Dongfang receives $8.77 billion in new orders

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Through large-scale structural adjustment, Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) — one of the top three power equipment manufacturers in China — received $8.77 billion in new orders in 2009, including $2 billion in overseas orders, according to a DEC executive.

Thermal power equipment accounted for 80% of the total share a few years ago, but the proportion was reduced to 45%, while the proportion of hydropower and wind power increased sharply to 24% and 15%, respectively, in 2009. In addition to the structural change, DEC's manufacture capacity has been largely improved, too.

For hydropower and thermal power units, its manufacture capability went from 300 megawatts (MW) to 600 MW, then to 1,000 MW. In 2009, DEC successfully manufactured and delivered the first 1,000-MW nuclear power unit in China. In wind power, DEC has been promoted to the top-three wind power equipment manufacturers in China, with an annual production capacity of 1,000 sets of wind turbines, accounting for 20% of total production capacity.

In 2009, DEC achieved a great success in overseas market expansion, with $2 billion in export contract value. In the past year, DEC exported 18 sets of power generation equipment to Brazil for the first time, and two 600-MW coal-fired units to Saudi Arabia, the middle and high-end market of the Middle East. So far, DEC has more than 50 overseas projects under construction, with a total contract value of $7 billion.

In 2009, DEC's sales income reached $5.41 billion, a year-over-year growth of 10%, and industrial production value reached $5.66 billion. However, due to the decrease of new thermal power and hydropower projects, the number of new orders recently dropped.

Additionally, DEC's reconstruction after the 5.12 quake disaster has been progressing smoothly, and most of the relocation work has been done. It's expected that both the overall business income and industrial production value of DEC will surpass $5.8 billion in 2010.

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