Nov 12, 2026 - How China floated a 16 MW wind turbine in 136 metres of water
About 136 km off China`s southern coast, CNOOC has switched on Haiyou Anlan. It’s a 16 MW wind turbine sitting on a floating hull that`s held in place by nine steel tendons, and it`s the biggest turbine ever put on a tension-leg platform. We explain how the structure stays almost perfectly still in typhoon country, why all of its power goes to an offshore oilfield, and whether floating wind could one day run data centres.