List of most powerful wind turbines

This is a list of the most powerful wind turbines. The list includes wind turbines with a power rating that is within 5 MW of the current most powerful wind turbine that has received customer orders that is at least at the prototype stage. All the most powerful turbines are offshore wind turbines. This list also includes the most powerful onshore wind turbines, although they are relatively small compared to the largest offshore ones.

## Offshore wind turbine models

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Manufacturer | Model | Power rating (MW) | Deployment status  | Deployment date | Wind farms | Notes and references

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Dongfang Electric | DEW-26 MW-310  | 26  | Concept  |  |  | Nacel, rotor made Oct 2024. Swept area 75,477m2. [1]
Mingyang Wind Power | MySE 22MW  | 22  | Concept  |  |  | Rotor diameter of over 310 m and swept area of 75,438 m2.[1]
Siemens Gamesa | SG DD-276  | 21.5  | Prototype  | February 2024  | Østerild test centre (Denmark)  | Prototype under construction in February 2024, Rotor diameter of 276 m. [2]
Mingyang Wind Power | MySE18.X-20MW  | 18.X to 20 MW  | Prototype  |  |  | Rotor diameter of 260-292 meters.[2][3][4]
Dongfang Electric | DEW-18 MW-260  | 18  | Prototype  | June 2024  | Shantou City, Guangdong Province,China  | World’s First 18MW Semi-Direct Drive Offshore Wind Turbine [3]
CSSC Haizhuang  | H260-18MW  | 18  | Concept  |  |  | Rotor diameter of 260 m and swept area of 53,000 m2.[5][6][7]
Mingyang Wind Power | MySE 16.0-260  | 16  | Prototype  | July 2023  | Fujian | The first turbine blade was produced in December 2022.[8] Entered operation in July 2023.[9][10]
Goldwind | GWH252-16MW  | 16  | Prototype  | June 2023  | Fujian | Rotor diameter of 252 m (827 ft) and swept area around 50,000 m2.[11][12] Installed in June 2023.[13][14]
Vestas | V236  | 15  | Commercially deployed  | April 2025[15] | He Dreiht (Germany), Baltic Power (Poland), Hollandse Kust West (Netherlands), Empire Wind (United States)  |
GE Wind Energy | Haliade-X  | 14.7  | Prototype  |  | Dogger Bank C (United Kingdom)  | Prototype deployed October 2019 as 12 MW, uprated to 13 MW in October 2020, then to 14 MW in October 2021, then to 14.7MW. [16]
Siemens Gamesa | SG 14-222 DD  | 14.7  | Commercially deployed  | April 2024[17] | Moray West (United Kingdom)  |
GE Wind Energy | Haliade-X  | 13  | Commercially deployed  | August 2023  | Dogger Bank A, Dogger Bank B (United Kingdom), Vineyard Wind (United States)  | [18][19]
Mingyang Wind Power | MySE 12-242  | 12  | Commercially deployed  | August 2023  | Qingzhou 4  | [20]

## Onshore wind turbine models

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Manufacturer | Model | Power rating (MW) | Deployment status  | Deployment date | Wind farms | Notes and references

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Envision Energy | EN-220/10MW | 10  | Concept  |  | China’s northern region  | [21]
Enercon | E-126 7.580  | 7.5  | No longer offered for sale[22] |  | Magdeburg-Rothensee, Ellern (Germany), Estinnes, (Belgium), Noordoostpolder (Netherlands)  | [23][24]
Vestas | V172-7.2MW  | 7.2  | Prototype  |  |  | [25]
WEG Industries | AGW172/7.X  | 7  | Prototype  |  |  | [26][27]
Nordex | N163/6.X  | 6.8  | Commercially deployed  | February 2024[28] | Olsterwind (Netherlands)  |
Vestas | V162-6.2  | 6.2  | Commercially deployed  | September 2023[29] | Karstädt-Waterloo  |
GE Wind Energy | Cypress 6.0-164  | 6  | Commercially deployed  | September 2023[30] | Hanze [31] |

## See also

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* Renewable energy portal
* Energy portal

* Østerild Wind Turbine Test Field, test site of several prototypes

## References

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17. ^ "First Siemens Gamesa 14.7 MW Turbine Stands at Moray West Offshore Wind Farm". 22 April 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
18. ^ "First Turbines Up at World's Biggest Offshore Wind Farm". Retrieved 6 August 2023.
19. ^ "Avangrid, CIP Announce Successful Installation of the First Turbine for Vineyard Wind 1". Vineyard Wind. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
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21. ^ "World's largest onshore wind turbine, and the first to reach 10MW, debuts in China". 2 November 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
22. ^ "Clash of the titans -- top 5 biggest onshore turbines". 2 August 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
23. ^ "Enercon E-126 7.580". Retrieved 22 September 2018.
24. ^ "The world's 10 biggest wind turbines". January 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
25. ^ "Vestas erects V162-7.2 MW prototype turbine". 14 September 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
26. ^ "WEG AGW172/7.X product catalog". 11 July 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
27. ^ "WEG and Petrobras sign a partnership agreement for the development of the largest wind turbine in the country". 14 September 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
28. ^ "Windpark Olsterwind officieel geopend". Retrieved 13 February 2024.
29. ^ "Onshore on the rise - an insight into repowering at ENGIE". Retrieved 19 January 2024.
30. ^ "Nieuws - Windpark Hanze". Retrieved 19 January 2024.
31. ^ "Feiten en Cijfers - Windpark Hanze". Retrieved 19 January 2024.