Chapter 191: Want to Invalidate the Contract? No Way!!
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"The first contract between Lin's Power and Huaxin has been submitted to the Nevada government. I don't think we'll be able to get a contract from Lin's Power. ”
In the president's office of Svitas Corporation's North American company, two men are talking.
The brown-haired middle-aged man sitting at the desk crossed his legs and held a glass of red wine in his hand and said, "But I don't think GE will give up." Maybe we still have a chance to win in the chaos. ”
The blonde man sitting at the desk shook his head and said, "It's not possible! Link Hans should be someone who has some kind of complex for China." It's easier said than done to grab those orders from Chinese companies. Moreover, it is obviously impossible for GE to exert pressure through public opinion to achieve its goals. ”
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Link Hans's move is really good. First, the pressure of public opinion and racial discrimination were involved, and when there was a conflict, the video was immediately released. That made people of color and those who embraced the idea of racial equality begin to support his decision. ”
"I think if he hides the sweetness of wind power, he should continue to invest. He has a contract in his hand now, and we may not have time to operate it. The blonde man smiled and said. "But we can try to fight for his contract in the future. ”
"Do you think he's going to invest in wind power? You know, the U.S. wind market is about to shrink rapidly. The new standards announced two days ago may be just the beginning. I think it was a surprise attack by the old energy forces. We hadn't heard anything about it before. ”
After several years of explosive growth in new wind power capacity, the United States has felt strong pressure from the traditional energy industry. As a result, many wind energy development plans have been put on hold.
They have hardly received decent new orders this year, and this year's new wind turbine capacity will be reduced off a cliff. They predict that new wind orders in the United States will fall below 10 million kilowatts this year, falling back below 2018 levels.
It is precisely because of this that GE must go to such great lengths to get Link Hans's contract.
"The U.S. wind power market has really grown too fast in recent years. ”
Wind power has an Achilles' heel that cannot be ignored, and that is unstable power generation. When there is wind, it can generate electricity, and when there is no wind, there is no electricity. This kind of power generation is not suitable for the main power of a country.
"In my opinion, the U.S. government will not remove the preferential tax incentives for wind power generation. ”
"Hopefully so. Otherwise, we're really going to have to eat the northwest wind. ”
The middle-aged man said with a smile: "New energy companies in the United States will definitely withstand the pressure of fossil fuel companies and maintain the current installed proportion of wind power." I estimate that the additional capacity will be 4 million kilowatts per year, and with the annual increase in decommissioning capacity, it should be able to maintain between 800 and 12 million kilowatts. ”
The blonde man said, "So I think I should look for an opportunity to build a good relationship with Link Hans." Perhaps he will be able to add more than one million kilowatts of wind power orders every year. ”
"Is it that exaggerated?"
"You forget, he has money and likes to buy land. Don't you notice? He always wanted to make the most of his land. As long as he buys more land, as long as it is suitable for wind energy projects, he will not give up the investment. ”
The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Okay, I will have a good relationship with him." Hopefully next year he will get his contract for a million kilowatts. ”
Link didn't know that he had become the target of a company that needed a PR job.
After Huaxin completed the on-site survey of Fairway Peak Farm in the midst of the disturbance of the outside world, it immediately moved to Baker Farm. Today is their last day of surveying at Baker's Farm.
The public opinion outside was also a little more lenient towards him, and he wanted to talk to Team Leader Du.
But his plane hadn't taken off yet. He received a call from Martha, saying that the contract he had signed with Huaxin was stuck.
"They don't approve it, why don't they approve it?"
Martha said on the phone: "I was in Renault and found the person in charge of the project approval. They say it's a request from the state legislature. Saying that our wind power projects may cause noise pollution. That's a joke! There are so many wind turbines in the United States that they don't make noise?"
When Link heard that the state government had used such a reason to prevaricate him, he was also angry in his heart. That's when he's a fool?
Not to mention that Huaxin's wind turbines will definitely not exceed the noise standard, and may be slightly larger than other wind turbines by a few decibels, but Huaxin Company dares to sell it in the United States, and it must meet the American standards.
Sure enough, she heard Martha say, "They say the federal government has announced the latest wind turbine noise limits." Huaxin's wind turbines exceed the standard. ”
Link heard that the federal government had suddenly announced a new marking, and if it had nothing to do with his contract with Huaxin, he wouldn't believe it.
However, he was not in a hurry to get angry, he asked Martha to stay in Renault first: "I'll go to Renault later." Wait for my news!"
After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone, and then immediately dialed the phone number of Team Leader Du and told him about it.
Team Leader Du was very strange and said, "That's impossible!"
