Chinese Wind Manufacturer Mingyang Stakes Claim To Largest Wind Turbine

Chinese Wind Manufacturer Mingyang Stakes Claim To Largest Wind Turbine

The race to be the largest continues in the Wind Turbine sector, where offshore wind has seemingly opened up a canvas of unlimited proportions for manufacturers. From size to ability to withstand high wind speeds, the race is truly on to conquer the high seas. The latest to make a strong claim is Chinese major Mingyang, which announced that its turbines can handle higher wind speeds as high as 137 miles per hour, even generating power in these conditions. This contrasts with other turbines that are designed to shut down in case of such high wind speeds.

The turbine, called MySE 18.X-20MW, was announced back in 2023. With a diameter of almost 960 feet, as the name says, the turbine is capable of going upto 20 MW generation and is based on the previous 14-16 MW platforms that Mingyang has deployed in China and some other regions. However, even the 20 MW tag of the largest wind turbine is not going to be around for long, considering Mingyang’s plans for a 22 MW turbine that will have blades as long as the Eiffel tower soon.

Mingyang is China’s largest private wind turbine maker, with a huge focus on offshore wind, one of the few renewable energy areas where China does not dominate overwhelmingly, yet. Offshore wind was the almost exclusive preserve of European and American manufacturers until about 2010, when Chinese firms began to make an impact. As the market for offshore has warmed up, so have the efforts of Chinese firms, after taking significant market share from established firms in the onshore market.

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The typhoon-resistant turbines are billed as as apt for global deployment in “medium-to-high wind speed regions,” per Mingyang.

The Chinese gains in offshore wind come at an interesting time when European and other competitors seem to be struggling with quality and maintainance issues with their offshore offerings, leading to severe issues at Siemens Gamesa, for instance.

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