GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X prototype turbine in the Netherlands, has been operating for two years, making it the first 10MW-plus offshore wind turbine to achieve the milestone.
The prototype, in Rotterdam, was first commissioned in November 2019 at 12MW.
GE Renewable Energy has gone on to optimise the performance of the turbine, uprating the prototype to 13MW and then 14MW.
Over the past two years, the Haliade-X has received multiple certifications, including 12MW, 13MW, 13.6MW and typhoon certifications.
The GE Renewable Energy team has also started certification measurements on the Haliade-X 14MW.
All the electricity generated by the Haliade-X prototype is purchased by Eneco, a Dutch utility company.
Jan Kjaersgaard, CEO of offshore wind at GE Renewable Energy, said: “We’re pleased to announce that our Haliade-X prototype has reached its two-year operational milestone.
“Over the two years, we have learned a lot from operating the prototype intensively in a windy and harsh environment.
“We continue to innovate and develop our Haliade-X technology, and with 5.6GW of customer commitments so far, it is clear that we are addressing our customers’ needs, enabling them to deliver clean energy to consumers around the world.”
The Dogger Bank A and B wind farm off the north-east coast of England will feature 190 Haliade-X turbines.
GE Renewable Energy will also supply 62 Haliade-X turbines for Vineyard Wind 1, the first utility-scale offshore wind installation in the US.