physics

Sinovel

Sinovel is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sinovel rather than just read about it. In short: Sinovel Wind Group Company (Chinese: 华锐风电) is a Chinese state-owned wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Beijing. Sinovel is affiliated with a Chinese state-owned company, Dalian Heavy Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Engineering.

Key takeaways

Sinovel belongs to physics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Sinovel to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Sinovel from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Sinovel Wind Group Company (Chinese: 华锐风电) is a Chinese state-owned wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Beijing. Sinovel is affiliated with a Chinese state-owned company, Dalian Heavy Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Engineering. It was founded in 2005 by Han Junliang.

History Sinovel was founded by Han Junliang who later became the first wind power billionaire after the IPO of the company in 2011. Initially capital of 100 million yuan was provided by a Chinese state-owned company, Dalian Heavy Mechanical & Electrical Equipment Engineering. Donghai Bridge Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in China, began operation in July 2010 using 34 3 MW Sinovel turbines. In December 2010, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority ordered a 1.5 MW wind turbine to power a wastewater pumping station in Charlestown, Boston. In 2011, Sinovel was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and raised $1.4 billion. In 2014, its chairman, Wang Yuan resigned from its post.

Subsidiary Dalian Guotong Electronics

Controversies The firm was accused of stealing software from AMSC and was sued by the company. On 27 June 2013, the United States Department of Justice charged Sinovel and three individuals with theft of trade secrets. On 24 January 2018 a U.S. federal jury in Madison, Wisconsin found Sinovel guilty of stealing trade secrets from AMSC causing the American company to lose over US$800 million. The jury found that Sinovel stole trade secrets and copyrighted information with the intention of building its own versions of AMSC systems and retrofit previously built wind turbines so it could avoid having to pay AMSC for its technology. According to a press release by AMSC on 3 July 2018, AMSC has settled the lawsuit with Sinovel.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sinovel

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sinovel claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sinovel before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sinovel ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sinovel

In research: Sinovel appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sinovel in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sinovel is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Chinese brands, Chinese companies established in 2005, Companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sinovel outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Sinovel in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Sinovel means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Sinovel out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Sinovel in simple terms?

Why does Sinovel matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Sinovel?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Sinovel.