Envision Energy () is a

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headquartered in

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that provides

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and energy management software. Envision has long-term strategic cooperations in the area of battery manufacturing with

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and

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History

Envision was founded by Lei Zhang in 2007 in

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in the east region of China. Zhang was named Top 10 Chinese innovators in 2014 by ''

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''. The company started full operations since 2009. In 2013, Envision installed five 2.1 MW, 110-metre-rotor turbines at the Ucuquer wind farm in central

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. It also signed software contracts with US developer

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’s fleet and compatriot Atlantic Power’s Canadian Hills wind farm in

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In 2014, Envision is partnering with New Zealand's infrastructure fund manager

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to build smart infrastructure in

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, New Zealand. In 2015, Envision launched its office in London to handle business in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa Its entry into the European market was the purchase of a 25MW onshore project near

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. It also acquired ViveEnergia's 600 MW wind energy projects in Mexico in the same year. In early 2016, Envision launched a new operational head office in

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, which provides service to its international clients in European countries, and a Global Blade Innovation Center in

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, which will lead the R&D of blade design in the US. Envision's Ucuquer wind farm project in Chile has been selected as finalist in

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’s 360 2016 Infrastructure Awards. The company also made a new investment in a

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project in Montenegro along with Enemalta, Shanghai Electric Power, and Vestigo. Currently, Envision is in the process of installing 5 more wind turbines in La Esperanza Wind Farm in Negrete Municipality, Chile by the end of March 2016. In 2018, Envision bought a majority stake of the AESC battery unit from

in a deal involving also

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and its Energy Devices division, forming Envision AESC. The headquarters and development centers were promised to remain in Japan. Involved in the deal were battery manufacturing operations in

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and

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. In 2022, Envision signed a partnership agreement with Spain on four projects including an EV battery plant in

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, which should have been partly paid for by government funds. Later that year the gigafactory plant was left out of public aid from the Ministry of Industriy, Commerce and Tourism entirely. Envision Energy decided to forge ahead anyway. Further projects include a renewable

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plant in

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and a wind energy park with turbine assembly plant in Navas del Marques. The fourth project is a digital products development center. The

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proposed the prohibition of US defense funding for Envision batteries on security grounds.

Operations

Envision's wind R&D operations are based in its headquarters in Shanghai, in a factory complex in Jiangyin, and in an innovation center in

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, a cloud service center in

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, and a digital innovation center in

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. In 2022, Envision opened its first

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R&D center in Boston. The company has installed over 30 Gw.h (108 TJ) of wind capacity worldwide. In 2020, Envision is ranked No.4 among top wind turbine suppliers in the world.

References

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