GE kondigt Haliade-X aan, ‘s werelds krachtigste windturbine op zee

• Haliade-X heeft meer waarde voor klanten door meer energie te produceren uit wind met een generator van 12 MW, een ongeëvenaarde capaciteitsfactor en geavanceerde digitale mogelijkheden.
• Haliade-X 12 MW dingt mee naar aanbestedingen die in 2021 van start gaan
• Haliade-X 12 MW produceert 45 procent meer energie dan welke windturbine op zee dan ook, en genereert jaarlijks 67GWh, genoeg voor meer dan 5000 Amerikaanse huishoudens.
• Investering van 400 miljoen dollar voor technische ontwikkeling, tests en ontwikkeling van toeleveringsketen in komende drie tot vijf jaar

 

PARIJS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– GE Renewable Energy (NYSE:GE) heeft vandaag plannen onthuld voor de ontwikkeling van de grootste, krachtigste windturbine op zee: Haliade – X.  Dankzij zijn directe aandrijvingsgenerator van 12 megawatt en een bruto capaciteitsfactor van 63 procent produceert de Haliade-X 45 procent meer energie dan alle buitengaatse windturbines van nu. GE investeert komende drie tot vijf jaar meer dan 400 miljoen dollar in de ontwikkeling en installatie van de Haliade-X.

John Flannery, bestuursvoorzitter en CEO, zei: “We willen voorop lopen op vlak van technologieën die de mondiale energietransitie mogelijk maken. Buitengaatse wind is een van die technologieën en we zetten alle middelen van GE in om Haliade-X tot een succes te maken voor onze klanten.”

 

 

GE Announces Haliade-X, the World’s Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine

• Haliade-X brings higher value to customers by producing more energy from the wind with a 12 MW generator rating, an industry-leading capacity factor¹ and advanced digital capabilities
• Haliade-X 12 MW is currently being bid for projects that will ship in 2021
• Haliade-X 12 MW will produce 45 percent more energy than any other offshore wind turbine available today and will generate up to 67 GWh annually², enough renewable power for up to 5,000 U.S. households²
• $400 million program will fund engineering, testing and supply chain development over the next three to five years

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– GE Renewable Energy (NYSE:GE) today unveiled its plan to develop the largest, most powerful offshore wind turbine: the Haliade-X. Featuring a 12 MW direct drive generator and an industry leading gross capacity factor of 63 percent, the Haliade-X will produce 45 percent more energy than any other offshore turbine available today². GE will invest more than $400 million over the next three to five years in development and deployment of the Haliade-X.

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John Flannery, Chairman and CEO of GE said, “We want to lead in the technologies that are driving the global energy transition. Offshore wind is one of those technologies and we will bring the full resources of GE to make the Haliade-X program successful for our customers.”

Towering 260 meters over the sea, more than five times the size of the iconic Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, the Haliade-X 12 MW carries a 220-meter rotor. Designed and manufactured by LM Wind Power, the 107-meter-long blades will be the longest offshore blades to date and will be longer than the size of a soccer field. One Haliade-X 12 MW turbine will generate up to 67 GWh annually², enough clean power for up to 5,000 households per turbine, and up to 300,000 U.S. households in a 750 MW windfarm configuration.

Jérôme Pécresse, President and CEO of GE Renewable Energy said, “The renewables industry took more than 20 years to install the first 17 GW of offshore wind. Today, the industry forecasts that it will install more than 90 GW over the next 12 years. This is being driven by lower cost of electricity from scale and technology. The Haliade-X shows GE’s commitment to the offshore wind segment and will set a new benchmark for cost of electricity, thus driving more offshore growth.”

The ability to produce more power from a single turbine means a smaller number of turbines in the total farm, which translates to less capital expenditure for the balance of plant and reduced risk in project execution as the installation cycle time is reduced. It also simplifies operation and maintenance of the wind farm. All of this reduces the investment and operation cost for developers, makes offshore wind projects more profitable, and ultimately lowers cost of electricity for consumers.

John Lavelle, CEO of Offshore Wind at GE Renewable Energy said “The Haliade-X 12 MW will help our customers in an increasingly competitive offshore environment, and through its size and digital functionality provide important value across manufacturing, installation and operation.”

GE’s Haliade-X platform is designed to offer greater efficiency in generating power from the wind that is available. With a 63 percent gross capacity factor¹, the Haliade-X 12 MW is five to seven points above the current industry benchmark. Therefore, it will produce more energy per MW installed, which will significantly increase returns for customers.

To design and build the Haliade-X platform, GE Renewable Energy is relying on an unprecedented collaboration across the GE portfolio, leveraging the knowledge of GE’s Onshore wind team, with 50,000 turbines in the field; the blade expertise of LM Power Wind; the GE Power and GE Aviation engineers for peer reviews of component and systems design; the Global Research Center for control systems and component validation; and GE Digital for supporting digital modelling, analytics and app development, the program is a GE-wide effort.

GE Renewable Energy aims to supply its first nacelle for demonstration in 2019 and ship the first units in 2021.

¹ “Capacity factor” compares how much energy was generated against the maximum that could have been produced at continuous full power operation during a specific period of time.

² Based on wind conditions on a typical German North Sea site.

About GE Renewable Energy

GE Renewable Energy is a $10 billion start-up that brings together one of the broadest product and service portfolios of the renewable energy industry. Combining onshore and offshore wind, hydro and innovative technologies such as concentrated solar power and more recently turbine blades, GE Renewable Energy has installed more than 400+ gigawatt capacity globally to make the world work better and cleaner. With more than 22,000 employees present in more than 55 countries, GE Renewable Energy is backed by the resources of the world’s first digital industrial company. Our goal is to demonstrate to the rest of the world that nobody should ever have to choose between affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy. Follow us @GErenewables and www.gerenewableenergy.com

 

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Contacts

GE Renewable Energy
Sebastien Duchamp
Sebastien.duchamp@ge.com
Phone: +33673195964

 

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