Details Released on 14-MW Offshore Wind Turbine

The cost-benefit analyses of offshore wind projects differ from those of their on-shore cousins, in that the installation of each turbine is a far bigger component of the total cost.  For that reason, bigger is always better, and this is what is propelling these things to grow in size as quickly as possible.

Here’s an article on Siemens Gamesa’s new SG 14-222 DD turbine, with 108-meter-long blades and a rotor diameter of 222 meters. From the article: “In a statement Tuesday, SGRE said that one turbine would be able to power roughly 18,000 average European households annually, while its capacity can also be boosted to 15 MW if needed. A prototype of the turbine is set to be ready by 2021, and it’s expected to be commercially available in 2024.”

It was only a few months ago that Dutch utility Eneco started to purchase power produced by the prototype of GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbine.

We’re getting there.