Fujian looks to expand wind power industry

Fujian province is developing wind power for a green, low-carbon new energy industry. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The offshore wind power center at Xinghua Bay in Fuqing, Fujian province — one of the biggest of its kind in the world — aims to help develop a green, low-carbon new energy industry in the province.

Wind power devices there, with an annual production of 1.4 billion kilowatt hours, are able to provide electricity for 700,000 families of three people annually.

In February, an anti-typhoon offshore wind power generator with a capacity of 13 megawatts was produced in Fuqing. Made in China, it's the biggest of its kind in Asia for power per unit and impeller diameter.

Such a machine can provide 50 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity annually, reducing coal consumption by 15,000 metric tons and carbon dioxide emission by 38,000 tons.

Fujian also has China's first wind power industrial park with a complete industrial chain, which produces parts and high-end equipment itself.

As of the end of last year, total installed power in Fujian had reached about 69.83 million kilowatt hours, 58 percent of which is clean energy. That's because of the province's rich wind resources.

About 100 days a year, coastal areas of Fujian experience Level VII typhoons. The greatest wind speed in the Taiwan Straits in winter can reach 129 to 140 kilometers per hour.

Offshore wind power devices produce more power than those on land, and they don't consume land and water resources, experts said.

The province is also working on developing an "ocean pasture". In September last year, around 1,500 fish were released around a wind power device in Pingtan. Researchers are studying the influence of environmental elements such as noise on the growth of fish, to expand the combination of power and agriculture.

----The news is quoted from China Daily By Hu Meidong in Fuzhou and Chen Meiling (www.chinadaily.com.cn)

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