https://www.iflscience.com/the-worlds-largest-wind-turbine-has-been-switched-on-70047 Advertisement IFLScience Home IFLScience logo * trendingTrending * bookMost Read * Latest * Humans * Health & Medicine * Nature * Space & Physics * Technology * Multimedia * News * Features * Opinion * Learn with IFLS * Company * Advertise With Us The IFLScience Home IFLScience logoNewsletter Sign up today to get weekly science coverage direct to your inbox Subscribe Today (c) 2023 IFLScience. All Rights Reserved IFLScience Home IFLScience logo * trendingTrending * bookMost Read The IFLScience Home IFLScience logoNewsletter Sign up today to get weekly science coverage direct to your inbox Subscribe Today (c) 2023 IFLScience. All Rights Reserved More * Latest * News * Features * Opinion * Learn with IFLS * Company IFLScience Home IFLScience logo search * Latest * Trending * Humans * Health & Medicine * Nature * Space & Physics * Technology * Multimedia Newsletters in your inbox! Subscribe Subscribe today for our Weekly Newsletter in your inbox! Subscribe Today technologyTechnology The World's Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On It's turbo time. Laura Simmons - Editor and Staff Writer Laura Simmons Laura Simmons - Editor and Staff Writer Laura Simmons Editor and Staff Writer * Laura is an editor and staff writer at IFLScience. She obtained her Master's in Experimental Neuroscience from Imperial College London. View full profile --------------------------------------------------------------------- Read IFLScience Editorial Policy Editor and Staff Writer clockPublished comments9Comments share3.1kShares Mingyang Smart Energy offshore wind turbine close up The new mega-turbine is similar to the one pictured here, from the MySE series, designed and produced by Mingyang Smart Energy. Image credit: Mingyang Smart Energy China has long been touted as a revolutionary when it comes to wind power. Earlier this year, it was reported that the country had begun construction of a wind farm using what were then hailed as the largest turbines ever seen, each with a capacity of 16 megawatts. Now, a new milestone has been reached, with the successful switch-on of a turbine with a rotor diameter over twice the length of a football field. China Three Gorges Corporation announced that the 16-megawatt MySE 16-260 turbine had been successfully installed at the company's offshore wind farm near Fujian Province on July 19. The behemoth is 152 meters (500 feet) tall, and each single blade is 123 meters (403 feet) and weighs 54 tons. This means that the sweep of the blades as they rotate covers an area of 50,000 square meters (nearly 540,000 square feet). Advertisement It's the first time such a large turbine has been hooked up to a commercial grid. According to the corporation, just one of these turbines should be able to produce enough electricity to power 36,000 households of three people each for one year. Detailing the impressive green credentials of this technology, they claim that wind-powered domestic electricity could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 54,000 tons compared with using coal-fired power stations. boook svg Related Stories People Are Just Learning How Luminol Actually Worksarrow First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor Achieved, Claim Scientistsarrow Silicon Chips Powered By Human Brain Cells Secure National Security Grantarrow The Fuijian offshore wind farm sits in the Taiwan Strait. Gusts of force 7 on the Beaufort scale, classified as "near gales", are a regular occurrence in these treacherous waters, which is obviously perfect for generating wind power - provided, of course, that your turbines can withstand the weather. Mingyang Smart Energy, who designed the MySE 16-260, were already confident their machine was up to the challenge, stating in a LinkedIn post that it could handle "extreme wind speeds of 79.8 [meters per second]." Still, it wasn't very long at all before these claims were put to the test, in the wake of the devastating typhoon Talim that ravaged East Asia earlier this month. The typhoon threat is ever-present in this region, and the new mega-turbine withstood the onslaught. Advertisement Buoyed by the success of this installation, China Three Gorges Corporation is already looking to the future. "In the next step, the 16 [megawatt] unit will be applied in batches in the second phase of the Zhangpu Liuao Offshore Wind Farm Project constructed by China Three Gorges Corporation," said executive director of the Three Gorges Group Fujian Company Lei Zengjuan. Whilst China has been leading the way in developing bigger and more powerful turbines, other countries are hot on its heels. Construction is underway on the USA's Vineyard Wind 1, a massive offshore development that will incorporate 13-megawatt GE Haliade-X turbines. In 2021, Denmark announced a project to build a dedicated artificial island of wind turbines off its coast. In a world where a push away from fossil fuels is more urgently needed than ever before, any and all advances in renewable energy must surely be good news. [H/T: Popular Mechanics] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARTICLE POSTED IN technologyTechnology * tag * electricity, * Renewable Energy, * wind power, * wind turbines, * offshore wind, * Largest wind turbine commentsDiscuss (9 CommentS)FOLLOW ONNEWSGoogele News technology More Technology Stories People Are Just Learning How Luminol Actually WorksEvidence on place of crime visible under UV light. Blood in sink. Luminol. technologyTechnology People Are Just Learning How Luminol Actually Works clockJul 28 2023 share48 First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor Achieved, Claim Scientistsa superconducitng sphere is levitated above a magnet. the material is not a room temperature and the evaporation of liquid nitrogen is visible around it. technologyTechnology First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor Achieved, Claim Scientists clockJul 26 2023 comments20 share6.8k Silicon Chips Powered By Human Brain Cells Secure National Security Grantillustration of human brain powering computer chip technologyTechnology Silicon Chips Powered By Human Brain Cells Secure National Security Grant clockJul 24 2023 comments3 share88 Advertisement (*)( ) * trendingTrending * bookMost Read The World's Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched OnMingyang Smart Energy offshore wind turbine close up The World's Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On 46,000-Year-Old Worms Revived After Millennia Frozen In Siberian PermafrostPanagrolaimus kolymaensis 46,000-Year-Old Worms Revived After Millennia Frozen In Siberian Permafrost How To Make Homes Cooler Without Cranking Up The Air Conditioning Woman sitting on sofa with several fans How To Make Homes Cooler Without Cranking Up The Air Conditioning More Trendingmore These White Dots On Strawberries Are Not Strawberry SeedsWhite dots on strawberries aren't strawberry seeds. These White Dots On Strawberries Are Not Strawberry Seeds Phobos, The 'Doomed' Moon, Is Going To Crash Into MarsPhobos will one day crash into Mars. Phobos, The 'Doomed' Moon, Is Going To Crash Into Mars China's Groundbreaking 10,000-Meter Journey Into The Cretaceous SystemHole in ground to reach the cretaceous system. China's Groundbreaking 10,000-Meter Journey Into The Cretaceous System More Most Readmore Advertisement Advertisement video Multimedia US Government Hears Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Witness StatementsUFO video US Government Hears Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Witness Statements Green Slimy Creature Flummoxes Tourists In TaiwanGreen slimy worm like creature with a smaller pink tongue like appendage video Green Slimy Creature Flummoxes Tourists In Taiwan IFLScience The Big Questions: Can We Save A Species On The Very Brink Of Extinction?Rhino lying down with the podcast logo in the foreground podcast IFLScience The Big Questions: Can We Save A Species On The Very Brink Of Extinction? More Multimediamore IFLScience Home IFLScience logo The IFLScience Home IFLScience logoNewsletter Sign up today to get weekly science coverage direct to your inbox Subscribe Today Navigation * Home * Team * About * Careers * Subscribe Contact * Submit News * Contact * Advertise With Us * Write For Us Editorial * Editorial Mission * Fact-Checking Policy * Correction Policy * Transparency Policy * Comment Policy Legal * Terms of use * Privacy Policy * Cookie Policy © 2023 IFLScience. All Rights Reserved. | RSS