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GE Renewable Energy begins shipping its first offshore wind turbine nacelles to US from France

By Paul Dvorak | July 13, 2016

The GE Renewable Energy offshore wind turbine plant in Saint-Nazaire (France) is completing the manufacturing of its first commercial series of Haliade Offshore wind turbine nacelles. The five 370-ton nacelles are scheduled to begin their voyage to the United States in the coming days. They will equip the Block Island Wind Farm, the first of its kind in the U.S.

The Block Island project is situated off the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island on the East Coast of the United States. The Haliade turbines, ordered by Deepwater Wind, will be installed starting in August. With a total capacity of 30 MW, the Block Island Wind Farm will produce 125,000 MWh of electricity per year, enough to supply electric power to 17,000 households. It will be connected to the grid by the end of 2016.

Five of these 6 MW turbines are headed to the Block Island Wind Project.

Five of these 6 MW turbine nacelles are headed to the Block Island Wind Project.

“This marks a milestone for the company and we are proud to contribute to the Block Island project, the first offshore wind farm in the United States. This demonstrates our readiness to respond to expanding international demand. We are well positioned to become a major player in offshore wind energy, and to lead in the energy transition across the world,” said Anders Soe-Jensen, CEO of GE Renewable Energy’s Offshore Wind unit.

“We’re proud that America’s first offshore wind farm will feature, in GE’s Haliade turbine, some of the world’s most innovative offshore wind technology,” said Deepwater Wind CEO Jeffrey Grybowski.

The industrial site at Saint-Nazaire, inaugurated in December 2014, was designed to produce up to 100 turbines per year.

The Saint-Nazaire plant will also be the assembly site for 66 wind turbines intended for the

Merkur wind farm in Germany, followed by the 238 turbines slated to equip the three French wind farms in Saint-Nazaire, Courseulles-sur-Mer and Fécamp, installed by EDF Energies Nouvelles.

The Haliade turbine was specifically designed for a marine environment. Thanks to its 150-metre blades, its output is 15% higher than the offshore turbines of the same generation. Producing 6 MW of power, it is capable of an annual CO2 savings of more than 21,000 tons. At a total height of 170 m, the Haliade is almost twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty. Its rotor, which measures 150-m diameter, is comparable to twice the wingspan of an airbus. Its blades cover a surface area of 17,860 m2, three times that of a football field.


Filed Under: Construction, News, Offshore wind
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