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15 hot news about offshore wind power (2021.09.11-09.18)

2021/09/18 Source:ChinaOffshoreWind

1. Jiangsu Province announced the "14th Five-Year Plan" offshore wind power plan: 9.09GW, 28 sites

On September 13, the Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission issued the "Second Public Announcement of the Environmental Impact Assessment of Jiangsu's "14th Five-Year" Offshore Wind Power Planning". According to the announcement, there are 28 offshore wind power project sites planned for the 14th Five-Year Plan in Jiangsu Province, with a total scale of 9.09 million kilowatts and a planned total area of 1444km². The 28 wind farms are all over 10km offshore.

Source: Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission


2. Shandong offshore wind power achieves "zero breakthrough"! The first offshore wind power is issued!

On September 12, the No. 34 wind turbine of Huaneng Shandong Peninsula South 4 offshore wind power project was successfully connected to the grid and successfully issued the first offshore wind power in Shandong Province, marking the breakthrough of Shandong Province to achieve "zero" offshore wind power.

Huaneng Shandong Peninsula South 4 offshore wind power project is the first batch of offshore wind power demonstration projects in Shandong Province, and is a key project of the strategic cooperation agreement between Huaneng Group and Shandong Province. It is invested and constructed by Huaneng Shandong Company. The project is located in the southern waters of Haiyang City, Shandong Province, with a total installed capacity of 301.6 MW and 58 sets of 5.2 MW wind turbines. It is planned to achieve full-capacity grid-connected power generation before the end of this year.

After the project is put into operation, it can provide 820 million kilowatt-hours of clean electricity every year, save 253,000 tons of standard coal, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 556,000 tons, which is of great significance for Shandong Province to accelerate the conversion of new and old kinetic energy and green and low-carbon development.

Source: Huaneng Shandong


3. Energy China's first offshore wind power project overseas

On September 12th, local time, the general contract of Energy China Shanxi Institute was to complete the hoisting of all the wind turbines of the 90 MW offshore wind power project in Xinshun, Vietnam. On September 10, the No. 6 wind turbine was successfully connected to the grid for power generation, marking the completion of the key milestone node task of the first wind turbine to be connected to the grid.

The Vietnam Sinshun Offshore Wind Power Project is the first overseas offshore wind power project of China Energy Construction. It is located at the junction of the Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces in the southernmost part of Vietnam. It is an offshore wind power project. The project has an installed capacity of 90 MW and is equipped with 18 sets of 5 MW wind turbines. It is planned to complete COD in October this year and put it into commercial operation.

Source: Longchuanfeng Power Grid


4. March into the deep sea, "China Three Gorges 101"-the country's strongest offshore wind power exploration platform is completed!

On September 13th, China Three Gorges Corporation's offshore wind power jack-up exploration and test platform "China Three Gorges 101" successfully held a witnessing ceremony for the completion of the project in Qingdao, marking that the project has officially entered the delivery stage.

The "China Three Gorges 101" platform is currently the domestic offshore engineering exploration and test platform with the most complete functions, the highest efficiency, the deepest operating depth, and the largest platform area. It has the ability to autonomously move and accurately locate in the wind farm area, with a total weight of more than 2,200 tons. , The maximum operating water depth is 58 meters, the ship length is 48 meters, the molding width is 30 meters, the area is about 3.5 basketball courts, the molding depth is 4.2 meters, and the design service life is 25 years. The platform is equipped with digital drilling rigs, static penetration testing equipment and advanced geotechnical laboratories, and its scientific research and technical strength has reached the international advanced level. The platform is scheduled to be delivered at the end of September and will provide important technical support for my country's offshore wind power and ocean engineering hydraulic geological survey and testing.

Source: Three Gorges Energy


5. China Haizhuang H210-10MW offshore wind turbine successfully rolled off the assembly line

On September 17, the off-line ceremony of the H210-10MW offshore wind turbine of China Shipbuilding Corporation Haizhuang Wind Power Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Haizhuang") was held in Zhuanghe, Dalian.

The rollout of this unit has created a domestic highest and two global firsts: the largest domestic wind wheel diameter; the largest sweeping area per kilowatt in the world, and the only 10MW-level model in the world that is suitable for my country's affordable offshore wind power market.

The launch of this unit fills the gaps in my country’s research and development of offshore wind turbines with a power exceeding 10MW and blades exceeding 100 meters, enhancing my country’s independent innovation and international technology leadership in the field of offshore wind power, and accelerating the early days of my country’s large-scale offshore wind power grid parity. Realization is of far-reaching significance for promoting the transformation of the country's energy structure and accelerating the realization of the "30·60" goal.

