China's Largest Floating Wind Power Platform 'Mingyang Tiancheng' Completed Installation
TapTechNews July 3rd news, TapTechNews learned from the official WeChat public account of Mingyang Group that on July 3rd, as the second impeller precisely docked with the hub, the world's largest floating wind power platform with a single-unit capacity, OceanX Mingyang Tiancheng, (hereinafter referred to as Mingyang Tiancheng) was officially installed in the Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard of CSSC. This is also the world's first dual-fan floating offshore wind power platform, and it pioneered the V-shaped tower structure, with a total installed capacity of 16.6 megawatts.
Mingyang Tiancheng has achieved many world firsts. It adopts the design of dual impellers and dual main engines for the first time. Different from the common windmill-shaped offshore wind power platforms, Mingyang Tiancheng is composed of a Y-shaped floating foundation floating on the sea surface and three olive-shaped pontoons, one V-shaped tower, and two wind turbines installed on the foundation. Two sets of huge wind blades bloom side by side. The highest point of the impeller of Mingyang Tiancheng is 219 meters, and the maximum width in the air is about 369 meters, and the total drainage of the entire wind power platform is about 15,000 tons. The distance between the tips of the two 8.3-megawatt wind turbine impellers is 5 meters, which can achieve the maximum wind capture rate. The overall towing design draft of the platform is 5.5 meters and can be applied to a wide range of global sea areas with a water depth of more than 35 meters.
This floating wind power platform arranged in a V shape and equipped with two 8.3-megawatt offshore wind turbines is independently developed by Mingyang Group, with a total capacity of 16.6 megawatts and can be applied to a wide range of global sea areas with a water depth of more than 35 meters.
According to estimations, after the formal operation of Mingyang Tiancheng, it can generate about 54 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually on average, which can meet the daily electricity consumption of 30,000 three-person families for a year.
According to statistics from the China Renewable Energy Society, as of the end of 2023, more than 160 offshore wind farms have been built in 12 provincial-level administrative regions along the Chinese coast, and a total of more than 7,000 offshore wind turbines have been installed, with a total installed capacity of over 39 million kilowatts.