Massive Wind Turbine Used for First Large-Scale US Offshore Wind Farm Can Power A Home For 2 Days With A Single Spin

The first large-scale offshore wind farm to be built in the US has just chosen this behemoth as its turbines.

A new offshore US wind farm will deploy some incredibly massive turbines to produce power – so massive, in fact, that with a single spin it can power an average-sized home for two full days. The turbines have recently been upgraded from the best in the world to be even better, to build the US’ first utility-scale wind farm.

The offshore farm is developed by Vineyard Wind, and the massive turbine of choice will be the GE Haliade-X, manufactured by turbine manufacturer GE. It has a massive capacity of 13 megawatts, more than double that of other turbines so far installed along the US coast.

According to GE, just one spin of the massive Haliade-X is enough to power an average UK home for two days, beating the previous record also set by GE.

“The selection of GE as our preferred turbine supplier means that a historic American company will play a vital role in the development of the first commercial scale offshore wind power in the U.S.,” said Vineyard Wind CEO Lars Pedersen in a statement.

“This is a huge moment not only for the future of our project, but also for the future of an industry that is poised for exponential growth in the coming decades.”

The new wind farm, Vineyard Wind 1, will be developed off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. It is planned to produce power for 400,000 homes as well as businesses in the area.

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