On November 1, the first 5.5MW wind turbine of CGN New Energy's Yangnan Pengdao offshore wind power project was officially connected to the grid for power generation, marking that the offshore wind power project with the largest single capacity in China has entered the stage of successive operation. CGN's Yangjiang South Pengdao Offshore Wind Power Project is located in the south of Dongping Town and the southeast side of Hailing Island, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, with a planned layout of 73 5.5MW wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 401.5MW, and a 220kV offshore booster station and an onshore centralized control center.
According to CGN, the annual on-grid electricity after the completion of the project is about 1.015 billion kWh, which can save about 311,500 tons of standard coal, reduce ash by about 20,600 tons, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 828,800 tons per year compared with coal-fired power plants of the same size.
According to the data, the Nanpeng Island offshore wind power project started on May 10, 2018, and the construction of the main offshore project kicked off on October 15 of the same year. This project is the first offshore wind power project in China to adopt underwater high strain detection for offshore wind power projects, and it is also the first offshore wind power project in China to successfully complete the underwater grouting operation of the 30-meter depth wind turbine foundation jacket. According to the plan, the project will complete 20 wind turbines to generate electricity by the end of 2019 and be connected to the grid by the end of 2020.
According to reports, promoting the construction of the Nanpeng Island offshore wind power project is an important measure for CGN to implement the concept of "lucid waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", and to implement Guangdong Province to give full play to Guangdong's marine advantages and build a strong marine province.
Guangdong Governor Ma Xingrui said in 2018 that offshore wind power "is the most promising area of renewable energy in Guangdong Province." In January 2019, when he went to Yangjiang City to investigate the development of the offshore wind power industry, he said that it is necessary to "cultivate and expand the offshore wind power industry chain and accelerate the construction of offshore wind power bases in Yangjiang, eastern Guangdong and Zhongshan...... systematically plan the layout of offshore wind power industry equipment manufacturing industry and offshore wind farms, and attract and gather leading enterprises in the wind power industry at home and abroad."
Taking advantage of its unique marine resource endowment, Guangdong clearly proposed that "we must firmly seize the rare opportunity for the development of offshore wind power". According to the data, in December 2018, Guangdong approved 31 offshore wind power projects at one time, with a total installed capacity of 18.7 million kilowatts and a total investment of more than 360 billion yuan.
According to the "Guangdong Offshore Wind Power Development Plan (2017-2030) (Revised)", by 2030, Guangdong will build up to 30 million kilowatts of offshore wind power. This is equivalent to 30 megawatt nuclear power units.
A large number of offshore wind power-related enterprises have gathered in Yangjiang, Guangdong. Yangjiang is accelerating the construction of a world-class wind power industry base in Guangdong. According to the official information of the Yangjiang Municipal Government, it is expected that by 2020, the Yangjiang wind power equipment industry will initially form a prototype of the offshore wind power industry chain dominated by the manufacturing of wind power machines, blades and parts, and integrating testing and certification, equipment manufacturing, transportation and installation, etc., and strive to achieve an output value of 30 billion yuan.
Like Guangdong, at present, coastal provinces such as Jiangsu and Fujian have laid out a number of offshore wind power. Among them, public information shows that in December 2018, Jiangsu approved 24 offshore wind power projects at one time, with a total installed capacity of 6.7 million kilowatts and a total investment of more than 120 billion yuan.
Benefiting from the development of offshore wind power, a senior executive of a large private wind power equipment company in China recently told the first financial reporter that "the company's order volume soared several times overnight."
Lin Boqiang, dean of the China Energy Policy Research Institute of Xiamen University, said in an interview with the first financial reporter that the development of offshore wind power will become an important strategic support for China's energy structure transformation.
At present, China's energy structure is still dominated by fossil energy, and greenhouse gases and polluting gases emitted from fossil energy consumption are considered to be the main causes affecting air quality. As a clean energy source that is completely different from fossil energy, offshore wind power is a process that uses wind energy to convert electricity, and is a green, clean renewable energy source with almost no pollutant emissions.
At present, China's energy sector continues to strengthen the transformation of energy structure, and has made remarkable achievements in the development and utilization of clean energy. According to the data, in 2018, China's total installed capacity reached 1.9 billion kilowatts, of which 720 million kilowatts of clean energy power generation were installed, accounting for 38%, ranking first in the world. At the same time, in 2018, China's total offshore wind power installed capacity was 4.45 million kilowatts, and 6.47 million kilowatts were under construction, making it the third largest offshore wind power country in the world after the United Kingdom and Germany.