China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (Ming Yang) has announced that its super compact drive (SCD) offshore wind turbine prototype of 6.5MW platform began commercial trial operation in Rudong, Jiangsu Province, China in March 2015.
The platform is able to be expanded and developed to a series of wind turbine generators with capacity ranging from 5.0MW to 7.0 MW. This wind turbine prototype features a two-blade design with a light weight permanent magnet generator. Ming Yang is also planning to develop a three-blade SCD wind turbine model, specialising in catching low speed wind.