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 July 2023, the most powerful wind turbine in operation is the 16 MW Mingyang MySE 16-260.^[1][2][3]

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 m^2.^[4]
CSSC Haizhuang	H260-18MW	18	Concept			Rotor diameter of 260 m and swept area of 53,000 m^2.^[5]^[6]^[7]
Mingyang Wind Power	MySE 18.X-28X	18	Concept			Rotor diameter of over 280 m and swept area of 66,052 m^2.^[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 m^2.^[13]^[14] Installed in June 2023.^[15]^[16]
Vestas	V236	15	Prototype		He Dreiht (Germany), Baltic Power (Poland), Hollandse Kust West (Netherlands)	Prototype installed in 2022. ^[17] Series production scheduled to begin in 2024^[18]^[19]
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. ^[20]
Siemens Gamesa	SG 14-222 DD	14	Prototype		Sofia (United Kingdom)	Prototype planned for fall 2021 in Denmark.^[21]^[22] Prototype has started to produce energy in December 2021 ^[23]^[24]
GE Wind Energy	Haliade-X	13	Commercially deployed	August 2023	Dogger Bank A, Dogger Bank B (United Kingdom)	^[25]
Mingyang Wind Power	MySE 12-242	12	Commercially deployed	August 2023	Qingzhou 4	^[26]
Siemens Gamesa	SG 11.0-200 DD	11	Commercially deployed	April 2022	Hollandse Kust Zuid (Netherlands), Hollandse Kust Noord (Netherlands)	^[27]
Mingyang Wind Power	MySE 11-230	11	Commercially deployed	August 2023	Qingzhou 4	^[28]
Dongfang Electric	DEW-11MW-185^[29]	11	Prototype	July 2020	Xinghua Bay (China)	Prototype deployed July 2020, later uprated to 'over 11MW', name changed from D10000-185^[30]
MHI-Vestas	V164-10.0	10	Commercially deployed^[31]	June 2023 ^[32]	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	^[33]
Enercon	E-126 7.580	7.5	No longer offered for sale^[34]		Magdeburg-Rothensee, Ellern (Germany), Estinnes, (Belgium), Noordoostpolder (Netherlands)	^[35]^[36]
Nordex	N163/6.X	6.8	Commercially deployed	February 2024^[37]	Olsterwind (Netherlands)
Vestas	V162-6.2	6.2	Commercially deployed	September 2023^[38]	Karstädt-Waterloo
GE Wind Energy	Cypress 6.0-164	6	Commercially deployed	September 2023^[39]	Hanze ^[40]

See also

•  Renewable energy portal
•  Energy portal

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

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