Wind Turbines Going Well Beyond 15 MW
The first commercial 10 MW wind turbines were installed offshore China and Scotland only two years ago. Last year, and at the beginning of this year, we saw 14 MW and 15 MW prototypes put into operation at testing sites in Europe, and the first 16 MW model was installed this week in China.
From this perspective, and looking at developments currently underway, it might not take long before we see single-unit capacities
The Morgan and Mona offshore wind farms, proposed to be built in the Irish Sea and planned to be operational in 2029, could feature #windturbines with a capacity of between 17 MW and 24 MW each.
For a new offshore wind farm in Sweden, which is planned to have an installed capacity
Big turbines come with big blades and one of the updates from the industry that indicate wind turbines will increase in size soon is Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s (MassCEC) Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) acquiring a new test bench that can accommodate next-generation wind turbine blades
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Before we see single-unit capacities of 20 MW and beyond, there will first be an "18 MW era". As we have reported on offshoreWIND.biz since the beginning of this year, more than one wind turbine OEM has announced an 18 MW offshore wind model
So far, the most powerful wind turbine installed offshore is Goldwind's GWH252-16MW, which was erected in Pingtan, China, a few days ago.
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1 年You can build the turbine as large as you want as long as the logistics and infrastructure can cope with the expansion…
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1 年The drive for ever bigger turbines is impressive technically but it is keeping the cost of energy artificially high. Whilst it does maximise THR number of MWh produced in a project it also blocks the ability to manufacture and assemble in serial product with long serial runs which is the way other industries push down the unit cost and push up the reliability. At Vidi Energy we will do exactly that - standardise a specification, automate the assembly and serialise the process.
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1 年This race will ruin the business