CHN Energy’s 1GW offshore photovoltaic project in Kenli District, east China’s Shandong Province, successfully connected its first batch of units to the grid.

The project, being the first and largest of its kind in the world will serve as a model for the development of large-scale offshore solar projects in the industry.

Located 8 km off the eastern coast of Dongying City in Shandong Province, the project covers an area of approximately 1,223 hectares with 2,934 PV platforms installed using large-scale offshore steel truss platform fixed pile foundations. Each platform measures 60m in length and 35m in width. Notably, this project marks the first time in China that a 66kV offshore cable paired with an onshore cable has been used for high-capacity, long-distance transmission in the PV sector.

Upon completion, the project is expected to generate 1.78 billion kWh of power annually, and includes an integrated fish farm.

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