China has been leading in single-unit wind turbine capacity over the past few years, with more than one OEM announcing or rolling out models of more than 15 MW, which is currently the highest output of wind turbines launched by the US and European wind turbine manufacturers.
In June last year, China Three Gorges (CTG) and Goldwind installed Goldwind’s GWH252-16MW wind turbine, with a rotor diameter of 252 metres, at a 400 MW offshore wind farm in Pingtan.
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Shortly after that, Mingyang Smart Energy reported that its MySE 16-260 offshore wind turbine was commissioned and operating at full capacity in China.
At the beginning of 2023, Chinese OEM CSSC Haizhuang Wind Power, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), rolled out the nacelle of an 18 MW offshore wind turbine prototype , the H260-18MW.
Around the same time, Mingyang unveiled its next flagship offshore wind turbine – the MySE 18.X-28X, which has a rotor diameter of over 280 metres and a swept area of 66,052 square metres.ž
In December 2023, Mingyang produced a nacelle for MySE 18.X-20MW wind turbine at its Shanwei manufacturing base in China.
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China’s Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) installed an 18 MW offshore wind turbine at a coastal test base in Shantou, Guangdong province, on 5 June. The model has a rotor diameter of 260 metres and a swept area of 53,000 square metres, and can generate 72 GWh of electricity annually, enough to pow