Source: China Haizhuang


6. Vision wind turbines under construction in the country's largest single offshore wind farm took the lead in completing hoisting

On September 3, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, the domestic offshore wind power project with the largest single capacity, the most types of wind turbine installations, and the most complicated technical difficulty—Jiangsu Qidong 800MW offshore wind farm under construction, Envision Energy EN-161/5.2MW Offshore Intelligence All the fans have been hoisted.

As the first complete machine supplier to complete all hoisting and connect to the grid, Envision Energy once again proved the efficient delivery capability and supply chain management capability of offshore wind turbines. Up to now, Envision Energy's offshore smart wind turbines have been connected to the grid with a total of nearly 3 million kilowatts.

Source: Envision Energy


7. Break the record! Dongfang Wind Power's 43 7MW offshore units have been hoisted!

On September 16, the last wind turbine of the Yangjiang project of Dongfang Wind Power was successfully hoisted. 43 DEW-D7000-186 permanent magnet direct-drive wind turbines, dressed in DEC costumes, stood on the South China Sea of the motherland.

It is understood that the effective operation time of Yangjiang project hoisting is 122 days, and the hoisting work of the unit is promoted safely and efficiently at an average speed of 2.8 days, setting a new record for the hoisting speed of large-megawatt offshore wind turbines of the same level in China. During the period, it also set the best result of completing the hoisting of a unit in 48 hours.

The Yangjiang offshore wind power project installs 43 DEW-D7000-186 permanent magnet direct drive anti-typhoon wind turbines independently developed by Dongfang Wind Power. The project is located in the sea area near Shapa Town, Yangxi County, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province. It is Dongfang Wind Power’s 7MW offshore wind turbine. The first offshore project of Guangdong Province is also a key construction project in Guangdong Province in 2021 and a key green energy project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. After the completion of the project, it will play a positive role in helping Guangdong Province achieve "carbon peak" and "carbon neutrality". .

Source: Dongfang Wind Power


8. All wind turbines of Yudean Yangjiang Shaba Offshore Wind Power Project have been hoisted!

On September 9, 2021, all 47 wind turbines of the Yudean Yangjiang Shaba Offshore Wind Power Project were successfully hoisted!

The Shapa project site is located in the sea area near Shapa Town, Yangxi County, Yangjiang City, covering an area of approximately 48 square kilometers, with a water depth ranging from 23 meters to 27 meters, and a distance of approximately 20 kilometers from the shore. The planned installed capacity of the project is 300,000 kilowatts, with 1 5.5 MW and 46 6.45 MW wind turbines, and a 220kV sea booster station and an onshore control center will be built.

The total investment of the project is about 6 billion yuan. It is invested and constructed by Guangdong Yudean Yangjiang Offshore Wind Power Co., Ltd. After the completion of the project, it can provide about 823 million kilowatt-hours of clean power to the grid every year. Compared with coal-fired power plants, it consumes 315g/kWh according to the alternative standard coal. It is calculated that about 259,500 tons of standard coal consumption can be saved each year, and the annual carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced by about 524,300 tons after the completion of the wind farm. A carbon, safe and efficient energy supply system is of great significance.

Source: Yudean Yangjiang Offshore Wind Power


9. Shipment of Asia's largest 10 MW offshore wind turbine tower

Recently, the largest 10-MW offshore wind turbine tower project in Asia, which was undertaken by Jiuquan Company of the Fourth Bureau of Hydropower,-Changle Offshore Offshore Wind Farm Project A, successfully completed the delivery of the tower.

The project site of Changle Waihai Offshore Wind Farm Area A is located in the eastern sea area of Changle District, Fuzhou City, on the south bank of the Minjiang Estuary, with a site area of 32.1 square kilometers. The project is currently approved domestically for a single-unit capacity, including the largest capacity of a single wind farm. The total installed capacity is 300 MW. It uses four-pile jackets and suction pile jacket foundations. The second batch installs 13 Dongfang Electric 8 MW wind turbines and 10 Dongfang Electric 10 MW wind turbines.

Jiuquan Company of the Fourth Hydropower Bureau undertook the production and transportation of 5 sets of Dongfang Electric's 10MW model towers. The maximum weight of a single tower is about 524 tons, the tower height is 92.3 meters, and the maximum diameter can reach 7.8 meters.

Source: Hydropower Fourth Bureau


10. The "heart" of the largest offshore wind power plant in China has been hoisted

On September 16, in the sea area of Qingzhou in Yangjiang, Guangdong, the "Hercules of the Sea" Zhenhua 30 crane vessel stretched its boom and successfully completed the hoisting construction of the sea booster station of Huadian Guangdong Yangjiang Qingzhou 3500 MW offshore wind power project, marking Guangdong Province The “heart” of offshore wind power, which is the largest in the split change and the largest domestic sea booster station area, sits firmly in the center of the Qingzhou III wind farm.

