CHD's First Offshore Wind Power Project Goes into Full Operation

The last wind turbine of the Haitan Strait offshore wind power project in Fuqing, East China's Fujian Province, was connected to the grid on Nov 18, marking operation of all 46 of the project's wind turbines, five months ahead of schedule.

The first of its kind developed by China Huadian Corporation Ltd. (CHD), the Haitan Strait offshore wind power project has an installed capacity of 299.2 megawatts and can generate about 1.13 billion kilowatt-hours of power annually.

The power production equals that generated by burning 319,200 metric tons of standard coal per year, an equivalent of reduction of about 939,100 tons of carbon dioxide.

The project was approved in December 2016 and construction of the main body started in November 2019.

In September 2020, the first wind turbine of the project was hoisted and in December the same year, the first two wind turbines were put into operation. On Oct 2, 2021, all wind turbines completed hoisting.

The project's automatic controllable 6.2-MW offshore wind power main control system is being used for the first time. CHD's first offshore integrated monitoring, operation and maintenance system is also used in the project.

In addition, emerging technologies were adopted in the project which limited occupation of the beach and lowered negative impact on the inshore cultivation industry, laying a foundation for a new mode of integrated offshore wind power and marine ranching.

(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)