GE Signs 715 Megawatt Wind Deal In China, Puts World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine Into Service
This week, GE began testing its first Haliade-X 12 megawatt offshore wind turbine.
It also signed a deal to supply the turbines for a 715 megawatt (MW) wind farm in China’s Henan Province.
The China Deal
GE Renewable Energy and China Huaneng Group signed an agreement this week at the China International Import Expo to build a 715 MW wind farm in Puyang, Henan Province,
China.
The agreement represents GE’s largest wind turbine order in Asia to date. It is also the biggest contract ever granted to a non-Chinese wind turbine manufacturer in China.
GE will provide 286 of its 2.5-132 turbines with 130-meter soft steel towers for the wind farm.
These turbines
were designed specifically for the unique low wind speed needs in Henan province and will be manufactured by GE in China.
When completed in the middle of next year, the wind farm will supply enough electricity to power 500,000 homes.
CleanTechnica