Zhuanghe: Just off the coast of the city of Zhuanghe in Liaoning province an invisible yet inexhaustible resource is being farmed 100 meters above the rolling Yellow Sea.
Over 300 towering wind turbines slowly rotate as the breeze passes through their giant blades to generate electricity that is fed back to shore to power Zhuanghe.
The city is one of the hundreds, big or small, across the Chinese mainland that are adjusting their energy mix to use more renewable energy in order to contribute to China’s national goal of achieving a carbon dioxide peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.
With a planned installed capacity of 3.2 million kilowatts, Zhuanghe is building the largest offshore wind farm in northern China.
“Currently, we have offshore windmills with a capacity of 1.05 million kilowatts.
Another 630,000 kilowatts are scheduled to be put into operation by the end of next year,” said Su Changzhong, vice-mayor of Zhuanghe.
Zhuanghe, a county-level city, had a GDP of 57.45 billion yuan ($8.5 billion) in 2021, ranking it among the 100 top-performing county-level cities in China.
The city, which has a land area of 4,114 square kilometers and a sea area of 2,933 sq km, boasts unique advantages in developing its clean energy industry.
–The Daily Mail-CGTN news exchange item
