Vestas receives major orders from the Chinese market

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Vestas Wind Systems A/S  

Randers, 3 August 2007
Company announcement No. 30/2007

Vestas receives major orders from the Chinese market

Vestas has received two orders for 25 units of V80-2.0 MW wind turbines,        
comprising a total capacity of 100 MW.                                          

The orders have been placed by China Long Yuan Electric Power Group Corp., one  
of China's major state-owned utility companies in the electric power sector. The
orders comprise supply of complete turbines including towers as well as         
commissioning, VestasOnline™ SCADA system and a two-year maintenance and service
agreement.                                                                      

Delivery of the turbines will begin in the first half of 2008, and the project  
will be located in Chifeng in Inner Mongolia. The project is expected completed 
by the end of 2008.                                                             

“We are extremely pleased to continue our close partnership with Long Yuan, one 
of the leading wind power operators in China and a long-term customer of        
Vestas,” says Thorbjørn N Rasmussen, President of Vestas Asia Pacific A/S and   
continues: “Furthermore, we are very pleased that these wind turbines will be   
delivered from our Chinese manufacturing facility in Tianjin.”                  

The above orders do not affect the Vestas Group's expectations for 2007 cf.     
Stock exchange announcement No. 20/2007 of 15 May 2007.                         

Any questions may be addressed to Thorbjørn N Rasmussen, President of Vestas    
Asia Pacific A/S, telephone +65 6303 6510/+65 9660 6510, or to Peter Wenzel     
Kruse, Vice President of Group Communications at Vestas Wind Systems A/S,       
telephone +45 9730 0000.                                                        

Yours sincerely        
Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Ditlev Engel     
President and CEO

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