The world's most powerful wind turbine manufactured by GE Renewable Energy will be installed in the world's largest offshore wind farm

The largest wind turbine in the world is being developed by GE Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of giant General Electric. The powerful turbine was named after X-Haliade, and will be launched this year 2021. To deliver the project, the US conglomerate GE plans to invest 400 million dollars.

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The 13 MW Haliade-X offshore wind turbine will be used in the first two phases of the UK's Dogger Bank Wind Farm, with a total of 190 units to be installed from 2023 onwards.

This will mark the first installation of the world's most powerful wind turbine in operation to date in what will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.

Series production of the Haliade-X platform will start in the second half of 2021, na general electric factory Saint-Nazaire, France.

According to the company's CEO, John Flannery, General Electric wants to be a leader in the technologies that are driving the global energy transition. “Offshore wind energy is one such technology and we will bring the full resources of General Electric to make the Haliade-X program successful for our customers,” he comments.

What is Haliade-X – the world's largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine manufactured by General Electric Renewable Energy?

First announced by General Electric Renewable Energy in March 2018, Haliade-X will be the world's largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine at launch, generating 45% more renewable energy than the most productive turbine currently on the market.

the biggest turbine offshore wind of the world in operation, the prototype Haliade-X from GE, was updated, or “uprated” and is now operating at a power of 13 MW.

This 13 MW more haliade-X version will continue to feature 107 meter long blades and a 220 meter rotor and will be capable of generating 4% more Annual Energy Production (AEP) than the previous 12 MW version of the prototype.

Haliade-X will also include a number of digital tools to help customers perform remote diagnostics and spend less time at sea working on the turbine.

Each turbine will be capable of producing renewable energy enough to power 16.000 homes, with a 750 MW wind farm creating enough power for one million homes.

The offshore wind energy sector in the world

General Electric Renewable Energy President and CEO Jérôme Pécresse said: “It took the renewable energy sector more than 20 years to install the first 17 GW (Gigawatt) of offshore wind power.”

According to Pécresse, the wind energy sector is expected to grow by 90 GW over the next 12 years. “The Haliade-X demonstrates General Electric's commitment to the offshore wind industry and will set a new benchmark for the cost of electricity, thus driving more offshore growth”, he points out.

The vast majority of equipment needed for Haliade-X will be built at a factory in Cherbourg, France, creating 550 jobs in the process over the next two years.

John Lavelle, CEO of General Electric Renewable Energy's Offshore Wind business, added: "The Haliade-X 13 MW will help our customers in an increasingly competitive offshore environment and, because of its size and digital functionality, it provides important value in fabrication, installation and operation."

General Electric Renewable Energy is a company valued at $10 billion, working in onshore and offshore wind, hydropower and new technologies such as concentrated solar power, and will lead the Haliade-X project with financial backing from its parent company. The company employs 22.000 people in 55 countries and has installed more than 400 GW of capacity worldwide.