Manufacturing Major CSSC Haizhuang Unveils 18-MW Turbine Model, Largest for Offshore Installations

CSSC Haizhuang, a firm based in Chongqing in southwest China, has unveiled the components of the world’s largest and most-powerful wind turbine in making: H260-18.0 turbine. It is greater than many 16-MW turbines that have been developed by manufacturers in China. CSSC Haizhuang is a subsidiary of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and a manufacturing giant.

The official statement held that the CSSC team also met recently to revisit and study the important instructions and instructions made by General Secretary Xi Jinping to the group company, and to convey and learn from General Secretary Xi Jinping’s 2023 New Year’s greetings.

The company claimed that the components of the H260-18.0 turbine demonstrated that it has mastered the core technologies of high-rating offshore wind turbines and key components, leading the global offshore wind power industry to reach a new milestone.

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CSSC Haizhuang said that the 18-MW system will feature a 260-meter-diameter rotor. The H260-18.0 turbine employs a 128-meter blades what it calls ‘SuperBlade+’ that have a sweep are of 53,000 meters along with load-reducing pitch control. It also has a power train with requirements of balanced load, flexible matching of generator system and common blade model. The ‘holographic sensing system’ is added for overall load-reduction. The multi-source online monitoring helps in reducing blade flutter and aeroelastic instability.

The turbine can generate 74,000 MWh of green electricity annually. CSSC mentioned that the turbine design also is expected to minimize vibrations in the tower and foundations by almost 50 per cent.

CSSC Haizhuang stated, “In 2022, China’s offshore wind market entered into the new era of grid parity. Under this situation, the wind industry focuses on how to achieve LCOE reduction and improve power generation. And there is no doubt that large-scale and high-reliability of wind turbines is an inevitable requirement for the scale-up development of wind power and cost reduction.”

The CSSC said, “We must keep in mind the corporate mission of the group company ‘leading the development of the industry, supporting national defense construction, and serving the national strategy.” This also means that China is looking to build its leadership in development of offshore wind equipment.

CSSC further held, “The H260-18MW turbine… will make a great contribution to the improvement of turbine capacity and efficiency, as well as reducing the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of offshore wind farms, and has market prospects in high-speed wind and deep-sea areas”

Recently, Haliade-X wind turbine by GE Renewable Energy was announced to be the most powerful wind power turbine to have ever been installed on the planet after it received a full type certificate for operations up to 14.7 MW from DNV GL, the world’s largest independent certification body.