Union Minister for Electric Power visits Rudong Huan Gang Offshore Wind Farm, China

A Myanmar delegation led by Union Minister for Electric Power U Nyan Tun, who is currently in Suzhou, the People’s Republic of China, visited the Rudong Huan Gang Offshore Wind Farm yesterday — a 480-megawatt facility built by China Longyuan Power Group Corporation Limited on the mangrove coast off the Rudong in Jiangsu Province.

During the observation, factory officials explained that the project, China’s first offshore wind power pilot project with an investment of about 2.54 billion yuan, was developed in four phases: the first phase in 2009 installed and tested 16 wind turbines with capacities of 1.5 MW, 2 MW, 2.5 MW, and 3 MW (total 30 MW) and began generating power in 2010; the second phase in 2012 added 58 turbines of 2.3 MW, 2.5 MW, and 3 MW (total 150 MW); the third phase in 2013 installed 20 turbines of 2.5 MW (total 50 MW); and the fourth phase in 2014 installed 11 turbines of 5 MW and 6 MW (total 50 MW).

In the fifth phase, 40 wind turbines of 4 MW each, totalling 200 MW, were installed and began generating power in 2015, bringing the total installed capacity to 480 MW. The foundations of the turbine towers included various types of structures, ranging from concrete piles with concrete caps (PHC pipe piles with concrete caps) to steel pipe pile structures. The Union minister and his team then inspected the plant’s construction and its power generation operations.

During the visit, the Union Minister met the officials from State-owned Chinese companies collaborating with the Ministry of Electric Power — namely, ShweLi (1) Hydropower Co Ltd, Yunnan United Power Development Co Ltd, Goodwe Technologies Co Ltd, and POWERCHINA Chengdu Engineering Corporation Limited — and discussed the requirements and future plans for implementing the projects. After the visits, the Union minister and his team returned to Myanmar by air yesterday.

ASH/TH

#TheGlobalNewLightOfMyanmar