The World's Largest Wind Turbine Will Be Chinese: Wind Generators That China Plans to Use in Building Its Most Ambitious Wind Farm Are More Powerful Than General Electric's Haliade-X

The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Will Be Chinese: Wind Generators That China Plans to Use in Building Its Most Ambitious Wind Farm Are More Powerful Than General Electric’s Haliade-X

Written by Flavia Marinho

Published on 17/10/2021 at 09:05

Maior Turbina eólica do planeta / Fonte: MingYang

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The Dispute Between the United States and China Intensifies. Chinese Wind Turbine Promises to Be the Largest on the Planet and Will Outperform American Giant General Electric’s Turbines.

The pulse kept by the United States and China touches many stakes. The rivalry is intensifying between these two global superpowers, in which no other country seems capable of participating. Over the past few months, both nations have announced the commencement of several wind farm construction projects, where the largest wind turbines on the planet will intervene. By 2023, the United States expects to have completed a wind farm located on an island belonging to the state of Massachusetts, which will incorporate General Electric’s (GE) monstrous Haliade-X wind turbines.

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The Wind Turbines That China Plans to Use in the Construction of Its Most Ambitious Wind Farm Are Even More Powerful Than General Electric’s Haliade-X.

This wind turbine has a height of 260 meters, incorporates a 12 MW generator, features a 220-meter rotor, and, according to its creators, is capable of producing 67 GWh per year, which, on paper, allows it to supply up to 16,000 homes. The United Kingdom will use these same wind turbines in the wind farm it plans to build at Dogger Bank, a massive sandbank located in the North Sea, 100 km off the east coast of Great Britain.

The wind turbines that China plans to use in the construction of its most ambitious wind farm are even more powerful than General Electric’s Haliade-X. The Chinese company working on them is called MingYang Smart Energy, and its new wind turbine is named MySE 16.0-242, in a very obvious reference to the technical characteristics with which this company aims to beat all electricity generation records using wind energy.

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MySE 16.0-242: A Wind Turbine Designed to Generate 80 GWh of Electricity Per Year.

The numbers for this wind turbine are impressive. It incorporates a 16 MW generator and stands 242 meters tall, making it 18 meters shorter than General Electric’s Haliade-X. Nevertheless, according to MingYang Smart Energy, its wind turbine can produce 80 GWh of electricity per year, 13 GWh more than GE’s turbine. This theoretical maximum performance will allow the Chinese wind turbine to supply electricity to no less than 20,000 homes. Not bad at all.

However, in this area, it is not just about adding meters in height and wingspan; it is also crucial to optimize the aerodynamics of the blades to enhance the performance of the wind turbine. According to MingYang Smart Energy, its engineers have managed to catapult the performance of their new wind turbine by 45% compared to its predecessor, achieving this by increasing the rotor diameter by 19%.

Another interesting and important fact that should not be overlooked is that this wind turbine will have a service life of 25 years. The first prototype will be ready in 2022, and the testing phase with it will begin in 2023. However, MingYang Smart Energy will begin large-scale manufacturing of this wind turbine in the first half of 2024.

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With the high cost of electricity throughout Brazil, due to the water crisis and the use of thermoelectric plants, wind energy may gain new proponents in the country, just as solar energy has.

The costs for the installation of a wind system vary according to the desired power, ranging from 500 W to 6,000 W, with prices from R$ 2,700 to R$ 50,000.

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