World's Largest Commercial Wind Turbine Put into Operation

The world's largest single installed capacity wind turbines have been put into operation at the Jieyang Shenquan offshore wind power project phase II in South China's Guangdong Province.

State Power Investment Corporation Limited was responsible for development of the project.

Among the first three 11-MW units connected to the grid, the No. 35 wind turbine has a 10.5-meter diameter pile and weighs 2,407.5 metric tons, both top measurements for that kind of turbine in the world.

In addition, as the world's largest commercial single-capacity wind turbine unit, it can generate 38.2 million kilowatt-hours of power annually, which can meet the demands of 19,000 households for a year.

The Jieyang Shenquan offshore wind power project II is one of the first fair-price offshore wind power projects in China and the world's first project with a batch of 10-MW turbine units to start commercial operation.

With a total installed capacity of 502 MW, the project is designed to install 16 8-MW and 34 11-MW wind turbine units.

Once operational, the project is expected to generate more than 1.74 billion kWh of clean power annually. The power equals that produced by burning about 527,000 tons of standard coal, eliminating about 1.403 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

The project will contribute to low-carbon development of East Guangdong's economy.