The Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Windey is working on plans to develop a new offshore wind turbine with a capacity of 26 MW, which according to the material should also be upgradeable to 28 MW. If successful, the project will place the company ahead of other manufacturers who have significantly increased the size of their offshore wind turbines in recent years. This is reported by Recharge News according to Markedwire.
The information comes from Chinese media, which refers to plans that Windey has submitted to the country's authorities. If implemented, Windey will surpass the current record, which is currently held by Dongfang Electric, which last year installed a 26 MW prototype. Previously, Siemens Gamesa held the record with a test turbine of 21.5 MW, which was installed in Denmark. The development is taking place at the same time that several Chinese manufacturers are reporting increasingly larger turbines. For example, Mingyang has presented plans for a 50 MW wind turbine, but this is a design with two turbine heads.
- This rapid size increase by Chinese manufacturers may be a strategic move to gain market share by reducing overall costs, but it also entails risks around performance validation and bankability, says Umang Mehrotra, senior analyst at Rystad Energy.
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