The foundation of the offshore boosting station of this project adopts the jacket with the heaviest weight, the largest root opening, and the longest engineering pile length in domestic offshore wind power, and the foundation pile-sinking construction will be successfully completed on July 26, 2021. The upper module is a domestic 220kV, 500MW, domestically produced offshore booster station with over 95% equipment, with two 230/35-35kV main transformers with a capacity of 290MVA. The overall dimensions are about 54.7m×46.4m×22.5 Meters, the weight of the monomer is about 4200 tons. The booster station is the power collection center of the entire offshore wind farm. The power generated by the wind turbines is connected to the 220kV sea booster station through 17 35kV submarine cables, and after boosting, it is connected to the land centralized control center by 2 220kV submarine cables.

Source: Guangdong Huadian Fuxin Yangjiang Offshore Wind Power Co., Ltd.


11. The first submarine cable system factory in Guangdong-the South China Sea submarine cable medium voltage submarine cable was successfully put into production

On September 9, the Nanhai Submarine Cable Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "South China Sea Cable") medium voltage submarine cable built by Zhongtian Technology was successfully put into production. The formation of the scale is expected to meet the on-site collection of 2GW offshore wind power, providing 5 billion kilowatt-hours of annual power generation, equivalent to a reduction of 3.925 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

Nanhai Submarine Cable is the first submarine cable system factory in Guangdong established by Zhongtian Technology in Shanwei in 2019. The company takes Shanwei as the core and extends services to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, radiating Southeast Asia. It is mainly engaged in submarine cables, dynamic cables, and umbilical cables. The R&D and manufacturing of high-voltage and ultra-high-voltage intelligent cross-linked cables and their accessories have filled the gap in the manufacturing of high-end submarine cables in Guangdong Province.

It is reported that the South China Sea cable high-voltage and ultra-high-voltage submarine cable series products are planned to be put into production before August 2022.

Source: Zhongtian Technology Group


12. The world's first 8MW offshore high-speed wind power gearbox independently developed by Changan Wangjiang has been assembled and debugged

Recently, the world’s first 8-megawatt offshore high-speed wind power gearbox independently developed by Changan Wangjiang Company has been assembled and commissioned at the Dalian Base of China’s Haizhuang, which is after the successful delivery of the first domestically-made 5 MW wind power gearbox in China in June. Another masterpiece of Changan Wangjiang has opened a new chapter in the marine high-speed market segment.

After the 8 MW gearbox is connected to the grid, it is expected to generate 36 million kWh per year, which can meet the annual electricity demand of 40,000 people; save 8,000 tons of standard coal and reduce 17,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

Source: Wangjiang Industry


13. Grab a weapon! Juli Rigging's 50-ton large-megawatt marine single-blade spreader shows its talents

Recently, in a sea area of Shantou, Juli Rigging developed the first 50-ton large-megawatt full-angle rotary offshore single-blade spreader in China. It has just launched continuous operation and successfully completed the blade hoisting of 5 wind turbines, which has withstood the test. , It perfectly demonstrates the high reliability, high safety and high efficiency of Juli spreader.

The large-megawatt full-angle rotary offshore single-blade spreader developed by Juli Rigging this time has a rated load of 50 tons, an average hoisting wind speed of 15m/s, and a maximum wind speed of 18m/s, which greatly expands the wind turbine hoisting window period and breaks through The wind speed boundary limit for offshore hoisting operations; the spreader has its own cable wind system, and the main beam of the spreader has the load rotation function in the range of -35°~+215°, which can meet the blade pitch adjustment function.

Source: Juli Rigging


14. 466 million! Taiwan Province will build the first large cable-laying ship

It is reported that High Tien Offshore of Taiwan Province will invest in a large cable laying vessel (CLV) that will serve the local offshore wind power market in Taiwan.

This will be the first large-scale cable laying vessel (CLV) in Taiwan. According to Taiwan media reports, the investment amount will reach NT$2 billion (RMB 466 million).

The ship is expected to be completed by the end of 2023 and will undertake its first cable laying project in 2024. In addition to offshore wind power projects in Taiwan Province, the company also plans to deploy the ship in the wider Asia-Pacific region and international projects.

Source: Longchuanfeng Power Grid


15. Siemens Gamesa's first overseas assembly base was completed in Taiwan!

The offshore wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy officially completed its new offshore equipment base in Taichung, Taiwan. This is the company's first offshore nacelle assembly base outside of Europe. After the base has completed the assembly of Taiwan's first local offshore wind turbine nacelle in early August 2021, it will now begin normal operations.

According to Siemens Gamesa, the Taichung base covers an area of more than 30,000 square meters and is currently used for cabin assembly, testing, warehousing, office buildings and outdoor storage. Construction will start in April 2020 and will be completed in the third quarter of this year.

It will support Ørsted's 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms, which will use SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines.

Source: Offshore Wind Asia