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China Energy Engineering connects

300-MW Zhuhai Jinwan wind farm

P CHINA Energy Engineering has connected the government’s target of peaking emissions and
300-MW Zhuhai Jinwan offshore wind farm to reaching net zero by 2060.
the grid. China installed 71.7 GW of new wind
In a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, capacity in 2020, according to figures from the
China Energy Engineering said its subsidiary, National Energy Administration (NEA).
Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute, had According to the Beijing Declaration, signed
completed construction of the project, which is by over 400 wind power companies at the end of
the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the 2020, China needs to install more than 50 GW of
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay new wind power capacity annually from 2021-
Area. 2025, and more than 60 GW annually from 2026
The facility features 55 Chinese-made onwards, in order to achieve its carbon neutrality
anti-typhoon offshore wind turbines in total target by 2060.
with 5.5 MW from each. The wind farm has an Meanwhile, figures from Bloomberg New
onshore centralised control centre and an off- Energy Finance put 2020 additions at 58 GW,
shore booster station. more than the world’s combined wind power
When completed, it is expected to provide growth in 2019.
800mn kWh per year of electricity, satisfying the The difference between the Chinese and
annual electricity consumption of approximately Bloomberg figures may be explained by the fact
300,000 households. that Beijing counted capacity that had been grid
Compared with a coal-fired power plant of connected in 2019, but did not enter commercial
similar scale, it could save approximately 240,000 operation until 2020.
tonnes of standard coal consumption and reduce China’s wind additions in 2020, even in the
emissions by 460,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. face of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,
The wind farm will play a key role in pro- shows that the country has the capability to
moting clean energy structure in the Guang- increase its clean energy footprint.
dong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Along with this, Beijing must also slow down
China Energy Engineering said in its filing. its coal additions if it is to reach net zero by
It will also play a part in meeting the Chinese 2060.™

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