World’s most powerful wind turbine completed by Siemens Gamesa

Siemens Gamesa has completed the installation of the world’s most powerful wind turbine at a test centre in Denmark in a landmark achievement for the German-owned manufacturer.

The final blades were installed on the 21.5MW prototype offshore machine yesterday at the Østerild test centre in northern Denmark.

Photos and videos of the completed turbine have been published in Danish media.

The SG DD-276 prototype turbine has been the wind industry’s worst-kept secret for much of the last year.

The turbine represents a massive jump from Siemens Gamesa’s current largest 14MW offshore wind turbine.

It represents a spectacular achievement for the OEM, not least because it leapfrogs leading Chinese turbine makers that have recently dominated the race to build ever larger machines to claim the mantle of owning the world’s largest installed wind turbine.

Siemens Gamesa’s Danish rival Vestas has said it wants to leave the wind turbine ‘arms race’ to others as it focuses on gaining traction for its current 15MW model.

In his February comments, Bruch said that, as a leader in offshore wind, his company wants to make sure it remains the “innovation leader”, but regarding the prototype added: “People are getting worked up about it too much. What we are doing is, we are testing the limitations of technology and want to understand what makes sense.”