Vestas receives order for 36 units of V90-3.0 MW wind turbines for Dutch offshore project

The Vestas Group has received an order for 36 units of V90-3.0 MW wind turbines for an offshore project to be located 10 - 18 kilometres off the Dutch coast at Egmond aan Zee. The project is a turnkey project and will be supplied by Vestas in collaboration with the Dutch offshore construction company Ballast Nedam.

NoordzeeWind, a joint venture between Shell and the Dutch power company Nuon, has placed the order, and the project will be the first large offshore project for both companies.

The order includes a 5-year warranty, service and maintenance agreement. Construction of the wind power plant will begin in November 2005, and commercial operation is scheduled to take place during the fourth quarter of 2006.

”The project is the result of a long and positive collaboration between Shell and Nuon, Ballast Nedam, the Dutch government and Vestas for the development of offshore power plants”, says Ditlev Engel, President and CEO of Vestas Wind Systems A/S and continues: “Until now, the major offshore projects have been built in UK and Denmark, and it is very satisfactory that the first offshore project is now on its way in the Netherlands.”

The 108 MW offshore power plant will generate enough electricity to cover the annual electricity consumption of more than 100,000 Dutch households.

The above order does not affect the Vestas Group’s expectations for 2005, cf. Stock exchange announcement No. 15/2005 of 26 May 2005.

Any questions may be addressed to the Executive Management at Vestas Wind Systems A/S, telephone +45 9730 0000.