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On October 21, at the China Wind Power 2025, Goldwind officially unveiled its next-generation Ultra Series wind power product portfolio. Centered on lifecycle value optimization, the Ultra Series is designed to provide customers with solutions that shift the focus from merely ensuring power generation to creating long-term value.

With the implementation of Document No. 136, the new energy industry is undergoing a pivotal shift from policy-driven to market-driven development, prompting a fundamental restructuring of wind power's value logic. The Levelized Cost of Value (LCOV) is replacing the traditional Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) as the new benchmark for measuring project competitiveness.

"Seeing the Big Picture Through the Small", Highlighting Value

Guided by this insight, Goldwind has focused on developing products born for the market.

The new-gen Ultra Series spans both onshore and offshore applications, featuring an expanded and upgraded GWH204-Ultra lineup with newly released models ranging from 10.5MW to 11.1MW. In addition, Goldwind has introduced the GWH266-14MW model tailored for low-wind-speed offshore markets, meeting the diverse needs of various application scenarios.

The GWH204-Ultra series delivers a 2% improvement in power generation performance compared with 242m rotor turbines of the same capacity, and achieves over 3% higher output during high-value power trading periods, with power curve simulation accuracy improved by more than 5%. The GWH266-14MW model, featuring a compact rotor design, reduces wake losses by 5-6% compared with larger-rotor turbines of the same capacity, while maintaining equivalent energy production to 300m rotor models. Comprehensive assessments show that the new products achieve a 10% reduction in blade manufacturing hours, a 50% increase in transportation pass rate, and reductions of 10% in tower weight and 20% in installation costs, collectively lowering customers' long-term capital expenditure (Capex) by 7%.

Connecting to the Market, Enhancing Returns

The new-gen Ultra Series represents a new class of smart wind turbines that embody the mindset of a "market manager". Powered by an intelligent control system, the turbines enable smart generation modes that increase output during high-price periods and reduce load during low-price periods to extend service life, thereby improving project returns by 2-2.5%. At the same time, through grid-forming technology and integration with wind-solar-storage hybrid solutions, the Ultra Series can effectively support the development of next-gen power systems.

Extended Lifespan, Embracing Long-Termism to Navigate Industry Cycles

Innovation marks the beginning, but long-term reliability is the true amplifier of product value. The new-gen Ultra Series extends the design life of onshore models to 25 years and offshore models to 30 years, enabling sustained growth in project returns through an extended product lifecycle. According to assessments, this lifespan upgrade is equivalent to an increase of 129-206 annual full-load hours and a reduction in investment costs of CNY 279-361 per kW, embodying Goldwind's long-termist approach to navigating industry cycles.

Innovative Products Driving Ecosystem Upgrades

At the launch event, Goldwind, together with the China General Certification Center (CGC), jointly released the China Wind Power Electricity Trading Scenarios Comprehensive Solution White Paper, providing strategic guidance for optimizing wind power project value amid the industry's market-oriented transformation.

At the event, DNV and CGC presented Long-Life Product Certification to Goldwind's two flagship Ultra Series models, the GWH204-10MW and GWH266-14MW wind turbines, providing them with official "passports" for market entry.

To navigate the ongoing market-oriented transformation, the entire industry must build new consensus and forge new alliances. Goldwind signed cooperation agreements with Datang Ningxia Branch, SPIC Economic Research Institute, SPIC Chahar Branch, Guoke Electric (Guizhou), Beijing DaFeng, and Tangshan Haitai. Moving forward, the parties will jointly advance innovative demonstration projects, explore long-life technology applications and lean operation models, and promote the industry's transition from "equipment suppliers" to "asset operators".

Products serve as the medium of interaction with the market, and therefore, they should be "born for the market". Guided by LCOV as the new benchmark, Goldwind is driving technological innovation and upgrading its service capabilities to deliver high-value wind power products. By fostering deeper industry collaboration, Goldwind aims to lead the sector beyond the phase of "price competition" and "parameter races", ushering in a new era of "value-driven competition".