Fifth Chinese member company joins Global Wind Organisation

CRRC is one of the world’s top wind turbine manufacturers, with 3.84 Gigawatts of new installations in 2020 and a total of 8.2GW installed to date. The company’s membership was approved by GWO’s General Assembly of globally leading manufacturers and owner operators and was celebrated at an official ceremony in Beijing.

Mr. LIU Hui, Deputy General Manager of CRRC Wind Power confirmed that they as manufacturer of Wind Turbines will commit to use GWO standards for its workforce training and furthermore CRRC will soon be certifying its own GWO training centre.

CRRC Wind Power has 1100 employees, of which 60% are technicians and engineers who are likely to be in scope for GWO Basic Safety Training.

For GWO, having a fifth Chinese member this will accelerate the industry’s global effort to strive towards an injury free working environment and it is a step towards establishing GWO as the aligned wind industry training standard for Chinese technicians.

Paul Robbins, Chairman of Global Wind Organisation’s Executive Committee and Chief H&S Specialist at Vestas, said:

CRRC Wind Power is a division of CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co.,Ltd. (CRRC Zhuzhou Institute),established in 1959, formerly known as Zhuzhou Electrical Locomotive Research Institute of Ministry of Railways, and currently is the first level wholly owned subsidiary of CRRC Corporation Limited.

The Wind Power Business Unit of CRRC zhuzhou institute (CRRC wind power) was founded in 2006. CRRC wind power has built three product lines of wind turbine, intelligent operation and maintenance, and comprehensive energy, aiming to become an important force in the field of global clean energy.

Currently CRRC has established and produced 8183.3MW and the forecast for 2021 of 3500+MW

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