‘Two blades break off’ world’s most powerful wind turbine in China
Credit: Cosmo Sanderson · Published 12 December 2024 · rechargenews.com ~~
The world’s most powerful wind turbine, a 20MW giant manufactured by Mingyang, has reportedly suffered multiple blade breaks just months after the prototype machine was installed in China.
The blades on the MySE18.X-20MW prototype offshore model broke earlier this month, according to Chinese news reports.
Videos posted on Chinese social media show pieces of the giant blades falling from the turbine as it still spins. Other videos and pictures posted show the turbine now static, missing two blades entirely.
Local wind power journals and various social media accounts report that this was the MySE18.X-20MW prototype turbine installed by Mingyang in the island province of Hainan in late August.
It is unclear what caused the blade breaks and Chinese manufacturer Mingyang, one of the world’s leading turbine makers, was not immediately available for comment.
Celebrated as the world’s largest wind turbine, the prototype survived super typhoon Yagi, which devastated a nearby wind farm in Hainan when it swept through Asia in September. Mingyang president Qiying Zhang posted a video last month of the turbine operating at “full power”.
The wind turbine is described as having a modular, lightweight design with flexible power up to 20MW and a wind rotor diameter of 260-292 metres.
With an average wind speed of 8.5m/s, it can generate 80 million kWh annually, offsetting 66,000 tons of CO₂ emissions – equivalent to the annual consumption of 96,000 residents, says Mingyang.
The news comes as Mingyang celebrates its distinctive twin-rotor floating wind platform MySE8.3-180, with a combined capacity of 16.6MW, powering up off the Chinese coast.
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