The world's most powerful gigantic wind turbine, manufactured by General Electric, could revolutionize the implementation of wind energy in the world

When we talk about the expansion of electric cars on a massive level, there are many who wonder where we are going to get the energy to feed the demands of a 100% electric park. The answer is not simple, but what everyone agrees on is that renewable energies will have to take care of most of the production. For this, manufacturers are preparing solutions, such as the mastodontic floating wind turbine, prepared by General Electric, which will become the largest of its class.

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General Electric has introduced a floating wind turbine concept, which reaches an output of 14MW per unit. An impressive number that, according to its designers, could drastically change the appearance of offshore wind farms, reducing costs and creating access to installation in water depths far beyond current ones.

With less and less land available and increasing rejection due to the impact on aspects such as visual or animal life, investors are looking for offshore alternatives where they can deploy this technology. But offshore conditions are different from onshore, which makes the implementation of offshore wind turbines a major challenge, especially when we are talking about huge systems like this one.

The main problem with offshore wind today is that it relies on traditional offshore installation methods, which require a significantly large anchor to be built into the seabed, using extremely expensive construction materials and labor. Such aspects create many challenges, especially as depth and winds increase.

Giant turbine from General Electric could revolutionize the implementation of wind energy in the world

Therefore, installing floating systems eliminates the need to build concrete foundations on the seabed and replaces it with a floating turbine anchored to the seabed with long cables. This significantly reduces construction costs while increasing operational efficiency by being able to access stronger and more constant winds.

General Electric researchers presented the details of the ARPA-E ATLANTIS (Lighter and Afloat Aerodynamic Turbines with At Náutico Technologies) project, which will allow the design and development of advanced controls to support a 14 MW floating wind turbine.

“Designing a floating turbine is like putting a bus on a tall pole, floating it and then stabilizing it while interacting with wind and waves,” said Rogier Blom, engineer and principal investigator on the project. Blom pointed out that the sheer size of the problem requires a floating platform to support a structure up to 260 meters high.

General Electric's gigantic turbine could revolutionize the implementation of wind energy in the world, giving rise to large marine parks that manage to take full advantage of one of the renewable sources with the greatest potential to offer us a future free of CO2 emissions and which, as we see, has a potential yet to be discovered and developed.

67 high school and higher education job openings to work at the factory of the multinational General Electric Renewable

The multinational General Electric Renewable has 67 job vacancies open for high school and higher education professionals, to serve the states of SP, BA, PE, MG and many other Brazilian states. The highlights are for the functions Operator, Storekeeper, Trainees, Technicians, Engineers, Assistants, Analysts, Assembler, PCD's professionals and more.

To apply for any of the job openings, simply register your resume on the official General Electric website. Check out all 67 GE Renewable jobs available across Brazil, directly on the company website. Good luck to everyone!