World’s Largest Wind Farm to Run on GE’s Biggest Turbines

The largest offshore wind farm in the world is set to run on the world’s biggest wind turbine.

General Electric Co.’s renewables unit has made an agreement to sell its 853-foot (260-meter) Haliade-X turbines for a wind farm off the eastern coast of England. SSE Plc and Equinor ASA are developing the facility.

The deal is a testament to how the increasing scale of both projects and turbines is driving down the cost renewable energy, making them more competitive against fossil fuels.

“It cuts down on a lot of the costs of the project,” said John Lavelle, offshore wind chief ...