Guishan Offshore Windfarm

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Guishan Offshore Windfarm
Zhuhai Windfarm.jpg
Country China
Location South China Sea, Zhuhai, Guangdong
StatusOperational
Construction beganSeptember 2016
Owner(s)Southern Offshore Wind Power Joint Development
Wind farm
Type Offshore
Site area32.6 km2 (13 sq mi)
Power generation
Units operational34 × 3 MW (Phase 1) [1]
15 × 5.5 MW (Phase 2)
Nameplate capacity 198 MW
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The Guishan Offshore Windfarm is a 198MW offshore wind farm near Zhuhai in Guangdong province, China. [2]

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Construction

Construction of the Guishan Offshore Windfarm began in September 2016 by the facility's owner, Southern Offshore Wind Power Joint Development shortly after the approval of the project by the Guangdong Development & Reform Commission. By March 2018, the wind farm is already 75 percent complete and the facility already began generating electricity on March 13, 2018. [2]

Facilities

The wind farm phase 1 project consists of 34 wind turbines each with a capacity of 3 MW each. [2] Its phase 2 project consists of 15 wind turbines each with a capacity of 5.5 MW each.

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References

  1. "Zhuhai Guishan Hai Demonstration - phase 1 Offshore Wind Farm". 4C Offshore. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  2. 1 2 3 "First electricity taken from wind in sea off Zhuhai". China Daily. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.