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by eigenvector 2000 days ago
The "who has the biggest turbine" race between wind turbine OEMs is the Formula 1 of the wind industry. It's mostly about bragging rights and long-range R&D. The vast majority of new turbines being installed today are in the familiar 2-4 MW class. The >10 MW turbines are more important as an R&D platform than as an actual contributor to energy production.

4 MW class onshore turbines first introduced in 2017 are just now starting to hit their stride and be installed at large scale.

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According to the article GE already has orders for $13B worth of monster turbines. That's a substantial business.
That's not the case for offshore though. In these farms 6MW+ are the norm for the last 4-6 years. Most under construction at the moment ~8MW+. If you look at under consideration / planning status ones they are 10MW+ (eg. UK North sea's Dogger Bank phase A and B are 13MW planned for 2024)
You're right, but it's important to note that offshore is only about 1/10 of the global wind power industry.
Yes that's true. I stand corrected.