Turbina eólica offshore da GE mais poderosa do mundo começa a produzir energia

GE’s Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine Begins Producing Energy and Sending It to Utility

Written by Paulo Nogueira

Published on 18/12/2019 at 16:30

Updated on 02/01/2020 at 19:28

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The Dutch Energy Company Eneco Has Started Buying Energy Produced by GE Renewable Energy’s 12 MW Haliade-X Wind Turbine Prototype.

The GE prototype was installed at the port of Maasvlakte-Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The energy produced by the Haliade-X is being sold by Future Wind, a joint venture between Pondera Development and SIF Holding Netherlands.

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The scale of the turbine is considerable: it has a capacity of 12 megawatts (MW), a height of 260 meters, and a blade length of 107 meters. GE Renewable Energy has described it as the “most powerful offshore wind turbine in the world”.

In a statement released on Tuesday, GE said that the turbine recently produced 262 megawatt-hours of energy in a 24-hour period, enough to supply 30,000 households in the area. In November, it was announced that the turbine generated its first kilowatt-hour.

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Although designed for the offshore sector, GE Renewable Energy had previously stated that the Haliade-X 12 MW prototype would be installed on land to “simplify access for testing”. GE intends to commercialize the turbine by 2021, with mass production beginning in the second half of that year.

So far, the company says that the Haliade-X has been chosen as the preferred wind turbine for several offshore projects. This includes the 3,600 MW Dogger Bank scheme in the UK and the 1,100 MW Ocean Wind project in the US.

As technology develops, the size of wind turbines is increasing. In September 2018, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind launched what it described as “the first commercially available double-digit wind turbine in the wind sector”, the V164-10.0 MW. The turbine features blades that are 80 meters long, weighing 35 tons each, and a tip height of around 187 meters.

As a region, Europe is an important player in the offshore wind sector. It is home to large-scale projects like the Walney Extension. Officially opened in September 2018, it is located in the Irish Sea, has a total capacity of 659 MW, and generates electricity for nearly 600,000 households, according to Danish energy company Orsted.

The installation uses 87 turbines – 40 MHI-Vestas 8.25 MW and 47 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW – and covers an area equivalent to approximately 20,000 soccer fields.

The offshore sector in the US, on the other hand, is still relatively young. Its first offshore installation, the 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm, began commercial operations only in 2016. The project is located off the coast of Rhode Island and is operated by Orsted.

GE’s Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine Begins Producing Energy and Sending It to Utility

The Dutch Energy Company Eneco Has Started Buying Energy Produced by GE Renewable Energy’s 12 MW Haliade-X Wind Turbine Prototype.

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