The Donghai Bridge Wind Farm is a 102 MW offshore
wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used Wind power, to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundre ...
close to the
Donghai Bridge
Donghai Bridge (Chinese: t , s , p ''Dōnghǎi Dàqiáo'', Wu ''Tonhe Dujiau'' "East China Sea Bridge") is a Chinese bridge counted among the longest cross-sea bridges in the world. It was completed on December ...
,
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
and is capable of powering 200,000 households. It started producing and transmitting power to the mainland grid on July 6, 2010. It is the first commercial offshore wind farm in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
See also
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Wind power in China
China is the world leader in wind power generation, with the largest installed capacity of any nation and continued rapid growth in new wind facilities.
With its large land mass and long coastline, China has exceptional wind power resources:
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List of wind farms in China
References
External links
LORC Knowledge - Datasheet for Donghai Bridge Wind Farm上海东海大桥10万千瓦海上风电示范项目
Offshore wind farms
Wind farms in China
2010 establishments in China
Energy infrastructure completed in 2010
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