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Vestas to launch giant onshore wind turbine

Xinhua, September 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas on Monday announced plans to launch its largest onshore wind turbine to date.

As the latest variant of Vestas' already known 3 MW platform, the new V136-3.45 MW turbine increases energy output and reduces both levelised cost of energy and sound emissions in low-wind conditions, the company said in a statement.

The turbine, which has Vestas' largest onshore rotor diameter, higher wind turbine tower, and advanced blade design, will increase annual energy production by more than 10 percent compared to the V126-3.3 MW type, it added.

"Combining advanced technology and the proven performance of the 3 MW platform enables the V136-3.45 MW to reduce the cost of energy even further," said Anders Vedel, Executive Vice President for Technology and Service Solutions in Vestas.

The first V136-3.45 MW turbine is expected to be installed in 2016 at the Oesterild national test center for large turbines in northwestern Denmark.

Vestas expects that the turbine will be ready for serial production in the second half of 2017. Endit