Full-scale construction of China's farthest offshore wind farm begins

China Huadian, a leading state-owned electricity generating corporation, said on Thursday that it has commenced a full-scale construction of its wind farm on Sanshan Island in Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province, after installing the first turbine at what is currently the country's farthest‑from‑shore project.

Located south of Hailing Island, the project has a planned capacity of 500 megawatts.

Covering 54 square kilometers of sea area and water depths of 46 to 50 meters, the center of the wind farm is 82 kilometers from land, with its farthest point 89 kilometers offshore.

The wind farm will deploy 31 turbines, each with a capacity of 16.2 megawatts, making it China's first large-scale application of the model.

The project will use big data and intelligent algorithms to monitor turbine conditions, diagnose faults and coordinate operations, aiming to lift output by 1% to 2%, cut fault rates by 20% and raise returns by 5% to 10%, China Huadian said.

"Once complete, it will generate about 1.6 billion kilowatt hours of clean power annually, enough to meet the needs of around 700,000 households. The project is expected to save more than 500,000 tonnes of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.26 million tonnes each year, contributing to energy transition in the Greater Bay Area," said Li Xiang, director of the Sanshan Island wind farm project under China Huadian.