China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN)'s 1-million-kilowatt offshore wind farm at Huizhou Port in South China's Guangdong Province started full operation on Dec 12.
A view of the wind turbines at China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN)'s 1-million-kilowatt offshore wind farm at the Huizhou Port in South China's Guangdong Province [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The project has an annual power generation of about 3 billion kilowatt-hours, making it the first 1-million-kW offshore wind farm in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Equipped with 104 offshore wind turbines, the project is to be built in two phases. The first phase went into operation on Dec 28, 2021. Full operations began on Dec 12 with the second phase.
Its annual power output equals that produced by burning about 1 million metric tons of standard coal, eliminating about 2.35 million tons of carbon dioxide.
With outstanding economic, social and environmental effectiveness, the project is expected to contribute to economic and social development of the Greater Bay Area and support China's "dual carbon" goals of peaking carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality before 2060.
A view of the wind turbines at CGN's 1-million-kilowatt offshore wind farm at Huizhou Port in Guangdong [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
At present, CGN operates five nuclear power bases in Guangdong, namely the Daya Bay, Yangjiang , Taishan, Huizhou Taipingling and Lufeng nuclear power bases. Fourteen nuclear power generator units are now in service and four are still under construction.
The company now has a total offshore wind power installed capacity of 2.8 million kW in Guangdong, located in Yangjiang, Huizhou and Shanwei.
(Executive editor: Xie Yunxiao)
