1. Spend 200 billion! South Korea launches super floating wind power project

A few days ago, South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced that a 6GW super floating offshore wind power project will be officially launched. The project site is located in the waters outside Ulsan. Ulsan has a well-developed offshore industry chain and abundant floating wind power resources. The average offshore distance is 58km. The project is scheduled to be put into production by 2030, and 20% of the electricity will be used for electrolysis to produce green hydrogen. The annual output is about 80,000 tons.

According to the Korean government's "Renewable Energy 3020 Plan", 12GW of offshore wind power is to be built by 2030, and this super project can accomplish half of the target.

Source: European offshore wind power

2. 796 hammer blows! Wind power "Big Mac" takes root in the East China Sea

On May 8, an offshore wind power single foundation pile with a maximum diameter of 8.2 meters, a pile length of 88 meters, and a weight of 1350 tons successfully took root on the bottom of the East China Sea after 796 hammerings. This is the heaviest and largest diameter offshore wind power monopile manufactured in Zhejiang. As a result, the Xiangshan No. 1 offshore wind power project officially entered the construction phase of large-tonnage single pile foundation.

It is reported that the Xiangshan No. 1 offshore wind farm project has a planned total installed capacity of 400,000 kilowatts and a total investment of about 8 billion yuan. It is a key construction project in Zhejiang Province. According to the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for Energy Development in Zhejiang Province (Draft for Comment)" announced by the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission in February this year, it clearly focused on promoting the development of offshore wind power and building offshore and deep sea offshore wind power application bases + ocean energy + onshore industrial bases The development of a new model, the focus of offshore wind power development and construction is to add 4.5 million kilowatts of wind power during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, build Jiaxing 1#, 2#, Shengsi 2#, 5#, 6# and other offshore wind power projects, and create several hundred 10,000-kilowatt offshore wind power bases, develop Xiangshan, Dongtou and Cangnan deep-sea wind power development.

Source: China Water Transport Network

3. The first domestic deep-sea "big windmill" was successfully installed

A few days ago, with the precise connection of the No. 30 wind turbine wheel hub and the main engine bolts in the air, Huadian’s Guangdong Yangjiang Qingzhou 3,500 MW offshore wind power project successfully completed the installation of its first wind turbine, marking the first domestic offshore wind power project in the offshore deep water area to achieve wind turbine deep sea The historic leap of installation from scratch.

It is understood that after the project is put into operation, it can provide the society with about 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity every year, save 461,500 tons of standard coal, reduce 435,500 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, 14.60 tons of soot, and 14,300 tons of ash. The social and economic benefits are significant. At the same time, it will play an important role in building a world-class wind power industry base in Yangjiang, accelerating the transformation and upgrading of Guangdong's energy structure, and contributing to the realization of the national "3060" dual-carbon goal.

Source: Yangjiang Radio and Television Station

4. First initiative: unmanned offshore high-voltage converter platform

A few days ago, the 3.6GW Dogger Bank, the world’s largest offshore wind farm under development, will adopt the world’s first “unmanned offshore high-voltage converter platform (HVDC)”. If it is put into use, it will have a revolutionary impact on the entire offshore wind power industry!

Dogger Bank has a total installed capacity of 3.6GW. This "unmanned HVDC platform" will be put into use in 2023 along with the first phase of the 1.2GW project (which will then become the world's largest single offshore wind farm). This is also the first in the UK to adopt A project that transfers the energy generated by offshore wind turbines back to land by means of high-voltage direct current.

As the world's first unmanned offshore wind power platform, it will not only reduce the cost per kilowatt-hour of the entire project, but also set a new benchmark for future offshore HVDC development. The first and second phases of the Dogger Bank project were jointly developed by Equinor and SSE Renewables (later the Italian oil and gas giant Eni Group joined in the form of equity acquisition), and will use 190 GE Haliade-X 13MW wind turbines. The "Voltaire" jack-up installation vessel built by COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. in Nantong, China will be used for the project's wind turbine installation.

Source: European offshore wind power

5. Shandong's first offshore wind turbine hoisting completed

On May 9th, Haiyang City, Yantai, Shandong Province, with Envision Energy's EN-161/5.2 offshore intelligent wind turbine hoisted high, Huaneng Shandong Peninsula South 4 offshore wind power project successfully completed the lifting of the first offshore wind turbine in Shandong Province. Wind power has achieved zero breakthroughs.

Huaneng Shandong Peninsula South 4 offshore wind power project, located in the sea area 29-32 kilometers south of Haiyang City, Shandong Province, with a total installed capacity of 301.6 MW, and installation of 58 Envision Energy EN-161/5.2 offshore smart wind turbines, which will be realized by the end of the year Full-capacity grid-connected power generation. After completion, it is estimated that the annual power generation will be about 820 million kWh, which will not only ensure regional energy consumption and economic development, but also accelerate the green transformation of energy. It can save 253,000 tons of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 556,000 tons each year.

Source: Envision Energy

6. The installation of the highest and heaviest offshore wind power jacket in Asia is completed

On May 9, as the 4 main hooks of the "Xin Zhenfu 7" ship were slowly lowered, the jacket of the sea-lift station of the SPIC Jieyang Shenquan offshore wind power project was smoothly and steadily located on the seabed of the South China Sea.

