China produces world's largest 16-megawatt wind turbine

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The nacelle of the 16-MW wind turbine, unveiled by Goldwind and China Three Gorges on Nov. 24, 2022, is shown at its manufacturing facility in Fujian province. Source: Huang Keyao/Goldwind

Ma Jingjing | GlobalTimes.cn | Nov 23, 2022

China's home-developed 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine rolled off the production line in East China's Fujian Province on Wednesday. The turbine boasts the world's largest single-unit capacity and biggest impeller, marking a breakthrough in high-end research and manufacturing to reach world-class levels.

With a propeller diameter of 252 meters, the wind turbine covers a swept area of 50,000 square meters, equivalent to seven standard soccer fields, according to a press release China Three Gorges Corp sent to the Global Times.

A single unit could produce clean electricity of 66 million kilowatt-hours per year, meeting the annual electricity needs of more than 36,000 urban households. Meanwhile, it will greatly save energy and reduce carbon emissions. It's estimated that it'll reduce the consumption of coal by 22,000 tons and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 54,000 tons every year.

The success of the 16- megawatt wind turbine marks a historic leap in the country's wind power equipment manufacturing from following others to neck-to-neck competition and to a world-leading position, and sets a new example for the development of the sector globally, said Lei Mingshan, head of China Three Gorges Corp...more
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202211/1280270.shtml

Meanwhile in America...

GE Blocked From Selling Huge Offshore Turbine in US By Judge

General Electric Co. was blocked by a federal judge in Boston from making or selling its massive Haliade-X offshore wind turbines in the US, dealing a fresh blow to the conglomerate’s struggling renewable energy division.

US District Judge William Young late Wednesday granted an injunction requested by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA after a jury in June found that GE’s design infringed a patent held by the Spanish manufacturer, capping a lengthy legal battle between the wind-power heavyweights. Young’s ruling, however, allows two wind projects underway in the coastal waters off New Jersey and Massachusetts to continue as planned with GE’s turbines...more
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-08/ge-blocked-from-selling-huge-offshore-turbine-in-us-by-judge

These days, the US (TRILLIONS FOR WAR!) can't even steal designs without getting caught. Pathetic.

Wanna buy a drone? How about some missiles? Rocket launchers? Please?