The prototype generated its first power at the Danish National Test Centre for Large Wind Turbines in Østerild.

Each V164 8MW will be capable of supplying electricity for 7,500 European households.

Last September, Vestas and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries formed a joint venture targeting the offshore wind market, transferring development of the V164-8.0MW turbine, its order book for its workhorse V112 turbine, and around 300 employees to the new entity.

Jens