China has deployed the world’s first tension-leg platform (TLP) floating offshore wind platform with a single-unit capacity of 16 megawatts.
The platform left its assembly site in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, on Sunday after completing construction and is heading to the Lufeng oilfield cluster in the South China Sea.
Instead of supplying electricity to the mainland, it will send power directly to offshore oil and gas facilities through subsea cables.
Developed by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the project combines offshore wind power with oil and gas production to reduce carbon emissions from offshore operations while expanding the use of floating wind technology.
The platform is more than 307 metres tall, weighs nearly 8,000 tonnes and is the largest floating offshore wind platform of its type by single-turbine capacity.
Unlike traditional offshore wind turbines that are fixed to the seabed, this platform floats on the water. It is held in place by a tension-leg platform system,
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