wind Power had
set up 13 wind turbine blade production bases around the globe, of which 3
factories were located in China, separately in Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, and
Jiangyin.
After
years of intense competition among Chinese wind turbine blade companies,
capacity tends to converge. Over 30 manufacturers now can supply goods in
batches, and several firms including Sinoma Science & Technology, AVIC
Huiteng Windpower Equipment, and Lianyungang Zhongfu Lianzhong Composites Group
take the lion’s share.
Sinoma
Science & Technology: The company specializes in composite wind turbine
blade, high-pressure composite cylinder, and membrane materials. Wind turbine
blade business is operated by Sinomatech Wind Power Blade, which now has eight
production bases (Kangzhuang and Badaling in Beijing, Jiuquan, Baicheng, Dali,
Funing, Xilin, and Pingxiang). Pingxiang base produced its first set of blade
in January 2015, and will be capable of manufacturing 400 sets of 2.0MW-3.0MW
low-wind-speed large wind turbine blades annually after reaching designed
capacity.
AVIC Huiteng Windpower Equipment: The company, one of the largest wind
turbine blade suppliers in China, provides 14 series and more than 50 models of
products with single blade covering 65kW to 5.0MW and blade length ranging from
8m to 63.5m. It has powerful R&D strength and three R&D centers
respectively in Baoding, Beijing and the Netherlands. Blades produced by the
company primarily adopt the independently developed vacuum suction &
injection forming process.
Lianyungang Zhongfu Lianzhong Composites Group: The company, a leading
MW wind turbine blade manufacturer in China, is capable of producing 10,000
pieces of wind turbine blades annually, with power ranging from 1.25MW to 6MW
and length from 31m to 75m. It has set up companies in Thuringia (Germany), and
Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Xinjiang, and Guizhou in China, and R&D
center in Europe. In August 2015, Lianyungang factory obtained the certificate
issued by DNV?GL, becoming China's first blade manufacturer to secure the
certificate.
Global and China Wind Turbine Blade Industry Report, 2015-2017 by
ResearchInChina highlights the followings:
- Global installed wind capacity, distribution, wind turbine blade supply & demand, major companies, etc.;
- Wind turbine blade supply & demand, competition, and technical status in China;
- Status quo of the Chinese wind turbine blade materials (EP, UPR, GF, and CF) market and applications in blade;
- Wind turbine market capacity & distribution, and major wind turbine manufacturers in China;
- Operation, wind turbine blade business, and R&D of 8 global and 15 Chinese wind turbine blade manufacturers.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Wind Turbine Blade
1.1 Basic Concept
1.2 Forming Process
1.3 Industry Chain
1.1 Basic Concept
1.2 Forming Process
1.3 Industry Chain
2. Development of Global Wind Turbine Blade Industry
2.1 Status Quo of Wind Power Industry
2.1.1 Installed Capacity and Distribution
2.1.2 Wind Turbine Manufacturers
2.2 Status Quo of Wind Turbine Blade Industry
2.2.1 Market Supply
2.2.2 Market Demand
2.1 Status Quo of Wind Power Industry
2.1.1 Installed Capacity and Distribution
2.1.2 Wind Turbine Manufacturers
2.2 Status Quo of Wind Turbine Blade Industry
2.2.1 Market Supply
