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Mingyang 18-20MW wind turbine!
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 11:10 am
by dan_b
And just like that, we now have the first 18MW+ turbine platform.
A rotor diameter of almost 300m. That's just insane!
https://renews.biz/90094/mingyang-rolls ... d-turbine/
Re: Mingyang 18-20MW wind turbine!
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 12:36 pm
by nowty
And soon to have an even bigger one with a 320m rotor.
https://renews.biz/88989/mingyang-launc ... d-turbine/
Re: Mingyang 18-20MW wind turbine!
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:35 pm
by AE-NMidlands
Icarus / hubris?
The bigger they come, the harder they fall!
Re: Mingyang 18-20MW wind turbine!
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:22 pm
by Stinsy
I wonder where the limit is?
Re: Mingyang 18-20MW wind turbine!
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:35 pm
by smegal
Stinsy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:22 pm
I wonder where the limit is?
Projects I've worked on are expecting up to 24MW by 2030.
Re: Mingyang 18-20MW wind turbine!
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:41 pm
by nowty
smegal wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:35 pm
Stinsy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:22 pm
I wonder where the limit is?
Projects I've worked on are expecting up to 24MW by 2030.
Maybe 50MW.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/wind-turbines ... es-a-limit
Re: Mingyang 18-20MW wind turbine!
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2023 8:37 am
by smegal
If the arms race doesn't end soon, all the Western turbine manufaturers will end up going bust.
My guess is that offshore crane height will eventually be what slows things down. Lifting hundreds of tonnes hundreds of metres in the air is a challenge. Also, floating foundations in the 20MW+ scale are already pretty hefty ~5000 tonnes.