General Electric is investing $400 million over the next three to five years to develop and deploy a powerful offshore wind turbine that would be more than five times the size of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
The 12-MW direct drive generating Haliade-X, designed with a 220-meter-dia [722 ft] rotor, will produce 45% more energy than any other offshore turbine available today, GE announced March 1. Delivery is scheduled for 2021, the company says.