Vestas Wind Systems, the world's leading provider of wind energy solutions, announced the opening of its Vestas Singapore office to consolidate its operations in the strategic market under one roof. As a centre of excellence and one of Vestas largest R&D facilities, Vestas Singapore will play a central role in powering the company's strong business growth in Asia, and around the world.

Sean Sutton, President, Vestas Asia Pacific, Singapore, said: "Singapore - with its reputation as a leading energy hub and pioneer in innovation, coupled with the country's well-established strengths as a launch pad to Asia - is a strategic location for Vestas. We are excited to be renewing our commitment to grow with Singapore’s dynamic energy sector with the opening of our Vestas Singapore office. Vestas is well-placed to deliver on our vision to make Wind on par with Oil and Gas and to offer our customers and partners the best in wind power solutions from this world-class facility."

Vestas recently signed an agreement with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to set up a Joint Materials Lab within the School of Materials Science and Engineering. NTU is also one of seven preferred university partners that Vestas has identified globally for value-added collaborations across multi-disciplinary areas of science and technology. 

"Vestas is dedicated to working with our partners to translate insights and dialogue into action. To this end, Vestas invests in innovation, which is at the heart of everything we do, and we are encouraged by the success of the many research and development partnerships we have in Singapore," said Peter Cheng, Managing Director and Vice President, Tech R&D Singapore.