GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbine has been named one of the “Best Inventions of 2019” by Time magazine, along with a panoply of new technologies that include talking hearing aids, GPS bike navigation systems and fully recyclable running shoes.

The award, said GE, was “not only a testament to the unparalleled power of the Haliade-X but also demonstrates the overall growth and increasingly mainstream nature of offshore wind”.