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What we do…

R&D and manufacture

Assembly and testing

Sales and planning

Transport Installation Maintenance

A 100% focused value chainproducing turbines that use wind to generate electricity


Wind, Oil and

Gas


25 years ago, this was 3000 kW:


Today one turbine produces 3000 kW


We have installed over 39,000 wind turbines


That’s one third of all turbines

in the world


We install a turbine every 3 hours…


Future global wind power penetrations


R&D is the key to stay No. 1 in Modern Energy


Technology R&D is an integrated part of Vestas


Vestas Technolo gy R&D – 1,400 em plo yees:

Loaded with Innovation Power

Global Research

187 employees

Engineering & Products

665 employees

Operations

195 employees

Technicians & Support

353 employees

Note: No. equals headcounts

18 nationalities

600 additional R&D employees will be recruited in 2010Communicated in Q3 2009 financial report


...in a world of multidisciplinary engineering

Meteorologist Software developer

Nano engineer Chemist


Vestas Technology R&D

Our organisation

The way we work Research DevelopmentContinuous

Product Improvement

Global ResearchEngineering &

ProductsOperations


Reliability:Lean

Six Sigma


By handling real-time data

from 10,200 turbines…

...we know more about wind

than anyone else


Vestas Cooperation with Boeing

Vestas press release about cooperation with Boeing: http://www.vestas.com/files//Filer/EN/Press_releases/VWS/2009/090311-VWS_PR_UK-03.pdf

“There is a strong correlation between new technologies needed in the aerospace industry and new technologies needed in the wind energy business, and by pooling our research and development efforts on specific projects both Boeing and Vestas will benefit, as well as the environment that we live in,”Jan Närlinge, President of Boeing Northern Europe

Collaborative technology research on projects in areas, such as:

• aerodynamics,

• structural health monitoring, and

• composite materials fabrication processes, design a nd analysis.


Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

2D

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

2D


Our focus is on test and verification

Blade bearing test at Test Centre, Isle of Wight, UK

Finite element simulations of mechanical components

Gearbox test bench at Test Centre, Aarhus, Denmark


Powerful matchmaking


Vestas Northern Europe Vestas Mediterranean Vestas Central Europe Vestas Asia Pacific

Vestas China

Vestas OffshoreVestas Americas

Vestas Nacelles A/S

Vestas Blades A/S

Vestas Spare Parts A/S

Vestas Towers A/S

Vestas Control Systems A/S

Vestas People & Culture

Vestas Technology R&D

Global outlook. Local presence


Vestas Technology R&D Centres

Århus, Lem and Ringkøbing, Denmark

Århus, Lem and Ringkøbing, Denmark

Chennai, IndiaChennai, IndiaHouston, USAHouston, USA

Isle of Wight, UKIsle of Wight, UK

SingaporeSingapore


Innovation Network

A global platform of interconnected ideas, technologies, methods and research.

PARTNERSHIP PLEDGE:

• Vestas will work with the best partners globally and those that match our mindset• Innovation Network will ensure that we set up and manage partnerships that provide tangible and measurable value to both partner and Vestas.• Vestas Innovation Network is actively fostering knowledge sharing between partners and Vestas, but respect the sensitivity and confidentiality that comes with innovation.• We recognize that partnerships are built on mutual trust and benefits. Innovation Network will assist both Vestas and partners to achieve their objectives.• No partnership will remain unmanaged – Innovation Network will always put an anchor point resource and effort into working with our partners beyond individual projects.



Project partners

Relations

Preferred partners

Strategic partners

The way we work with partners


Research Topics

Advanced blades designStructures Materials proved manufacturing processesMechanicsLoads reduction Advanced WTG control Intelligent sensors

Grid compliancePlant control Balance of plant Computational tools Pre-Engineering

Power electronicsElectro magneticsElectro mechanics Power control


All our results

are reached

through our employees

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