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New Offshore Wind Turbine Can Power A Home For 2 Days With A Single Rotation

Written by Valdemar Medeiros
Published on 07/12/2020 at 10:58
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The 13 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Can Produce 312 MWh in a Day.

The offshore project developers recently announced that they will use a GE (General Electric) wind turbine known as the GE Haliade-X, possibly the largest wind turbine in the world with a capacity of 13 MW, an impressively high amount.

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“Choosing the GE offshore wind turbine as our preferred turbine supplier means that a historic American company will play a vital role in the development of the first commercially scaled offshore wind energy in the United States,” said Vineyard Wind CEO Lars T. Pedersen. “This is a significant moment not only for the future of our project but also for the future of an industry that is poised for exponential growth in the coming decades.”

Potential of the New Offshore Wind Turbine

The new 13 MW turbine will soon be able to produce 312 MWh in a day, 8% more than the previous 12 MW GE Haliade-X produced at the Maasvlakte-Rotterdam port in the Netherlands. This turbine has already set a world record by becoming the first to produce 262 MWh of power in 24 hours, enough to power 30,000 homes in the area.

Energy analyst John Rogers, who wrote for the Union of Concerned Scientists, calculated the energy production of the new turbine and found that it could meet all the energy needs of a home in just seven seconds. Meanwhile, GE claims that a single turn of the GE Haliade-X turbine could power a home for two days.

Valdemar Medeiros

Formado em Jornalismo e Marketing, é autor de mais de 20 mil artigos que já alcançaram milhões de leitores no Brasil e no exterior. Já escreveu para marcas e veículos como 99, Natura, O Boticário, CPG – Click Petróleo e Gás, Agência Raccon e outros. Especialista em Indústria Automotiva, Tecnologia, Carreiras (empregabilidade e cursos), Economia e outros temas. Contato e sugestões de pauta: valdemarmedeiros4@gmail.com. Não aceitamos currículos!

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