1 GW Open-sea Offshore Solar PV Project begins Power Generation in China

CHN Energy’s Guohua Energy Investment Co., Ltd has connected the first batch of PV units of the 1-GW offshore photovoltaic project to the grid. The Solar PV project which covers an area of approximately 1,223 ha, is located 8 km off the eastern coast of Dongying City in Kenli District, east China’s Shandong Province.

This globally pioneering initiative features 2,934 PV platforms installed using large-scale offshore steel truss platform fixed pile foundations. Each platform measures 60 m in length and 35 m in width. Notably, this project marks the first time in China that a 66-kilovolt offshore cable paired with an onshore cable has been used for high-capacity, long-distance transmission in the PV sector. Upon completion, the project is expected to generate 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours of power annually, enough to meet the needs of approximately 2.67 million urban residents in China. This is equivalent to saving an estimated 503,800 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.3447 million tons.