The world's largest single-unit capacity 16 MW floating offshore wind platform, "Three Gorges Pioneer," has completed installation.

Today (May 2nd), the world’s largest single-unit capacity 16 MW floating offshore wind power platform, the “Three Gorges Navigation,” completed installation in the waters off Yangjiang, Guangdong, marking a new breakthrough in China’s deep-sea floating wind power technology. The “Three Gorges Navigation” consists of a 16 MW ultra-large capacity wind turbine, a semi-submersible floating platform, and a new type of mooring system. The wind turbine has a rotor diameter of 252 meters, with a sweeping area equivalent to seven standard football fields, and blade tip heights exceeding 270 meters. Unlike traditional fixed turbines, it is installed on a semi-submersible platform measuring 80.82 meters in length, 91 meters in width, and with a displacement of 24.1k tons. The platform relies on nine suction anchors, combined with domestically produced high-performance polyester fiber cables and anchor chains for seabed mooring and positioning. The “Three Gorges Navigation” was previously assembled as an integrated unit at Tieshan Port in Beihai, Guangxi, and was transported via long-distance towing across the Qiongzhou Strait to reach the target offshore area more than 70 kilometers from Yangjiang, Guangdong. After commissioning and power generation, it is expected to produce approximately 44.65 million kilowatt-hours of clean electricity annually, enough to meet the electricity needs of 24k three-person households for a year. (CCTV News)