China's first domestically-developed bamboo-based offshore photovoltaic platform "Jilin No.1" was launched on Aug 28, 2023, in Yantai, East China's Shandong Province. Jointly developed by China Forest Farm Green Carbon (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Forest Group Corporation and Yantai CIMC Raffles Ocean Technology Group (CIMC Raffles Group), the platform marks a significant breakthrough achieved by the two companies in the research, development and manufacturing of green and low-carbon offshore engineering equipment.
China's first domestically-developed bamboo-based offshore photovoltaic platform "Jilin No.1" is launched on Aug 28, 2023, in Yantai, East China's Shandong Province. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The "Jilin No.1" bamboo-based offshore photovoltaic platform is seven meters long, seven meters wide, and 2.4 meters in height, with a total weight of approximately four tons. The research teams from China Forest Group Corporation and CIMC Raffles Group participated in the R&D and construction endeavors in the process of material innovation, trial production and testing, as well as installation and commissioning.
It is the first offshore photovoltaic platform in China to primarily use lightweight and high-strength bamboo-based marine materials, pioneering the concept of "bamboo instead of steel" for offshore photovoltaic platforms.
The bamboo-based marine materials not only provide buoyancy but also offer such advantages as high environmental friendliness, strong resistance to seawater corrosion, long service life, and low costs.
They can replace the high-density polyethylene floating body and steel welding structures of current floating solar photovoltaic systems. By effectively reducing costs and protecting the marine ecological environment, they achieve the goal of green electricity production in a green way.
The two companies said that they will give full play to their strengths in marine engineering, clean energy, and bamboo-based new materials technology, and promote the demonstration application of bamboo and wood-based composite materials in offshore photovoltaic platforms.
More efforts will also be made to expand the application scenarios of bamboo and wood-based new materials in such areas as marine engineering vessels, offshore wind power, and offshore equipment, with a focus on market opportunities for new products including offshore wind turbine blades, gangways, containers, and offshore fixed platforms.
(Executive editor: Xie Yunxiao)
