“Mingyang Smart Energy, the designer of the turbine, said in a LinkedIn post that the turbine will “produce 67 million kWh of power annually, enough for the usage of 80,000 residents, reducing C02 by 56,000 tonnes (61,729 U.S. tons).””
China broke its own record within weeks with an 853-foot rotor, 26 feet longer than the last one. The 16 MW machine is rated for 178.5 mph winds. Typhoon Talim already hit it with 85 mph gusts and it held. GE’s answer is an 18 MW turbine still in development and $6 billion in backorders.