Rudong 150MW Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration Project Completed

Jiangsu Rudong 150MW Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration Project was surveyed and designed by HYDROCHINA HUADONG Engineering Corporation. All WTGs of the project were put into commercial operation on September 22, 2012, and passed the commissioning assessment at the end of October. It is currently the largest offshore wind farm in Asia

The project is situated at the coastal intertidal zone in Rudong County, Jiangsu Province. Due to the effect of tidal fluctuation, the shallow draft series engineering ships sailed into the project site for construction in virtue of the spring tide. The construction was started on June 21, 2011, and the large-sized offshore WTGs were installed, including 17 Sinovel 3.0MW WTGs, 21 Siemens 2.3MW WTGs and 20 Goldwind 2.5MW WTGs. Hydrochina Huadong took the lead in design of both steel structure multi-pile jacket WTG foundation and large-diameter monopile WTG foundation in China, of which the 5.2 m large-diameter monopile foundation applied is the largest monomer steel pipe pile in Asia, and the weight of the biggest monopile is nearly 400t.

Before this, Jiangsu Rudong 30 MW Intertidal Zone Pilot Wind Farm, the first offshore (intertidal zone) wind farm in China, surveyed and designed by Hydrochina Huadong was put into commercial operation at the end of 2010. So far, the installed capacity of offshore wind farms in Rudong designed by Hydrochina Huadong has reached 180MW. At present, the extension works of Rudong 100MW offshore Wind Power Demonstration Project is under construction.

Depending on this project, Hydrochina Huadong has obtained more than 10 national patents for utility model and 1 invention patent with respect to offshore wind power. In addition, it has completed the scientific research tasks on construction technology for Jiangsu intertidal zone CRESP project loaned by the World Bank, and undertaken by itself or together with the project owner scientific research tasks of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Hydropower and Water Conservancy Planning and Design General Institute for several offshore wind power projects.

     

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