BASF’s partner Mingayng is currently developing an 18 MW offshore wind turbine and has already rolled out the first 16 MW model for testing and demonstration, which has been installed and put into operation in China.
The MySE 16-260 wind turbine, whose rotor spans 260 metres in diameter, is now the biggest and most powerful to be installed anywhere.
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The Chinese company has also developed what it says is the world’s first “jacket+net cage” system for fish farming, a typhoon-resistant aquaculture system that is installed as part of an offshore wind turbine structure and has an estimated annual fish production of 75 tonnes.
Mingyang has already entered the European offshore wind market with its turbines (of a smaller model) being installed on the Taranto offshore wind farm , the first offshore wind farm in Italy and the Mediterranean Sea.
A year ago, Mingyang Smart Energy started trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and last month the company and Opergy Group announced a strategic partnership to support the entry of Mingyang into the UK offshore wind market.
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