Haliade-X Turbine By GE Renewable Energy Is Now Most Powerful

Haliade-X wind turbine by GE Renewable Energy is officially the most powerful wind power turbine to have ever been installed on the planet. GE Renewable Energy has announced that its Haliade-X wind turbine, the first 12 MW+ turbine built, has received a full type certificate for operations up to 14.7 MW from DNV GL, the world’s largest independent certification body.

This type certification, which follows an earlier certification that the Haliade-X could operate at up to 13.6 MW, provides independent verification that these turbines will operate safely, reliably and according to design specifications and makes the Haliade-X the most powerful turbine with a full type certification.

GE Renewable Energy said that the first use of the certification will be for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, which will become the largest offshore wind farm in the world when it is complete. The certification can be used at up to 14.7 MW and will be applicable for the 87 14 MW turbines that will be used at Dogger Bank C. The said wind farm is a joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn.

A technical breakthrough

The process of certifying the Haliade-X 14.7 MW-220, which builds on the proven Haliade-X platform, involved a series of tests on a prototype located in Rotterdam, a port city in the Netherlands. The Haliade-X prototype has been extensively tested and validated since 2019.

Vincent Schellings, Chief Technology Officer for Offshore Wind at GE Renewable Energy, said “The full type certification gives customers confidence that the Haliade-X has been designed, manufactured, and tested in a manner consistent with internationally recognized standards.”

Kim Sandgaard-Mørk, Executive Vice President for Renewables Certification at DNV, stated, “At DNV, we forecast 2 TW of grid installed offshore wind capacity by 2050. This development is also linked to larger turbines like GE’s Haliade-X. Continued increases in turbine, blade, and tower size will lead to improvements in the capacity factors.”

The Haliade-X offshore wind platform was launched in 2018 and was the first 12 MW+ turbine available. It set a new benchmark in lowering offshore wind’s levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and it is making offshore wind energy a more affordable source of renewable energy.

GE Renewable Energy said that one GE Haliade-X 14.7 MW-220 offshore wind turbine can generate up to 76 GWh of gross annual energy production, providing enough clean energy to power the equivalent of 20,000 European households and save up to 53,000 metric tons of CO2.