Mingyang Responds To Reports Of Its Damaged ‘Prototype’ Wind Blades

Mingyang Responds To Reports Of Its Damaged 'Prototype' Wind Blades

After media reports on the damage to its wind turbine blades in one of its projects in China, Chinese wind turbine giant Mingyang Smart Energy came out with more details. The company clarified that the incident was reported from one of its ‘prototype models’. It said that these turbines were tested under harsh weather conditions to examine their resilience.

Mingyang’s findings 

“After monitoring and analysing data of the wind turbine testing process, our preliminary conclusion is that the wind turbine encountered extreme, abnormal conditions during the test, causing the blades to exceed the design load limit value and thus become damaged and fractured. However, the entire machine and system remained intact and complied with industry-standard safety design requirements,” a statement from the firm said.

Mingyang said that these turbines were installed in the test centers in Lingao in Hainan province in China. “We would like to clarify that the images published on social media show a newly developed prototype that Mingyang is testing at our large wind turbine test center in Lingao, Hainan. The turbine was being tested under extreme conditions, a process that is crucial to ensuring that our newly developed models meet high standards and high reliability. Currently, the product is still in the testing phase and has not yet been marketed or mass-produced. The situation did not cause any harm to personnel at the test site.”

Extreme weather testing 

It also said that the whole process of research and innovation goes through several extreme tests. “In the process of innovative research and development, conducting this type of extreme testing and experimentation on prototypes is necessary. We will continue to conduct further in-depth research on the product’s adaptability under these low-probability conditions, to refine the functionality of the new model, ensuring that the product performance is superior, safer, and more reliable,” Mingyang said.

It also said that it would continue to commit to driving breakthroughs in wind energy technology and contribute to the future development of global renewable energy, which aligns. It is said that the firm was testing its large turbine of 20 MW capacity. This comes at a time when several wind energy companies are on a spree to launch large wind turbines with Migrayng taking the lead.