The Largest Wind Turbine Producers
- Today's largest wind turbines are as tall as a skyscraper.wind turbine image by sarit saliman from Fotolia.com
Wind turbines -- more often than not -- are much larger when seen in person than envisioned when seen on television or in print. The average wind turbine stands about 229 tall since the height of a wind turbine is directly related to the size of the turbine attached. Today's largest wind turbines stand more than 570 feet tall -- half as big as the Empire State Building. The largest wind turbines are manufactured by companies in the United States and Europe. - Currently, Enercon's E-126 is the largest turbine manufactured in the world. The E-126 has a blade wingspan of 126 meters. Though rated at six megawatts, it is expected to produce more than seven megawatts.
Located in Magdeburg-Rothensee in eastern Germany, Enercon produces wind turbines that are in use around the world, ranging from Costa Rica to Eastern Europe. Enercon incorporated in 1983 and includes a nuclear power production division and power resources consulting division. - Clipper Windtower of Carpinteria, California, was incorporated in Delaware in 2005. It has offices in California, Colorado, Iowa and Maryland as well as Mexico, Denmark and the United Kingdom. The company is dedicated to renewable energy and focuses primarily on wind. It uses a 330,000 square foot manufacturing and assembly facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to build turbines. It has over 740 employees worldwide and claims as its most famous client the Queen of England, who purchased the world's largest turbine. Generating over six megawatts, this single turbine can produce enough energy to power over 3,700 British homes and replace more than two million tons of CO2 emissions. The company finances and installs wind turbines for communities all over the world.
- Statiol is a Norwegian company that operates energy services in over 35 countries around the globe. Statiol is the largest corporation in Norway and was founded in 1972. It devotes considerable research and development resources to gigantic floating turbines installed on platforms at sea -- taking advantage of its offshore oil drilling history and expertise. The company's most famous project is Hywind, the world's first giant floating wind turbine. It was installed off of the ...møy Fjord in Norway. Statiol also operates refineries and natural gas facilities along with a retail chain of gas stations in Norway, Poland, Russia and the Balkans.
