The new V126-3.0MW machine, which will have a 126-metre-diameter rotor – creating a swept area 27% greater than the workhorse V112-3.0MW – will feature blades based on a cost-cutting structural shell concept.
The design of the 62-metre blades is calculated to "halve the capital investment in new production lines [and] improve flexibility in manufacturing", according to Vestas.
“The rotor swept area of the new V126-3.0MW
