The 2-million-kilowatt CGN Guangdong Yangjiang Fanship offshore wind project has recently achieved full-capacity operation.
This project is China's first new energy initiative to deploy 18 MW ultra-large offshore wind turbines on a large scale. The company undertook the construction of two offshore booster stations and one reactive power compensation station, with the reactive power compensation station being China's first 500 kV intermediate reactive power compensation station for an offshore wind farm.
Project Overview
The Fanship offshore wind project is located in the sea area south of Nanpeng Island in Yangdong District, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province. It consists of two million-kilowatt-level sub-projects, Fanship I and Fanship II. The farthest point of the project site is 81 kilometers from the coastline, with a maximum water depth of 53 meters. A total of 131 wind turbines are installed, of which 33 are 18 MW ultra-large offshore wind turbines, making it the offshore wind turbine model with the largest single-unit capacity currently deployed at scale in China.
The project is a key provincial project in Guangdong and a critical component of the ten-million-kilowatt-level offshore wind power base in western Guangdong.
Technical Breakthrough
The 500 kV intermediate reactive power compensation station for an offshore wind farm, built by the company as China's first of its kind, pioneers a new model for stable grid connection of large-capacity wind power over long distances. It resolves industry challenges that constrain the stable grid connection of million-kilowatt-level offshore wind power, including long offshore distances, extended transmission distances, and significant voltage losses.
Environmental and Regional Impact
After full-capacity operation, the project will deliver more than 6.6 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity to the grid annually, equivalent to saving approximately 1.92 million tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 5.1 million tons. It will help Yangjiang City's offshore wind installed capacity exceed 8 million kilowatts, making it the prefecture-level city with the largest offshore wind installed capacity in China.