A 1-megawatt wave energy power generation platform broke ground on June 21 in Dongguan, South China's Guangdong Province. The project is expected to make full use of offshore wave energy in providing stable green power to nearby islands.
Wave power is a marine renewable energy source that has been regarded as a kind of strategic new energy. It can not only provide clean power for offshore islands, but also support green transformation of the energy structure. What's more, it is also a key player in boosting the Blue Economy and contributing to development of marine observation, seawater desalination and water treatment, offshore hydrogen production and deep-sea farming.
A hydrodynamic performance model test is underway for the 1-megawatt wave energy power generation platform project. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The project is presided over by China Southern Power Grid (CSG), and many enterprises and institutes like National Ocean Technology Center, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin Engineering University, and CSG's subsidiaries in Hainan and Yunnan provinces will participate in its technological development.
Once fully operational, the project is expected to generate 24,000 kilowatt-hours of power per day, meeting the green electricity demands of about 3,500 households.
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
