In a single revolution, the turbine can generate a whopping 34.2 kWh of electricity and 66GWh in a calendar year, enough to power 25,000 households.
Earlier this February, the installation of the 16 MW turbine began 20 miles off the coast of Fujian Province in the country's southeast. The CNY six billion project aims to install 400 MW capacity as part of phase 2 of the Zhangpu Liuao wind farm.
Each of the 16 MW wind turbines being installed as part of the project has a turbine hub at a height of 479 feet , about 50 stories high. The blades result in a diameter of 827 feet and sweep an area of 538,195 square feet . Put together, the project will generate 1.6TWh of electricity which CTG estimates will save 500,000 tons of coal and 1.36 million tons of associated emissions every year. The installation of the turbine is expected to be completed soon and the farm is expected to be online by August this year.
The record for this feat is however expected to be short-lived as the China State Shipbuilding Corporation subsidiary has claimed to have developed the nacelle and rotor hub for an
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