China achieves new milestone in wind power platform

After the project is put into operation, the electricity generated by the wind turbines is connected to the power grid of the offshore oilfields through dynamic submarine cables for the production of offshore oil and gas fields, said the report.

When the platform starts operation, it will be able to annually generate an average power of more than 22 million kWh, saving about 10 million cubic meters of fuel gas annually.

The bottom of the platform is a triangular floating foundation assembled from 30 steel structural modules, including three side columns and an intermediate column.

The overall side length of the platform reaches about 90 meters, with the height coming to about 35 meters. Its weight hits 4,000 metric tons.

Above the floating foundation is a cylindrical column which comes to 83 meters high, equivalent to a 30 story building. And above the column is a cabin weighing up to 260 metric tons, and its function is equivalent to the brain of the wind turbines, which can command and direct the wind turbine to rotate and pitch.