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Hi Jérôme. I'm getting curious on one thing: is there anyone already developing the 10 MW turbines Eddie O'Conner talks about? Or is it still a dream? A good dream anyway...

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by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]protonmail[dot]ch) on Fri Mar 13th, 2009 at 05:08:35 AM EST
The currently biggest are Enercon's E-112 (second batch) and E-126 at 6 MW, but the E-126 are probably suided for an up-rate (for comparison: the first batch E-112 were rated for 4.5 MW).

American companies are aiming for bigger: Clipper Windpower for 7.5 MW, while AMSC Windtec aims for 10 MW; but I suspect these aren't to be taken that seriously.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Mar 13th, 2009 at 07:08:22 AM EST
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Some pictures of the two E-126 currently in construction in Hamburg (these have nacelles even bigger due to their direct generators) from Hansebubeforum:



*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Mar 13th, 2009 at 07:20:08 AM EST
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The 5MW turbines are barely out of the prototype stage yet. The big manufacturers are keeping ilent about their future models, but it's likely that they are working on bigger ones.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Mar 13th, 2009 at 04:21:40 PM EST
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