China’s MingYang Smart Energy has introduced a seaward wind turbine larger than GE’s outrageous Haliade-X. The MySE 16.0-242 is a 16-megawatt, 242-meter-tall (794-ft) behemoth with the potential of powering 20,000 properties per unit over a 25-year service life.
The stats on this renewable-energy giant is insane. When MingYang’s new turbine prototype first spins, its three 118-m (387-ft) blades will sweep a 46,000-sq-m (495,140-sq-ft) space larger than six soccer fields.
Each one is anticipated to generate 80 GWh of electrical energy annually. That’s 45% greater than the company’s MySE 11.0-203, from a 19% rise in diameter and swept area. These things, however, are getting huge; the larger they get, the more improved their working appears. As a result, a smaller number of installation projects need to be established to create similar competence.
The general result should be a decrease in offshore wind energy manufacturing costs. As of now, levelized prices of energy calculated by the US Energy for new generation assets launching in 2026 considers offshore wind as a costly method of producing a megawatt-hour. For example, at US$120.52, the ultra-supercritical coal is $72.78; standalone solar is nearly $32.78 before subsidies.
Evidently, wind fills operate in a way that solar can’t. As a result, these colossal turbines will make the industry grow at a raging speed. Scaling up trade with these monstrous turbines is a major reason why industry experts are anticipating lower costs of offshore wind in the future. According to experts, the cost of offshore wind will drop by between 37 and 49 percent by 2050, reported by Renew Economy.
According to MingYang, the MySE 16.0-242 is merely the beginning of its “new 15MW+ offshore product platform.” He further said that it has the potential of operating on the seafloor or a floating base. The complete prototype will be built by 202; however, it will be installed in 2023. Commercial production is scheduled to start during the first half of 2024.