A brand-new offshore wind farm will use some truly enormous turbines to generate electricity; these turbines are so enormous that just one spin will supply power to the typical home for two entire days. The development will be the first utility-scale wind farm in the US, and the turbines have recently gone from the best in the world to even better.
The GE Haliade-X will be the turbine of choice, according to Vineyard Wind, the company behind the offshore farm, which recently announced it would use GE as its power supplier. The enormous 13 MW capacity of this turbine is more than twice as large as previous turbines built off the US coast.
According to the manufacturer, just one spin of the massive Haliade-X is enough to power an average UK home for two days, smashing the previous record also set by GE. This is a significant milestone for the future of our project as well as for an industry that is anticipated to grow rapidly over the next few decades.
Vineyard Wind 1 will be built off the shore of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and should be able to supply the area’s industries and 400,000 residences with electricity.
