Windpower Monthly, a prestigious magazine in the wind power sector, announced its Turbines of the Year 2022 list recently.

Shanghai Electric's EW8.5-230 wind turbine based on the Poseidon platform has been selected as one of the Top 10 turbines, signifying another victory for the turbine after it was named one of the “Best 10 Innovations” in the China’s top 50 wind power enterprises list in September.

With a 230-meter diameter, the turbine rotor has a swept area that equals 5.8 football fields. With an annual average wind speed of 7.5 m/s, it can generate electricity up to 28 million kWh per year, which can satisfy the demand for electricity of 14,500 households, equivalent to reducing coal consumption by nearly 10,000 tons and CO2 emission by 24,000 tons.

It’s a next-get turbine with semi-direct drive designed by Shanghai Electric based on its many years of experience in offshore wind for China’s sea areas with low-to-medium wind speeds. Its rotor diameter is the largest among those of commercial turbines in the world, which will lead China's wind power into the “era of big rotor”.

Roll-off    On June 10, 2022, the first EW8.X-230 offshore turbine based on the Poseidon platform was rolled off the production line of Shanghai Electric’s Putian manufacturing facility, marking a milestone in China's offshore wind power moving towards grid parity.

Hoisting    On September 8, 2022, the first EW8.5-230, a next-gen semi-direct-drive turbine based on the Poseidon platform, has been hoisted into place at Bozhong B Offshore Wind Farm of Shandong Energy Group. So far, with the world’s largest installed rotor with a diameter of 230m, it leads China’s wind power into a new era.

Connecting to the grid    On December 30, 2022, 47 semi-direct-drive EW8.5-230 turbines based on the Poseidon platform at the Bozhong Offshore Wind Farm have been connected to the grid, making it the commercial wind farm with the largest rotor diameter in the world.

The Poseidon-based turbine adopts a highly integrated next-gen semi-direct drive chain that reduces both the construction cost of onshore wind farms and the kilowatt-hour cost across the life cycle of wind farms. Focusing on "technology-driven innovative solutions", Shanghai Electric will insist on promoting continuous innovation in technology and products to lead China's wind power.