The most powerful wind turbine in the world breaks down in China. This is the MySE18.X-20MW offshore wind turbine prototype that was installed in the Asian country last August.
As reported Recharge Newsit is the most powerful turbine in the world, with 20 MW and was manufactured by Mingyang, but, In the first tests, it has not gone as expected.
“The blades of the prototype of the MySE18.X-20MW offshore model broke at the beginning of this month,” they point out from the aforementioned media and there are also videos that point to such events.
They claim that scenes have been shared on Chinese social networks in which several pieces of the giant blades are seen falling while it continues to rotate and they detail that two blades are now missing.
From China they explain that it is the MySE18.X-20MW prototype turbine that Mingyang installed in Hainan province at the end of August. In fact, in which they claimed that fractures occurred in the blades in “extreme and abnormal conditions.”
Mingyang Smart Energy has assured in the letter that “the turbine was being tested in extreme conditionsa process that is crucial to ensure that our newly developed models meet high standards and high reliability.”
“Currently, the product is still in the testing phase and has not yet been marketed or mass produced. The situation did not cause any harm to the personnel at the test site,” he said.