2.2.2 Market Demand
3. Development of Wind Turbine Blade Industry in China
3.1 Market Supply & Demand
3.1.1 Supply
3.1.2 Demand
3.2 Competition
3.3 Technical Status
3.1 Market Supply & Demand
3.1.1 Supply
3.1.2 Demand
3.2 Competition
3.3 Technical Status
4. Chinese Wind Turbine Blade Materials Market
4.1 Overview
4.2 Epoxy Resin (EP)
4.2.1 Status Quo of Market
4.2.2 Major Companies
4.2.3 EP for Wind Turbine Blade
4.3 Unsaturated Polyester Resin (UPR)
4.3.1 Status Quo of Market
4.3.2 Major Companies
4.3.3 UPR for Wind Turbine Blade
4.4 Glass Fiber (GF)
4.4.1 Status Quo of Market
4.4.2 Major Companies
4.4.3 GF for Wind Turbine Blade
4.5 Carbon Fiber (CF)
4.5.1 Status Quo of Market
4.5.2 Major Companies
4.5.3 CF for Wind Turbine Blade
4.6 Others
4.6.1 Core Materials
4.6.2 Wind Turbine Blade Coatings
4.6.3 Wind Turbine Blade Adhesives
4.1 Overview
4.2 Epoxy Resin (EP)
4.2.1 Status Quo of Market
4.2.2 Major Companies
4.2.3 EP for Wind Turbine Blade
4.3 Unsaturated Polyester Resin (UPR)
4.3.1 Status Quo of Market
4.3.2 Major Companies
4.3.3 UPR for Wind Turbine Blade
4.4 Glass Fiber (GF)
4.4.1 Status Quo of Market
4.4.2 Major Companies
4.4.3 GF for Wind Turbine Blade
4.5 Carbon Fiber (CF)
4.5.1 Status Quo of Market
4.5.2 Major Companies
4.5.3 CF for Wind Turbine Blade
4.6 Others
4.6.1 Core Materials
4.6.2 Wind Turbine Blade Coatings
4.6.3 Wind Turbine Blade Adhesives
5. Status Quo of China’s Wind Power Industry
5.1 Overview
5.2 Installed Windpower Capacity and Distribution
5.2.1 Installed Capacity
5.2.2 By Region
5.2.3 By Power
5.3 Major Wind Turbine Manufacturers
5.1 Overview
5.2 Installed Windpower Capacity and Distribution
5.2.1 Installed Capacity
5.2.2 By Region
5.2.3 By Power
5.3 Major Wind Turbine Manufacturers
6. Key Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturers Worldwide
6.1 LM Wind Power
6.2 Vestas
6.3 Enercon
6.4 TPI Composites
6.5 Suzlon
6.6 Tecsis
6.7 EUROS
6.8 Inox Wind
6.1 LM Wind Power
6.2 Vestas
6.3 Enercon
6.4 TPI Composites
6.5 Suzlon
6.6 Tecsis
6.7 EUROS
6.8 Inox Wind
7. Major Chinese Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturers
7.1 AVIC Huiteng Windpower Equipment
7.2 Lianyungang Zhongfu Lianzhong Composites Group
7.3 Sinoma Science & Technology
7.4 Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology
7.5 Shanghai FRP Research Institute
7.6 Dongfang Electric (Tianjin) Wind Blade Engineering
7.7 Guodian United Power Technology
7.8 Ming Yang Wind Power
7.9 Sino-wind Energy
7.10 Shanghai Aeolon Wind Energy Technology Development
7.11 Jilin Chongtong Chengfei New Material
7.12 Energine Wind Power Equipment
7.13 Dawntine
7.14 Sany Electric
7.15 Miracle Automation Engineering
7.1 AVIC Huiteng Windpower Equipment
7.2 Lianyungang Zhongfu Lianzhong Composites Group
7.3 Sinoma Science & Technology
7.4 Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology
7.5 Shanghai FRP Research Institute
7.6 Dongfang Electric (Tianjin) Wind Blade Engineering
7.7 Guodian United Power Technology
7.8 Ming Yang Wind Power
7.9 Sino-wind Energy
7.10 Shanghai Aeolon Wind Energy Technology Development
7.11 Jilin Chongtong Chengfei New Material
7.12 Energine Wind Power Equipment
7.13 Dawntine
7.14 Sany Electric
7.15 Miracle Automation Engineering
8. Summary and Forecast
8.1 Summary
8.1.1 Market
8.1.2 Enterprise
8.2 Trend Forecast
8.1 Summary
8.1.1 Market
8.1.2 Enterprise
8.2 Trend Forecast
