Mingyang Smart Energy, China’s leading renewable energy company, presented its latest innovation in wind power technology, the OceanX floating wind platform. This advanced platform features two MySE8.3-180 hybrid turbines, each with a capacity of 8.3 megawatts, making it the largest of its kind worldwide in terms of unique capacity.
Launch of OceanX
Likewise, the official launch of OceanX took place last July 13 in Guangzhou, as announced through Mingyang’s social networks.
[post_relacionado]This design incorporates a V-shaped structure with long, elliptical cross sections, which not only provides additional yawing power, but also optimizes production efficiency and lowers peak load, especially under adverse weather conditions, such as typhoons.
Characteristics of the floating wind platform
The internal structure of the tower has been equipped with stairs and an elevator, facilitating access to the operational areas. According to information on the company’s website, the platform is capable of withstanding winds of up to 79.8 meters per second and waves up to 30 meters high.
On the other hand, the platform’s floating base, built with high-performance modular concrete reduces system costs and also through a combination of single-point anchoring and composite materials, manages to decrease the system’s load and the impact of the sea. In addition, pre-stressed tensioned ropes are implemented to distribute the gravity load of the tower, allowing for a lighter structure.
The total capacity of the platform is 16.6 megawatts, and it is estimated that it can generate up to 54 million kilowatt hours per year. can generate up to 54 million kilowatt hours per year, enough to power approximately 30,000 homes, according to Mingyang’s claims.enough to power approximately 30,000 homes, according to Mingyang.
Records with giant wind turbines
In the last year, the company has made significant progress, highlighting the presentation of a new offshore wind turbine model with a capacity of 22 MW in October 2023, with development plans between 2024 and 2025. In addition, they launched the world’s largest offshore wind turbine in terms of capacity and rotor diameter, the MySE 18.X-20 MW.
Recently, Mingyang also signed an agreement with Luxcara, a German clean energy asset manager, to supply wind turbines to the Waterkant offshore wind project in the German North Sea.
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