China Dongfang Installs World's Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine 26MW

China Dongfang Installs World’s Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine

eznauto.com | August 30, 2025

Dongfang Electric just flexed some serious muscle in the clean‑energy world. The Chinese state‑owned company announced it has installed a prototype offshore wind turbine rated at 26 megawatts — beating the previous record holder, Siemens Gamesa’s 21.5 MW machine. It’s a headline‑grabbing milestone: the turbine’s rotor spans more than 310 meters (about 1,107 feet) and its hub stands 185 meters (607 feet) above sea level. To put that rotor into perspective, its sweep is longer than three football fields.

Dongfang’s new giant is no mere engineering stunt. The company says the turbine is engineered for offshore locations with wind speeds of 8 meters per second or higher — and that in a site averaging 10 m/s, a single turbine could generate roughly 100 gigawatt‑hours of electricity a year. That’s enough power to run about 55,000 homes annually. According to Dongfang, each turbine at that production level could displace roughly 30,000 tons of coal and shave about 80,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. Those are bold climate gains wrapped into a single machine.

Getting the parts there was a feat in itself. Dongfang shipped what it calls the world’s heaviest nacelle earlier this month, along with three massive blades. Moving components of that size — the nacelle houses the generator and major electronics — requires specialized ships, cranes and coordination. It’s a logistics puzzle as much as a technical one.

Before these turbines become common sights on offshore horizons, they must pass a long list of tests. Dongfang reports it finished static load testing on the blades in May; now the prototype is undergoing fatigue testing. That phase simulates decades of cyclic wind and wave forces and can take up to a year. Only after completing those tests and meeting certification standards can the design move from prototype to commercial deployment...more
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Meanwhile, Donald J(ackass) Trump, King of all Buffoons, shuts down a windfarm in the US that was 80% complete. "Wind turbines cause cancer" Says the buffoon!

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