On July 7, CHN Energy's first gigawatt-level offshore photovoltaic (PV) project, the Guohua Investment Shandong HG14 Offshore 1GW PV Project, received approval from the State Council and the Ministry of Natural Resources of China. It is the first vertically certified offshore photovoltaic project in Shandong Province that has been approved by the State Council, as well as the first domestic project to utilize large offshore steel truss platform fixed pile foundations.
Located in the waters off Dongying City in Shandong Province, the project, with a planned installed power generation capacity of 1GW, adopts a block generation and centralized grid connection technical solution, and will connect to a new 220kV onshore booster station via submarine cables. Upon completion and operation, the project is expected to generate 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, equivalent to saving 594,500 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.441 million tons annually, offering significant economic, social, and environmental benefits.
As the first photovoltaic project to use large offshore steel truss platform fixed pile foundations in China, the project will also achieve integrated development and utilization of fishery and PV power generation. The annual revenue from fishery farming is expected to exceed 27 million yuan.
