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Offshore Wind Turbines In 2023: 16 MW Model Installed Offshore, 18 MW WTGs Selected For New Project, 22 MW Turbine Announced

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

The biggest wind turbines also make for some of the biggest news on offshoreWIND.biz. In 2023, wind turbine OEMs continued making headlines with their models in development and on the path to commercialisation, and by announcing brand new wind turbine generators (WTGs) that further raise the bar in generation capacity and size. Here, we are bringing an overview of the biggest and most powerful wind turbines we reported about in 2023.

This is the first paragraph.

Some of the wind turbines from our lookback article from a year ago, which were announced or launched in 2022, have now advanced to being installed offshore and/or are already being selected for commercial offshore wind projects that are planned to be built in the not-so-distant future.

Offshore wind turbines are certainly getting larger.

• The Chinese seem to be leading the way with turbines that produce over 20 MW, but European and US manufacturers appear to be looking at 16-18 MW.
• This compares with typical farms commissioned in the last few years of about 13-14 MW, which is roughly a 26 % increase in size.
• In Crown Estate Mulls Adding 4 GW Of Capacity From Existing Offshore Wind Projects, I talk about how bigger turbine sizes could be increased in wind farms, that are being planned.

I feel the UK, could benefit from this increase in wind turbine size.

January 2, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Design, Energy | Offshore Wind Power, Wind Power