Chinese group’s twin-headed model would be double size of others being developed

China’s Mingyang is developing a 50MW twin-headed floating offshore wind turbine that would obliterate previous records for the most powerful machines available.

Mingyang founder and chair Zhang Chuanwei announced the new turbine model today at the China Wind Power summit in Beijing.

A 50MW twin-headed turbine would double the power capacity of the largest turbines being developed today.

A handful of Chinese developers are currently developing offshore wind turbines around the 25MW range, already twice the size of most models deployed currently.

The 50MW model Mingyang is planning will be made up of two 24.5MW turbines. Mingyang only announced the development of the 24.5MW floating turbine today as well.

The two turbines will be combined into one twin-headed model in the same manner Mingyang has achieved with its 16.6MW OceanX prototype.

That model, a prototype for which was deployed last year, is also made up of two smaller turbines.

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