China activates world’s most powerful onshore wind turbine

THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL ONSHORE WIND TURBINE HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN SWITCHED ON.

WITH BLADES ABOUT AS TALL AS THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA-

ITS CAPABLE OF POWERING AROUND 160,000 HOUSEHOLDS.

THE CHINESE TURBINE BOASTS 15 MEGWATTS OF ENERGY CAPACITY-

MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THE CLOSEST WESTERN MODEL COULD PRODUCE.

ONSHORE WIND TURBINES GENERALLY HAVE A SMALLER CAPACITY THAN THEIR OFFSHORE COUNTERPARTS.

BUT THE POWER RATING OF THIS CHINESE-MADE RENEWABLE ENERGY TECH ALSO MATCHES WHAT THE WESTERN WORLD’S STRONGEST OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES CAN DO.

WITH IT NOW POWERED UP AND CONNECTED TO THE GRID-

CHINA’S MASSIVE NEW TURBINE WILL NEXT UNDERGO A YEAR OF OPERATIONAL TESTING.

DURING WHICH IT WILL BE SUBJECTED TO NEARLY 2,000 PERFORMANCE TESTS TO VERIFY THE RELIABILITY OF THE COMPONENTS USED AND OVERALL DESIGN IN REAL-WORLD CONDITIONS.

CRITICS WITHIN THE WIND SECTOR HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF INCREASINGLY LARGER TURBINE MODELS-

CITING ISSUES LIKE SUPPLY CHAIN DIFFICULTIES AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF TRANSPORTING THESE ENORMOUS MACHINES.

HOWEVER, CHINA IS STILL MOVING AHEAD WITH THESE SUPER-SIZED STRUCTURES-

IN ADDITION TO THIS ONSHORE MODEL, LAST MONTH PLANS WERE UNVEILED IN THE COUNTRY FOR A 25 MEGAWATT OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE-

WHICH WOULD SIMILARLY BE THE STRONGEST OF ITS KIND GLOBALLY.

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