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Dongfang Electric ships first 10-MW turbine
CHINA CHINESE wind turbine manufacturer Dong- supply Section A and Section C of the project at
fang Electric Corp. (DEC) has shipped out the the 13th China Wind Power 2020 (CWP 2020)
first 10-MW units built for the Changle Waihai conference in Beijing.
offshore wind farm project. The Changle Waihai wind farm, developed by
The wind turbines are being transported China Three Gorges and Fujian Energy Group,
from DEC’s manufacturing facility in Fujian to will be the first commercial project in the world
the deep-sea terminal at the port of Jiangyin in to feature wind turbines with an individual rated
Fuzhou. output of 10 MW or more.
The units are then expected to be transported Back in June 2020, DEC installed the proto-
to the installation site some 32-40 kilometres off type 10-MW turbine at the Fujian Xinghua Bay
Changle District in the following days. Wind Farm (Phase II).
In total, DEC will deliver 30 of its 10-MW The 10-MW unit is Asia’s largest operational
typhoon-resistant wind turbines for the Changle offshore wind turbine and has been demonstrat-
Waihai wind farm. ing excellent performance since it was hooked
The turbine machine has a hub height of 115 to the grid on July 12, 2020. That particular
metres above sea level with a rotor diameter of machine was installed off the coast of China’s
185 metres, said Dongfang. Fujian Province.
10 turbines will be installed at Changle Wai- Dongfang is one of the smaller Chinese
hai Area A, and 20 at Changle Waihai Area C. OEMs, accounting for 2.1% of the global turbine
Both areas are scheduled to be brought into market in 2019, according to the Global Wind
operation before October this year. Energy Council (GWEC), behind other Chinese
In December 2020, DEC signed contracts to makers such as Goldwind and Mingyang.
India has potential to stem rising emissions
INDIA INDIA could keep greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are below the global average, it said.
emissions from the power generation sector at “We found that high renewable energy targets
2018 levels if it continues to expand renewables, can be cost-effective for India, thanks to falling
according US researchers. prices,” UC Santa Barbara assistant professor and
A new study from researchers at Berkeley Berkeley Lab faculty scientist Ranjit Deshmukh
Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, and said.
University of California, Berkeley, found India “The key to achieving the lowest costs lies in
could double its total power supplies if it pushes finding the right mix on the electric grid.”
forward with clean power and closes coal-fired Using computer models, the research team
power plants. examined the electricity and carbon mitigation
“By increasing its clean power capacity from costs needed to reliably operate India’s grid in
the current target of 450 gigawatts within the 2030 for a variety of wind and solar targets.
next decade to 600 gigawatts, the nation can hold Under current goals, two-thirds of India’s
its greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity added renewable electricity would come from
sector at 2018 levels while nearly doubling the solar and the rest from wind. But because of
supply of electricity to meet economic develop- India’s weather and electricity demand patterns,
ment needs,” the report said. a target that leans more heavily on wind power
The report added that the cost of reducing will lead to lower costs, the study found.
emissions would be comparable to those of a India will still need resources to meet elec-
fossil fuel-dominated grid. tricity demand during times when both sun and
The report highlighted that India had set wind levels are too low, the researchers noted.
ambitious targets for renewable power, with “Costs for energy storage on the grid are
plans to quintuple its current wind and solar falling rapidly, making it a viable option in the
energy capacity by 2030. near term,” said Amol Phadke, a Berkeley Lab
India’s transition away from fossil fuels staff scientist. “To avoid investments in new coal
will have a significant impact on global cli- power plants, deploying battery storage will be
mate efforts since it is the world’s third-largest essential.”
greenhouse gas emitter, although its per capita
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