Project: Wind Farm

project: Photo National Energy Group WeChat account China's first offshore wind farm with foreign investment and the country's farthest and most difficult wind farm was put into use on Wednesday in East China, which a project employee said demonstrates foreign companies' trust in China's offshore power market, according to Global Times China. Seventy-five wind turbines have been connected to the grid, marking the official commissioning of the project, according to a statement issued by the National Energy Group on Wednesday. The monopile foundation technology has been applied for the first time worldwide in the No.16 wind turbine. Located 42 kilometers off the coast of Dongtai, Jiangsu Province, the project, named Dongtai Phase IV-300MW, is expected to generate 810 million kilowatts per year, equivalent to 20 percent of the city's annual electrical consumption, which has a population of more than 1.1 million, the statement said. The project is one of the two cooperative offshore wind projects signed in March by the China Energy Investment Group and lectricit de France Group EDF the leading electricity utility company in France. The project can save 268,500 tons of standard coal annually, accelerating the adjustment of the energy structure to cope with global climate change, according to the statement. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.