CHN Energy’s 1 GW open sea offshore photovoltaic (PV) project has successfully connected its initial set of PV units to the grid. The project is located in Kenli District, Shandong Province of eastern China, and is being developed by Guohua Energy Investment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CHN Energy. The project spans 1,223 hectares and features 2,934 PV platforms supported by large-scale offshore steel truss platform fixed pile foundations.
Furthermore, the project utilises a 66 kv offshore cable paired with an onshore cable for high-capacity, long-distance power transmission. Upon completion, the project is anticipated to generate 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, sufficient to power approximately 2.67 million urban residents in China.
CHN Energy Investment Group (CHN Energy) is a Chinese state-owned enterprise under central government. It operates across coal, electric power, transportation, and chemical industries, with a presence in 31 Chinese provinces and over 10 countries, including US and Canada. It operates in sectors such as coal mining, thermal power, wind power, and coal-to-liquids production.
REGlobal’s Views: Floating solar, both inland and offshore, is witnessing a massive traction across China, and the country ranks first in terms of its floating solar installations. While the rest of the world is seeing projects of a few hundred MWs, China is already on to GW-scale floating solar projects. This CHN Energy’s project comes soon after another announcement recently of Huasun Energy securing a 1 GW contract to supply n-type HJT solar modules to Power China’s offshore solar project.
