The new machine will be equipped with 58.5 meter long rotor blades and has a swept area of 11,300 square meters, the equivalent to nearly two football fields.
“We anticipate that our new SWT-3.6-120 wind turbine will generate roughly ten per cent more electricity at a typical offshore site compared to our SWT-3.6-107,” said Andreas Nauen, CEO of the Siemens Wind Power Business Unit.