List of most powerful wind turbines

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This is a list of the most powerful wind turbines. The list includes wind turbines with a power rating that is within 5 MW of the current most powerful wind turbine that has received customer orders that is at least at the prototype stage. All the most powerful turbines are offshore wind turbines. This list also includes the most powerful onshore wind turbines, although they are relatively small compared to the largest offshore ones.

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As of June 2024, the most powerful wind turbine in operation is the world's first 18MW semi-direct drive offshore wind turbine, developed by Dongfang Electric Corporation.

Offshore wind turbine models

ManufacturerModelPower rating (MW)Deployment statusDeployment dateWind farmsNotes and references
Mingyang Wind Power MySE 22MW22ConceptRotor diameter of over 310 m and swept area of 75,438 m2. [1]
Dongfang Electric DEW-18 MW-26018PrototypeJune 2024Shantou City, Guangdong Province,ChinaWorld’s First 18MW Semi-Direct Drive Offshore Wind Turbine
CSSC HaizhuangH260-18MW18ConceptRotor diameter of 260 m and swept area of 53,000 m2. [2] [3] [4]
Mingyang Wind Power MySE 18.X-28X18ConceptRotor diameter of over 280 m and swept area of 66,052 m2. [5] [6]
Mingyang Wind Power MySE 16.0-26016PrototypeJuly 2023 Fujian The first turbine blade was produced in December 2022. [7] Entered operation in July 2023. [8] [9]
Goldwind GWH252-16MW16PrototypeJune 2023 Fujian Rotor diameter of 252 m (827 ft) and swept area around 50,000 m2. [10] [11] Installed in June 2023. [12] [13]
Vestas V23615PrototypeHe Dreiht (Germany), Baltic Power (Poland), Hollandse Kust West (Netherlands), Empire Wind (United States)Prototype installed in 2022. [14] Series production scheduled to begin in 2024 [15] [16] [17]
GE Wind Energy Haliade-X14.7Prototype Dogger Bank C (United Kingdom)Prototype deployed October 2019 as 12 MW, uprated to 13 MW in October 2020, then to 14 MW in October 2021, then to 14.7MW. [18]
Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD14.7Commercially deployedApril 2024 [19] Moray West
GE Wind Energy Haliade-X13Commercially deployedAugust 2023 Dogger Bank A, Dogger Bank B (United Kingdom), Vineyard Wind (United States) [20] [21]
Mingyang Wind Power MySE 12-24212Commercially deployedAugust 2023Qingzhou 4 [22]
Siemens Gamesa SG 11.0-200 DD11Commercially deployedApril 2022 Hollandse Kust Zuid (Netherlands), Hollandse Kust Noord (Netherlands), South Fork, Revolution Wind (United States) [23] [24]
Mingyang Wind Power MySE 11-23011Commercially deployedAugust 2023Qingzhou 4 [25]
Dongfang Electric DEW-11MW-185 [26] 11PrototypeJuly 2020Xinghua Bay (China)Prototype deployed July 2020, later uprated to 'over 11MW', name changed from D10000-185 [27]
MHI-Vestas V164-10.010Commercially deployed [28] June 2023 [29] Seagreen (United Kingdom)

Onshore wind turbine models

ManufacturerModelPower rating (MW)Deployment statusDeployment dateWind farmsNotes and references
Envision Energy EN-220/10MW 10ConceptChina’s northern region [30]
Enercon E-126 7.5807.5No longer offered for sale [31] Magdeburg-Rothensee, Ellern (Germany), Estinnes, (Belgium), Noordoostpolder (Netherlands) [32] [33]
Vestas V172-7.2MW7.2Prototype [34]
Nordex N163/6.X6.8Commercially deployedFebruary 2024 [35] Olsterwind (Netherlands)
Vestas V162-6.26.2Commercially deployedSeptember 2023 [36] Karstädt-Waterloo
GE Wind Energy Cypress 6.0-1646Commercially deployedSeptember 2023 [37] Hanze [38]

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