China bragged about largest wind turbine in the worldbut he suffered a fracture and that means something very bad. If the flowers presented as the wind turbine of the future manage to surprise you, then you won’t be able to miss what comes next. Manufactured by a Chinese company MingyangHe 20 MW giant offshore wind turbine was installed in the Chinese coastal region of Hainana location where it had to develop its full potential.
The company had guaranteed that this turbine was made to operate at medium and high wind speeds, as well as having an impressive ability to withstand typhoons and high winds of 79.8 m/s. This model, MySE18X-20MWhas a rotor diameter of 260-292 meters. According to MingyangAt an average wind speed of 8.5 meters per second, the turbine can produce 80 million kWh per year.
The prototype demonstrated its capabilities against the super typhoon last September Yagi. It destroyed a nearby wind farm Hainan. However, the turbine MySE18X-20MW He suffered no damage.
China fails with the world’s largest wind turbine
Now, China has seen its wind turbine fail during prototype testing under extreme conditions. This is the sign of something very bad, namely the possibility that it will not be possible to create a wind turbine that works in extreme conditions such as hurricanes, where more energy could be produced if this were to become a reality. Mingyang confirmed that one The prototype high-performance turbine at the Lingao testing facility suffered blade damage. The Chinese manufacturer said “fractures” occurred in the blades of a unit tested at its Hainan Island factory.
The statement was made after some images appeared in the Chinese press. A machine was shown with two very damaged blades. Mingyang has not confirmed whether the turbine in question is the part MySE18X-20MW offshore. However, a study of the official images appears to confirm that the flagship has been damaged. In fact, there is widespread information in it China They also assign the damaged blades to those of the MySE18X-20MW.
“They recently appeared in Internet images related to the breakage of the blades of a wind turbine Mingyang shows a newly developed prototype that Mingyang test in our large wind turbine test center Lingao, Hainan“, the company said China.
He added: “The turbine was tested under extreme conditions, a process that is crucial to ensure that our newly developed models meet high standards and high reliability. Currently, the product is still in the testing phase and has not yet been commercialized or mass-produced. The situation has not caused any harm to the testing center staff.”
China records an anomaly in the world’s most impressive wind turbine
Be that as it may, the wind turbine with the largest capacity in the world has been installed China last August he suffered a fracture in his palate during the testing period. The giant blades came loose from the turbine as it started operating, without the exact reasons for the incident being known, it was reported Upload news.
Installed on August 28 Hainanthe marine turbine MySE18X-20MW It can produce 80 million kWh per year, which offsets 66,000 tons of CO2 emissions, equivalent to the annual consumption of 96,000 inhabitants. Although this projection is ambitious, Mingyang wants to go further. That’s why during the last exhibition Chinese wind energy exhibited the MySE 22MWeven bigger.
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