On March 19, the wind power storage microgrid at the cost-effective base Xingfu No.1 Wind Farm in Ulanqab City, Inner Mongolia successfully generated electricity with a “black-start”. It is Shanghai Electric’s first onshore 4.5MW wind power storage project that has been in commercial operation.

The Ulanqab Wind Power Base is the world’s largest single onshore wind power project, and also China’s first scale demonstration project of cost-effective gird-connection powered by renewable energies. A microgrid including wind turbines and a lithium battery energy storage system (BEES) has been set up at Xingfu No. 1 Wind Farm. The BEES is a standardized knockout product launched by Shanghai Electric for the generation-integrated wind energy storage scenario. It uses the LFP (LiFePO4) cells specially developed for energy storage by Shanghai Electric Guoxuan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., which is characterized by security, efficiency and a long service life, and adopts a highly integrated comprehensive solution. This microgrid is able to accurately balance the wind turbine, energy storage and load via technologies integrating wind power and energy storage the without the external gird, providing stable power to temporary constructions. Shanghai Electric’s new digital wind turbines can operate for a long time in a weak grid, proving one of its excellent performances.

Shanghai Electric implemented a “black-start” for China’s first 8.0MW onshore wind turbine deployed in Shanghai Electric Shantou Smart Energy Base. The smooth operation of the Ulanqab-based microgrid holds great significance for Shanghai Electric to commercialize multi-energy technologies.