The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is upping the ante on offshore wind, announcing it's building the largest and most powerful wind turbine ever, making a peak 18 megawatts with an enormous 260-m (853-ft) diameter on its three-bladed rotor.
Over the past twelve months, various updates on offshore wind turbine technology made headlines, from upgrades to existing platforms and rolling out new models to securing pilot projects for novel designs.
Shanghai-headquartered Wison Offshore & Marine has won a contract from China's Shandong Lankun Offshore Engineering for the construction of an offshore wind farm installation vessel that will be able to handle offshore wind turbines of up to 16 MW.
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