List of most powerful wind turbines

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.

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.^[1] In October 2024, Dongfang unveiled a 26 MW offshore turbine.^[2]

Offshore wind turbine models

Manufacturer	Model	Power rating (MW)	Deployment status	Deployment date	Wind farms	Notes and references
Mingyang Wind Power	MySE 22MW	22	Concept			Rotor diameter of over 310 m and swept area of 75,438 m2.[3]
Mingyang Wind Power	MySE18.X-20MW	18.X to 20 MW	Prototype			Rotor diameter of 260-292 meters.[4][5][6]
Dongfang Electric	DEW-18 MW-260	18	Prototype	June 2024	Shantou City, Guangdong Province,China	World’s First 18MW Semi-Direct Drive Offshore Wind Turbine
CSSC Haizhuang	H260-18MW	18	Concept			Rotor diameter of 260 m and swept area of 53,000 m2.[7][8][9]
Mingyang Wind Power	MySE 16.0-260	16	Prototype	July 2023	Fujian	The first turbine blade was produced in December 2022.[10] Entered operation in July 2023.[11][12]
Goldwind	GWH252-16MW	16	Prototype	June 2023	Fujian	Rotor diameter of 252 m (827 ft) and swept area around 50,000 m2.[13][14] Installed in June 2023.[15][16]
Vestas	V236	15	Prototype		He Dreiht (Germany), Baltic Power (Poland), Hollandse Kust West (Netherlands), Empire Wind (United States)	Prototype installed in 2022. [17] Series production scheduled to begin in 2024[18][19][20]
GE Wind Energy	Haliade-X	14.7	Prototype		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. [21]
Siemens Gamesa	SG 14-222 DD	14.7	Commercially deployed	April 2024[22]	Moray West
GE Wind Energy	Haliade-X	13	Commercially deployed	August 2023	Dogger Bank A, Dogger Bank B (United Kingdom), Vineyard Wind (United States)	[23][24]
Mingyang Wind Power	MySE 12-242	12	Commercially deployed	August 2023	Qingzhou 4	[25]
Siemens Gamesa	SG 11.0-200 DD	11	Commercially deployed	April 2022	Hollandse Kust Zuid (Netherlands), Hollandse Kust Noord (Netherlands), South Fork, Revolution Wind (United States)	[26][27]
Mingyang Wind Power	MySE 11-230	11	Commercially deployed	August 2023	Qingzhou 4	[28]
MHI-Vestas	V164-10.0	10	Commercially deployed[29]	June 2023 [30]	Seagreen (United Kingdom)

Onshore wind turbine models

Manufacturer	Model	Power rating (MW)	Deployment status	Deployment date	Wind farms	Notes and references
Envision Energy	EN-220/10MW	10	Concept		China’s northern region	[31]
Enercon	E-126 7.580	7.5	No longer offered for sale[32]		Magdeburg-Rothensee, Ellern (Germany), Estinnes, (Belgium), Noordoostpolder (Netherlands)	[33][34]
Vestas	V172-7.2MW	7.2	Prototype			[35]
Nordex	N163/6.X	6.8	Commercially deployed	February 2024[36]	Olsterwind (Netherlands)
Vestas	V162-6.2	6.2	Commercially deployed	September 2023[37]	Karstädt-Waterloo
GE Wind Energy	Cypress 6.0-164	6	Commercially deployed	September 2023[38]	Hanze [39]

See also

• Renewable energy portal
• Energy portal

• Østerild Wind Turbine Test Field, test site of several prototypes

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