In Denmark, the world’s largest and most powerful wind generator was put into operation – its height is 280 meters
The world’s most powerful wind turbine has been put into trial operation. The Vestas V236-15 MW unit is assembled for performance evaluation at the Österild test site in West Jutland. The rotor diameter of the installation is 236 m with a blade length of 115.5 m. The power produced at the peak reaches 15 MW. On the basis of this installation, the projects of a number of offshore wind power plants in Europe and the USA have been developed.
Implementation of industrial facilities using Vestas V236-15 MW will start next year. Wind turbines 280 m high – the tallest in the world – debut at the Danish Frederikshavn wind farm. This installation has also been chosen as the main one for the Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm projects in New Jersey and for the Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 projects in New York.
One such generator is capable of providing electricity to 20,000 households. Vestas V236-15 MW annual electricity production reaches 80 GWh. Such amounts of clean energy are equivalent to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 38,000 tons per year, or roughly equivalent to removing 25,000 cars from the roads per year.
Prior to the installation of the Vestas V236-15 MW, the record holder was General Electric’s 14 MW Haliade-X wind turbine. But the Danish installation won’t be the record holder for long either. The Chinese are completing the creation of the MySE 16.0-242 wind turbine with a capacity of 16 MW. It will be assembled for experimental operation by the middle of this year, and serial production will begin in 2024.
