The International Fuyuan West Wind Power project in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, which has the largest installed capacity of the country's highland wind power bases, was put into operation on May 8.
A view of the International Fuyuan West Wind Power project in Southwest China's Yunnan Province [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Developed by State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC), the project has a total installed capacity of 800 megawatts.
A key project in Yunnan, the project is equipped with 135 wind turbines and was built in three phases in Fuyuan Coounty and Zhanyi and Qilin districts of Qujing.
Nine wind turbines of the project have an installed capacity per unit of 6.7 MW, the largest of the inland wind turbines in China.
The wind turbines are painted with patterns of local ethnicity groups and natural elements, and show a harmonious coexistence between wind power development and nature.
As the first smart and environmentally-friendly wind farm in Yunnan, the project adopts various kinds of smart sensors to collect data to realize remote monitoring, control and alarming of the power generators.
The project is expected to generate 2.06 billion kilowatt-hours of power annually, equaling that produced by burning about 641,000 metric tons of standard coal and a reduction of 1.73 million and 1,171.8 tons of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide emissions respectively.
It's worth noting that during construction, the project provided more than 3,000 jobs for local people, which drove social and economic development in affected areas.
(Executive editor: Xie Yunxiao)
