China Clean Energy Giants Unveil World’s Largest Wind Turbines
- Ming Yang offshore blades are more than 140 meters long
- Tops previous largest turbine design announced just last week
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Ming Yang Smart Energy Group Ltd. unveiled the world’s largest wind turbine, an offshore behemoth whose more than 140-meter-long blades will sweep across an area larger than nine soccer pitches.
The turbine will be able to generate 18 megawatts at peak capacity and produce enough electricity annually to provide power for 96,000 people, the Chinese manufacturer said in a press release. Using it in place of smaller models will reduce the number of turbines that need to be installed in a given project and lower costs, Ming Yang said.