The first phase of the Guodian Xiangshan 1 Offshore Wind Farm project in East China's Zhejiang Province became fully operational on Dec 23.
It is the second offshore wind power project developed by GD Power Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Energy Investment Corporation (China Energy), in Zhejiang. At present, the company has a total of 506,200 kilowatts of installed offshore wind power capacity put into operation in the province.
A view of the first phase of the Guodian Xiangshan 1 Offshore Wind Farm project in Zhejiang Province [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Located in the southeastern part of Hepu Town, Xiangshan County of Ningbo, the project has a total investment of about 4.4 billion yuan ($690.8 million). It has 41 6.2-megawatt wind turbines connected to a 220-kilovolt offshore booster station. A 5-kilometer dedicated transmission line links the booster to the onshore centralized control center.
Upon operation, the project is expected to provide about 700 million kilowatt-hours of green electricity annually, which equals burning 233,000 metric tons of standard coal and a reduction of 477,000 tons of carbon dioxide. The project will help optimize the regional energy structure of Zhejiang and achieve China's goals of peaking carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2060.
The Xiangshan 1 wind power project, the first offshore wind power project in Ningbo, started on Dec 25, 2020 and was a key project in Zhejiang in 2021.
A view of the first phase of the Guodian Xiangshan 1 Offshore Wind Farm project [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)
