On January 4, 2023, the barrel flange of Goldwind 16MW prototype wind turbine was successfully dispatched from DVB . The products will be installed on the GWH252-16MW offshore wind turbine, which is developed by Three Gorges Group and Goldwind with fully independent intellectual property rights, and will soon be used in the Three Gorges Pingtan offshore project.

                                                      Goldwind 16MW Prototype Barrel Flange Launched in DVB

As the world's largest single-unit capacity and lightest weight per MW, Goldwind's 16 MW offshore wind turbine was successfully launched in November 2022, and was honored on the list of "Top 10 National Weapons of 2022", becoming an exemplary representative of accelerating the building of national strategic science and technology forces and helping to achieve a high level of scientific and technological self-sufficiency.

                                                                            Goldwind 16MW wind turbine rolled out

The impeller diameter of the unit reaches 252 meters, and the impeller sweeps the wind area of about 50,000 square meters, which is equivalent to the area of 7 standard soccer fields. A single unit can output more than 66 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity per year, which can satisfy the normal electricity consumption of 36,000 families with three mouths for one year, reduce coal consumption by 22,000 tons, and reduce carbon dioxide emission by 54,000 tons, with significant energy-saving and emission reduction effects.

Large megawatt units mean higher loads, which requires component manufacturers to be more stringent in production processes such as materials, forging processes, heat treatment and quality inspection. Since receiving the order task in December 2022, DVB has attached great importance to the project, organized it carefully, and set up a special technical quality team to conduct project demonstration and follow-up on key processes to ensure the stability and reliability of product quality. In the end, it took less than half a month to complete the smooth delivery of the unit's supporting flange.

Against the backdrop of the "double carbon" target and global energy transition, offshore wind power is harnessing the wind and ushering in a period of rapid development. As a wind power flange single champion demonstration enterprise, Elite has been committed to providing reliable wind power components for the latest generation of wind turbines. At present, in the global 10-20 MW next-generation offshore wind power industry chain, DVB has successfully provided supporting components for giant wind turbines such as Vestas 10 MW, Shanghai Electric 11 MW, Ming Yang 12 MW, Goldwind 13.6 MW, Ming Yang 14 MW, GE 14 MW and Siemens Gomersa 14 MW.

The arrival of the "big" era of offshore wind power has brought new opportunities for the development of the offshore wind power industry chain.