The year 2023 has come, and Shanghai Electric is well prepared to make a successful start with efficient and effective actions.

Good News: the Wind Farm with World’s Largest Single-unit Capacity and Shortest Time of Delivery Connected to Grid At Full Load

In December, 2022, Shenquan Phase 2 offshore wind farm owned by State Power Investment Corporation Limited at Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, was successfully connected to the grid at full load. It took the project team only 215 days to finish the whole process of winning the bid, completing construction and connecting to grid at full load, a goal they intended to attain in one year, which set a new world record of the shortest time for building a wind farm with a capacity of more than 500MW. What’s more, it broke the world record of the largest commercial single-unit capacity set by the 11MW wind turbine.

Shenquan Phase 2 offshore wind farm employs dozens of turbines with world’s biggest single-unit capacity, and is one of China’s first offshore wind power projects implementing grid parity. There are 34 EW11.0-208 turbines based on the Petrel platform developed by Shanghai Electric Wind Power in the farm, which have an aggregate installed capacity of 502MW and AC transmission lines of China’s highest design grade. The pile foundation of the 11MW turbine standing at position 35 weighs 2,407.5 tons with a maximum diameter of 10.5 meters, making it a single pile with world’s biggest weight and diameter. The 11MW wind turbine has a swept area that is as large as 4.7 times of a standard football field due to its 208-meter wheel diameter. One 11MW wind turbine can generate about 38.2 million kWh of electricity on an annual basis, which is enough for 19,000 households.

Celebrating Chinese Spring Festival: Two More Small F-class Gas Turbines Manufactured by Shanghai Electric Put into Operation

In the last days of 2022, No.2 unit of small combined-cycle F-class gas turbines of Chaozhou Shenneng Fengquan Thermal Power Co., Ltd. passed the 72-hour + 24-hour full-load trial operation, symbolizing that the four units of small combined-cycle F-class gas turbines provided by Shanghai Electric to Shenzhen Energy Group’s Ganlu and Fengquan projects have been put into operation.

In January, Gaochun No.1 combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) manufactured by Shanghai Electric and owned by Nanjing Ninggao Xiexin Gas Turbine Thermal Power Co., Ltd. passed the 72-hour + 24-hour full-load trial operation, which is the first turbine of its kind in operation in Jiangsu Province.

As of now, Shanghai Electric has had 12 CCGTs in operation: 1 set at Bensteel Group project, Unit 2 at the Wanning-based plant, 2 at the Foshan-based plant, 2 at the Ganlu project, Unit 1 at the Haikou-based project, 2 at the Jiedong-based project, 2 at the Fengquan project and Unit 1 at the Gaochun-based project. With these turbines starting operation one after another, Shanghai Electric gains more and more recognition from clients in terms of gas turbine technology and manufacturing and service capabilities.

Reinforcement: Nanchang Highly Creates A New Driver For Green Development

With the grid connection of its distributed PV power project (phase II) in December, 2022, Nanchang Highly Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Nanchang Highly”) has built PV power plants with a total installed capacity of 6.38MW and an annual output of 6.2 million kWh, which is estimated to cut CO2 emission by 5,247 tons every year, equivalent to planting 1 hectare of trees.

This project is about installing PV facilities on rooftops of the No.2 main factory, the new iron core workshop and high-voltage power distribution room, whose total installed capacity stands at 4.51MW. It represents an important move taken by Nanchang Highly to attain the “Dual Carbon Goals” set by China and implement low-carbon idea in building a green and environment-friendly factory.

After 6 months of equipment manufacturing for and construction of the park for nitrogen storage tanks, Nanchang Highly successfully built its first nitrogen production unit and put it into use.

This nitrogen production project upgrades the traditional model of nitrogen procurement to on-site production to better meet production needs. It is estimated that by producing nitrogen on its own, Nanchang Highly can reduce the auxiliary material cost by as much as millions yuan.

Empowerment: Shanghai Electric Launches Hong Kong Treasury Management System

To implement Shanghai Electric’s new development philosophies and the 14th “Five-Year” strategy, Shanghai Electric Finance Group promotes overseas treasurer construction and centralized management of overseas capital. Shanghai Electric’s Hong Kong treasury management system has started pilot operation recently as its first transaction was recorded. Shanghai Electric Finance Group will leverage this system to offer overseas capital management service in all respects for Shanghai Electric’s member companies, empowering Shanghai Electric to exercise capital regulation, treasurer system management and tax planning for overseas companies.