Siemens Gamesa’s 11MW offshore wind turbine prototype has delivered 11MW of power at the Osterild test centre in Denmark.
Installation of the 11.0-193 DD Flex unit was completed last month.
The total tip height of the prototype is over 230 metres, while the rotor diameter is 193 metres providing a swept area of 29,300 square metres.
The first commercially produced 11MW machines are due to be installed at Vattenfall’s 1.52GW Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 offshore wind farm off the Netherlands.
Installation work at Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 is due to start in mid-2022, with the complex fully operational by summer 2023.
An 11.0-200 DD version is also in line for Orsted’s 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 and 242MW Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.
Orsted expects installation of Gode Wind 3 to start in 2023, with commissioning completed the following year.
Installation at Borkum Riffgrund 3 is expected to start in 2024, with commissioning in 2025.