SPIC Jieyang Shenquan No. 1 Offshore Wind Farm is located in the South China Sea and east of Guangdong, with a planned total installed capacity of 315.5MW, a total of 53 wind turbines, supporting the construction of a 220kV sea booster station and an onshore centralized control center. The wind field belongs to the sea area with deep water and large waves, and the requirements for the offshore structure are very high. The jacket foundation of the sea uplift station is 61 meters high, 40 meters long, 39 meters wide, and weighs 3,500 tons. It is currently the highest and heaviest offshore wind power jacket in Asia.

Source: Longchuanfeng Power Grid

7. The Biden government plans to approve the first large-scale offshore wind power project in federal waters

According to people familiar with the matter, the Biden administration will approve the first plan to build a large offshore wind farm in federal waters. The U.S. Department of the Interior may authorize the project as soon as Tuesday, local time. This will pave the way for the construction of the 800 MW Vineyard Wind LLC project near the coast of Massachusetts. Start to supply power to approximately 400,000 homes on the East Coast of the United States at the end of next year.

Currently, there are only two wind farms in the waters of the East Coast of the United States, and their total generating capacity is less than 50 megawatts. The Vineyard project is a key step in achieving President Joe Biden’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power capacity within ten years. There are currently more than ten plans for offshore wind farms in preparation.

Source: Canadian American Finance

8. Authoritative certification: Haliade-X overcomes typhoon

Recently, the offshore wind turbine “Big Mac” GE Haliade-X has obtained the “T-Class (Typhoon Class)” certification from Det Norske Veritas DNV and can operate under typhoon conditions. ,

This time, Haliade-X has obtained T-level certification, proving that it can reliably withstand typhoons during its life cycle. The models will be able to be put into operation in markets outside Europe and the United States, such as China, Japan, and South Korea. Haliade-X was released in 2018. So far, it has launched 3 models including 12MW, 13MW, and 14MW. Among them, the 12MW model obtained the full type certification of DNV GL in November last year, and the 13MW model obtained DNV in January this year. Type certification. Haliade-X has been selected by the American Vineyard Wind 1 (800 MW), Ocean Wind (1.1GW) and the British Dogger Bank project (3.6GW), and will power more than 5 million homes in the two countries.

Currently, GE is building its first offshore wind turbine assembly base in Asia in Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, and plans to start producing Haliade-X wind turbines this year.

Source: European offshore wind power

9. The first S84 low-cost blade was successfully trial-produced by the Dongtai Company of Shanghai Glass Research Institute

Recently, the full-scale static test of the 5.55MW-S84 blade trial-produced by Shanghai FRP Research Institute Dongtai Co., Ltd. passed one-time, and all test indicators of this blade meet the requirements of GL2010 and IEC1400-5 standards. China Quality Certification Center (CQC) witnessed the whole process of blade testing and highly recognized the design and production quality of blades. The S84 blade is 84 meters long and is a low-cost offshore wind power all-glass fiber blade independently developed by Shanghai Electric Wind Power Group Co., Ltd.

At the moment, the "installation rush" is coming to an end, the "parity era" has arrived, and the contrarian rise in raw material prices has exacerbated the severity of the wind power industry, and the profitability of blade manufacturing has also been further compressed. The change of parity policy will inevitably lead to the need for reshuffle of the market and rapid transformation of the industry. The blades must be transformed from the extensive mode of "high speed and high output" during the period of "rush to install tide" to the refined mode of "high quality and low cost". For blades, to break through the current market competition, we must first have strong products. The development of high-reliability, high-performance, and low-cost large blades is a trend in the development of offshore wind power, and it is also a mandatory topic faced by wind power companies. The passing of the S84 low-cost blade test indicates that Shanghai Electric has been able to break through the adversity of parity and can develop high-reliability, high-performance, and low-cost products. Its bidding advantage of participating in market competition to obtain orders will be further highlighted.

Source: China New Energy Summit Forum

10. Join forces! Three Gorges Group & CNOOC will cooperate strategically in offshore wind power

On May 11th, Lei Mingshan, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chairman of the Three Gorges Group, held a discussion in Beijing with Wang Dongjin, Party Secretary and Chairman of China National Offshore Oil Corporation ("CNOOC"), on the joint implementation of General Secretary Jinping’s proposal. The new energy security strategy of "Four Revolutions, One Cooperation" focuses on achieving the "dual-carbon" goal, deepening cooperation in areas such as offshore wind power, joint efforts to protect the Yangtze River, and international business for in-depth exchanges.

Lei Mingshan and Wang Dongjin respectively stated that China Three Gorges Group and CNOOC are both large-scale central enterprises and jointly undertake the historical mission of implementing the new energy security strategy of "Four Revolutions and One Cooperation". They are also the pioneers and main force of energy green and low-carbon transformation. military. The development strategies of the two parties have a high degree of compatibility and broad space for cooperation. It is hoped that the two parties will join forces to promote resource sharing, achieve complementary advantages, and focus on comprehensive energy applications, new energy development, joint efforts to protect the Yangtze River, international business and other fields. Give full play to their respective advantages, carry out deeper and broader pragmatic cooperation in offshore wind power, Yangtze River ecological and environmental protection, international business, etc., achieve mutual benefit and win-win high-quality development, and contribute to my country's "dual carbon" goal.

Source: Three Gorges Group