The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Is Turned On
China reveals their largest win turbine which is a record breaker. The previous record was only set the month before in June 2023. The previous turbine was a giant and boasted a rotor diameter for 252 meters. The new wind turbine from Ming Yang is 275m (902 feet) tall, and due to the massive size of the rotor blades at 130m in length, and with a rotor diameter of 260meters meaning the turbine has a wind-swept area of 50,000 square metres. The 16MW wind turbine is, therefore, able to generate an enormous amount of energy “67 million kWh of power annually, enough for the usage of 80,000 residents, reducing C02 by 56,000 tonnes – Ming Yang