"But the U.S. federal government has set new standards. Although the state legislature has not yet passed. But there will inevitably be a push to pass that standard in a short period of time. Link didn't understand why Team Leader Du was so categorical. "I would like to know if you have any products with the latest technology that can meet the latest standards that they have set for the units. ”
Team Leader Du said: "I'll take a look at the new standards they have released first. You wait a minute. "Team Leader Du seems to be letting people go online.
Link waited for a while and said with a smile: "Link, we have added a winglet to the blade like an airplane wing, which can reduce the drag caused by the blade rotation, so that the blade can rotate at a wind speed of 2.8 meters, and at the same time, the winglet also increases some wind area." Winglets reduce turbulence at the end of the blades, resulting in less noise. In fact, our wind turbines produce five to 10 decibel quieter noises than GE's units of the same installed capacity. So I say that the contract cannot be passed because our units are too noisy. ”
"Is there any data on the results of the experiment that the United States recognizes?"
"Absolutely. The contract is attached. ”
"That's fine. ”
Link went back to the study to check GE's products on the computer, compared the various indicators of their 1,500 Kava units, and sure enough, found that in the data provided by Huaxin, the noise generated by the various rotation speeds and wind speeds of the fan blades was lower than that of similar GE products.
Seeing this result, he flew to Renault with his contract. For safety, this time they did not take the highway, but went into the city.
Link went to pick up Martha first. He wanted to ask what was going on.
Martha affirmed: "They did claim that Huaxin's unit was over-noodling. And the state legislature is debating whether to approve the federal government's standards. Therefore, our contract cannot be approved. ”
Link sneered and found Paul Brown's phone. told him about the obstruction of the approval of the contract he signed with Huaxin Company, and then asked if the other party was in the office. U.S. senators spend a combined half of the year in Washington. But there doesn't seem to be any big news about the U.S. federal government lately. He felt that the other party should be at Renault.
Paul Brown pondered for a moment before saying, "Link, if that's really the reason, I don't think I can help you." You know I'm a senator, but I can't point too much finger at state legislatures, especially when they play by the rules. ”
Lin Ke smiled into the phone and said, "Mr. Senator, I don't want you to interfere with them, it's just that I found an interesting fact." I think you'll give me a fair answer when you see it. ”
Paul Brown was silent again for a moment, and finally he said, "Well, I'm in the office, and I can give you ten minutes." ”
Link rushed to the state government building and went straight to Paul Brown's office. After being briefed by the secretary, he entered the senator's office.
"Link, what the hell is it that makes you have to meet me. ”
Link took out the contract, flipped it straight to the crew data sheet, and handed it to Paul Brown and said, "Mr. Senator." This is an indicator of the wind turbines that I want to purchase from Huaxin. They incorporate products with the latest technology. You look at the noise data, and then you compare it to the new federal noise standards. ”
In fact, Paul Brown is also aware of the wind power noise standards announced by the United States, because after the proposal is passed by the House of Representatives, it must be approved by the Senate. So, every senator gets a description of the proposal.
He also knew very well that the House of Representatives was introducing such a bill against China's Huaxin Company. But he is an American, and it is certainly impossible to speak for Chinese companies. As for Link's wind power plan, there is no possibility of cooperation with GE without Chinese companies, but there are other European companies that meet the standards, not?
And with that new standard, Chinese companies could be kept out of the U.S. market for another year, maybe two years, but that's enough.
However, he has seen the test data provided by Huaxin Company, which is tested by a well-known European institution. And the United States agrees with the agency's test results.
He took out his reading glasses and carefully compared the new standards of the United States with the index comparison of Huaxin's products. He found that if Huaxin wanted to prevent it from entering the U.S. market, it would have to ban wind power in the U.S. with noise standards. Because of that standard, all existing companies can't meet the product.
Looked at the interesting stuff that Link brought him.
Brown Sr. blushed at the federal and state levels. If you want to prevent Chinese wind power companies from entering the United States in this way, you don't even understand the strength of your competitors, so it's no wonder that even in the United States, it's getting worse and worse.
He was silent for a while, then raised his head and said, "I understand what you mean." "He gave the contract back to Link. "I can call them. ”
He picked up the phone on his desk and asked the secretary to answer the state office: "I'm Paul Brown. I learned that the wind turbines involved in the contract between Lin's Power and Huaxin are fully compliant with the new standards issued by the federal government. I would like to know, how do you measure that the products provided by Huaxin do not meet the new federal standards?"
He waited for a while and said, "OK." Within ten minutes, I hope to get a formal reply from you!"
Ten minutes later, after the elder Brown received a reply from the other party. He dropped the phone and said to Link: "They have recognized their mistake and will approve the contract within the stipulated time." ”