GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X prototype in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has started operating at 14MW, making it the first player in the industry to operate a wind turbine at this power output.
The Haliade-X 14MW is an uprated version of the Haliade-X 13MW, which received its type certification in January 2021.
The GE Renewable Energy team has now officially started certification measurements on the Haliade-X 14MW.
One turbine can generate up to 74 gigawatt hours of gross annual energy production, based on typical German North Sea wind conditions.
Vincent Schellings, chief technology officer, GE Renewable Energy Offshore Wind, said: “We’re pleased to announce that the Haliade-X prototype is the first turbine in the industry to successfully run at 14MW.
“When we first commissioned our Haliade-X prototype in November 2019 at 12MW, we made a big leap forward in the industry.
“Over the past two years we have learned a lot about operating and optimising the performance of our Haliade-X platform, enabling us to uprate the Haliade-X platform to 14MW today.”
The Haliade-X 14MW will make its commercial debut at the Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm, which is located over 130 km off the north-east coast of England.
GE Renewable Energy will provide 87 units of the Haliade-X 14MW for Dogger Bank C.