China’s 18-MW offshore wind turbine has a 260-meter (853-foot) rotor diameter and a swept area of 53,000 square meters (570,487 square feet) – equivalent to 7.4 standard football fields. Contact online >>
China’s 18-MW offshore wind turbine has a 260-meter (853-foot) rotor diameter and a swept area of 53,000 square meters (570,487 square feet) – equivalent to 7.4 standard football fields.
In December, Mingyang unveiled a wind turbine design that offers flexible power ratings ranging from 18.X to 20 MW and rotor diameters from 260-292 meters (853-958 feet). It can cover a maximum swept area equivalent to nine soccer fields.
Chinese manufacturers are pushing the boundaries of wind turbine technology. They’re introducing larger and more efficient turbines, such as the world’s first 16 MW offshore wind turbine by China Three Gorges Corporation that came online in July 2023.
China’s eastern and coastal regions consume a lot of electricity, but most of the country’s energy resources are in the western and northern areas. Offshore wind farms help balance this distribution, enhancing energy self-sufficiency in high-demand regions.
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The biggest wind turbines also make for some of the biggest news on offshoreWIND . In 2023, wind turbine OEMs continued making headlines with their models in development and on the path to commercialisation, and by announcing brand new wind turbine generators (WTGs) that further raise the bar in generation capacity and size. Here, we are bringing an overview of the biggest and most powerful wind turbines we reported aboutin 2023.
Some of the wind turbines from our lookback article from a year ago, which were announced or launched in 2022, have now advanced to being installed offshore and/or are already being selected for commercial offshore wind projects that are planned to be built in the not-so-distant future.
In 2023, the group of the world’s largest offshore wind turbine manufacturers made the front page with progress on 15+ MW models and we also got to see, same as in the year prior, another announcement of an upcoming WTG that breaks the current megawatt record.
As wind turbines keep growing, so do calls for standardisation in the offshore wind industry. While standardisation is sought for across a range of components and equipment, wind turbine sizes remain the focal point of talks about accelerating deployment, especially as specialised installation vessels are starting to run low while 2030 targets wait around the corner.
During Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2022 (OEEC 2022), Adam Middleton, VP for Western Europe and Managing Director The Netherlands at Siemens Energy, emphasised the need for wind turbine standardisation to enable rapid deployment of offshore wind capacity.
Still, as we wait for the industry (and legislators) to potentially reach a consensus on wind turbine capacity and size(s), the middle ground of what capacity to standardise for keeps moving towards higher figures. With 15 MW turbines yet to be installed commercially, the market is already preparing for 20+ MW models after the latest news from China.
Shortly after that, Mingyang Smart Energy reported that its MySE 16-260 offshore wind turbine was commissioned and was operating at full capacity in China, overtaking Goldwind in having the biggest wind turbine in the world installed to prove its mettle.
Breaking news coming from Mingyang did not stop here last year. In October 2023, the company unveiled a new offshore wind turbine model with a rated capacity of 22 MW that is set for development between 2024 and 2025.
With a rotor diameter of 310+ metres, the MySE 22MW would be the most powerful wind turbine in the world. Equipped with carbon-fibre blades, the model would be tailored for high-wind regions with an average wind speed of 8.5 m/s – 10 m/s, and it would be typhoon-resistant, intelligent, and suitable for both fixed-bottom and floating applications, according to Mingyang Smart Energy.
In December, the Chinese manufacturer rolled out its MySE 18.X-20MW wind turbine at its Shanwei manufacturing base in China, effectively producing the world’s biggest and most powerful wind turbine (again).
The model features flexible power ratings ranging from 18.X to 20 MW, coupled with rotor diameters from 260-292 metres. The MySE 18.X-20MW is also equipped with active anti-typhoon technology, capable of withstanding Category 17 typhoons (56.1-61.2 m/s), the company said.
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