1 No. 10 Year 04 6 November 2007Wind WIND, OIL AND GAS Spotlight on suppliers Contracts under review Support for clean developm
A rst place with obligations No. 1 in Modern Energy. That is how we at Vestas are now presenting ourselves to the outside world
Content 4 The greatest challenge Wind power has the potential to play a leading role in the global supply of energy in the very
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The greatest challenge 5 A great many crucial, wideranging and modern decisions will have to be made, if wind energy is to ful
In 2007, the world witnessed three bound arybreaking initiatives in the eld of energy and the environment, which are sure to ha
tion society. The situation today can best be compared to sur ng the Internet though an old dialup modem. What is required, the
Overview, transparency and uniformity are key concepts when a company of Vestas calibre is to assimilate so many new employees
Vestas is expanding itself smaller Everyone says that Vestas is growing, but as I see it, Vestas is growing smaller, too, becau
10 There are many differences from one country to the next market conditions, IT systems, legislation, national culture and it
The differences between the various countries are very important. People in Singa pore and Italy may not neces sarily perceive
Dialogue for Development has been well received by Vestas customers, who appreciate the opportunity to voice their views on the
13 Vestas Italia achieved a positive score in the customer satisfaction questionnaire sent out to global customers at the begin
14 future. Against this background, in 2006, the Italian wind energy sector grew 37 per cent. Wind energy is big business in It
John Matthew is Vice President of asset management at Allianz Specialized Investments, a leading global provider of nancial ser
Close collaboration makes good partners EDF EN Italia is a subsidiary of the international renewable energy player EDF Energies
Asja Ambiente Italia S. p. A. is one of Italys leading renewable energy developers. Guy Teuwissen, Wind Energy Sector Manager,
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19 It all starts with a loyal supplier Companies often display a tendency to focus on the customeroriented part of their value
Customer loyalty has long been one of the key focus areas for Vestas, and with the annual customer satisfaction survey as an in
tive intended to help the Vestas supply chain achieve its goal of world class performance, which is still a long way off at pre
22 Shared framework for product development While the four production business units are busy optimising the partnerships with
23 We are already well underway with the interviews and with preparing action plans for the rst set of suppliers, and it is no
CT OW U Pilot project with promising results 24 One of the partners of Vestas Towers is Alumeco AS, the leading supplier of al
UP 25 ner. Subsequently, a meeting was held at which Alumecos every day contact at Vestas was also present. According to Jan Be
26 In India, Vestas is assisting customers receive carbon credits making both economic and environmental sense. Clean Developme
27 In order to give customers the best possible support throughout the process of developing a wind power project, Vestas India
ment and achieving the necessary approvals and endorsements. Following the approval, the Vestas Carbon Advisory Services team t
29 Since its establishment two and a half years ago, Vestas Carbon Advisory Services team has so far been successful in qualify
Complicated sales contracts that run into many millions of Euro require much more than a signature on the dotted line and a han
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Each and every Vestas sales contract is a com plex piece of work that draws on the know ledge of all those involved in the orde
Law under his belt, Jørgen Peter Nielsen was asked in September that year to establish a global structure to ensure contracts a
With the introduction of Six Sigma, Vestas can now put gures on the quality of products and processes at both its own productio
35 At the Suppliers Day event in April, Ditlev Engel laid down a challenge for all the sup pliers in attendance. On the basis o
Control of the process The reason why it is so important to raise the Sigma level both at Vestas own production units and at th
is to establish the Sigma level gures for the companys strategic suppliers. Quite simply, we are assessing their current levels
What do you get if you let 3, 200 wind turbines send 135 different data signals to a central server every ten minutes, 247, 365
At Vestas, a great many decisions are based on hard data, particularly during the develop ment of the wind turbines. For exampl
component or another is likely to fail soon, so that we can order a new part and repair the fault when it occurs. Rather, we ai
41 IEC Classi cation In some cases, this involves actually taking measurements out in the eld. It is only when the models have
The department for good behaviour 42 At the central department for the environment and occupational health and safety at Vestas
43 Not good enough So says Jakob Larsen, Dir ector of Safety Environment at Vestas when asked to comment on the industrial inju
sounding board for our local departments and, at the same time, to ensure that the decisions taken in the elds of safety, the e
fact that everyone in the senior Group manage ment takes the challenge very seriously, CIM cases to do with safety are automati
prepared for all Vestas wind turbines. These are not technically advanced reports, but simple and straightforward documents tha
Fall During the production of a 44metre blade, an employee steps backwards and falls off the gantry he was working from. He fal
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Wind turbines have very little impact on the environment compared to fossil fuels, and bird mortality is minimal. All energy pr
A complex issue When talking to Smallwood about his research at Altamont Pass, it becomes clear that the bird issue is far more
Germans study the risks Another recent study into the impact of wind turbines on birds comes from Germany. With more than one f
impact of wind power plants on nonbreeding birds was stronger, but disturbances of migrat ing or ying birds andor the timing of
53 Sources 1. Wind Turbine Interactions with Birds and Bats A Summa ry of Research Results and Remaining Questions, National Wi
While 2, 800 applications have been narrowed down to 34 participants in this years Vestas Graduate Programme, the rst ever part
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DUA AMM TE MME DUA AMM TE MME 56 In the rst year, Vestas received 800 applications for the programme from around the world. In
GRA GRA 57 ATE E ATE E to search for the top students and spot the internal recruiters that can help de ne the best possible ma
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