Vestas’ largest and most powerful onshore wind turbine yet – the EnVentus V162-6.0 MW – is gearing up to produce its first power by the end of November after a prototype was installed at the Østerild national test centre in Denmark.

The machine with a 155-metre hub height was installed next to a V150 6MW turbine that was uprated from 5.6MW and is already in operation.

The two are flagships for the move to 6MW by the largest EnVentus turbines, which Vestas announced in early October for its next-generation platform.

With serial production expected from Q2 2021, the largest Vestas 6MW model will have a tip height up to 250-metres and swept area of more than 20,000m² from its 79.4-metre blades.

Vestas unveiled the modular EnVentus platform in 2019, and recently passed 1GW of orders for the turbines.

The future potential for the platform to help underpin even more powerful models came into focus last week, when the Danish OEM announced it has taken full-control of the MHI Vestas offshore wind joint venture, which is looking to match rivals as they push towards 15MW or larger.

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Most powerful Vestas onshore wind turbine ready for action