Vestas booked a US debut for its most powerful onshore wind turbine as its 6MW EnVentus featured in a 234MW order announced on Friday.

An unidentified customer ordered 15 V162-6.0 MW machines in a wider contract that also includes V150s operating at 4.3MW and V110-2.0 MW turbines, for delivery in the second half of 2021.

The Danish group only unveiled the beefed-up 6MW V162 and V150 models in October, raising the power bar for its modular EnVentus platform that had already scored in the US market as part of 1.2GW of orders globally.

The first deal globally for the V162-6.0 MW was announced earlier this week when a Finish developer ordered eight.

A prototype of the V162-6.0 MW was installed in November at the Østerild national test centre in Denmark.

Vestas joined rivals GE Renewable Energy and Siemens Gamesa in hitting the 6MW mark as onshore wind turbines achieve ratings once thought stretching for offshore machines, and prompting debates at last week’s WindEnergy Hamburg industry event over how large land-based turbines could – or should – become.

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Vestas' most powerful wind turbine set for US debut as mystery buyer orders 6MW EnVentus