Ian Anderson mentioned that the decision to expand will be finalized at the end of the fall open season when the shippers sign a binding contract for their capacity.
Sinovel's contract implies it will turn out 10 gigawatts of windmill capacity--twice what is expected for all of China over the next few years, the Global Wind Energy Council says.
That could tally with the additional demand from Apple as its contract manufacturers begin stamping out iPhones and a rumored higher-capacity memory player.
Following the expiration of the original contract in 2004, the Company and Entergy have negotiated additional fixed-price contracts totaling 1, 000 MW of capacity and energy for the last several years.