China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) installed the first 18-megawatt ultra-large offshore wind turbine in its Fanshi Ⅱ wind farm off the coast of Yangjiang, a city in South China’s Guangdong Province.
The wind farm is expected to incorporate multiple 18-MW offshore wind turbines, advancing the high-quality development of China’s wind power industry, which emphasizes large capacity, high efficiency and low cost.
A giant crane installs the blades of the 18-megawatt offshore wind turbine. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The 18-MW offshore wind turbine is the largest single-unit wind turbine by capacity among CGN’s projects under construction or in operation. The turbine features a rotor diameter of 292 meters, enabling a swept area of about 66,000 square meters, the equivalent of nine standard soccer fields.
Operating at full capacity, the wind turbine can generate about 43 kilowatt-hours of electricity in a single rotation of the rotor. Each turbine can generate nearly 56 million kWh a year, equivalent to saving approximately 16,000 metric tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 43,000 tons.
The installation of the first 18-megawatt offshore wind turbine is underway. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The wind farm, a critical energy infrastructure project in Guangdong, has a total planned installed capacity of 1 million kW, consisting of 25 16.2-MW offshore wind turbines and 33 18-MW ones.
Once operational, it will effectively optimize the regional energy consumption structure, providing strong support for local industrial upgrades and green, high-quality economic development.
The first facility of the wind farm is installed. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Zuo Shihan)
