GENERAL ELECTRIC PLANS LARGEST WIND TURBINE EVER -- 12 MEGAWATTS CAPACITY
[Permalink]2 march 2018
WIND ENERGY
GE plans biggest turbine ever
EENews, Friday, March 2, 2018
General Electric Co. plans to roll out the world's largest wind turbine by 2021.
The Haliade-X turbine would have a capacity of 12 megawatts fueled by 351-foot blades, roughly the length of a soccer field. The offshore turbine would stand 853 feet tall.
GE plans to invest more than $400 million in the project over the next three to five years. It will manufacture the turbine in France, with a demonstration planned for 2019 and shipments planned for 2021.
Offshore turbines have an average capacity of 6 MW, according to the trade group WindEurope. With double the capacity, GE's turbine could produce enough electricity to power 16,000 households (Geert De Clercq, Reuters, March 1)