{"id":92616,"date":"2023-07-23T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/china-installs-the-worlds-largest-wind-turbine\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T21:56:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T02:26:01","slug":"china-installs-the-worlds-largest-wind-turbine","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/china-installs-the-worlds-largest-wind-turbine\/","title":{"rendered":"China installs the world&#8217;s largest wind turbine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inspenet, July 23, 2023.<\/p>\n\n<p>Chinese energy company Three Gorges has set new industry records by installing <strong>the world&#8217;s largest wind turbine<\/strong> , created using state-of-the-art offshore wind turbines. Without a doubt, this achievement has considerably raised the bar for the future in the field of wind energy in this Asian country.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The world&#8217;s largest wind turbine is in China<\/h3>\n\n<p>China has developed a new offshore wind turbine with an impressive 252-meter-wide rotor, a significant improvement on the previous record held by a 236-meter-diameter rotor turbine from Danish company Vestas.<\/p>\n\n<p>This extraordinary power generating unit is expected <strong>to produce 63.5 million kWh of electricity per year<\/strong> , equivalent to the consumption of 30,000 households in China. This record-setting 16 MW wind turbine is being installed on the country&#8217;s southeast coast. It forms part of the second phase of CTG&#8217;s Zhangpu Liuao wind farm, and is the largest of its kind in the world. The installation was made possible by the company&#8217;s wind power platform, known as Baihetan.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">China&#8217;s commitment to renewable energy<\/h3>\n\n<p>The Zhangpu Liuao Wind Farm has reached a significant milestone by installing the world&#8217;s first 16 MW wind turbine. This engineering marvel has been developed collaboratively by CTG and Goldwind Technology and <strong>features an impressive 252 meter diameter rotor<\/strong> , equivalent to the area of \u200b\u200bseven standard football fields. The <strong>turbine hub rises to 146 meters<\/strong> , comparable to a 50-story building.<\/p>\n\n<p>With this impressive power generating unit, it is expected to produce a considerable amount of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/new-renewable-energy-source-based-on-moist-air\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"90940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">renewable energy<\/a><\/strong> , which will significantly contribute to the country&#8217;s efforts to achieve its sustainability goals. Let&#8217;s remember that <strong>China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world<\/strong> and its coal-fired power plants are primarily responsible for its pollution.<\/p>\n\n<p>This heavy reliance on coal has caused severe air pollution in many Chinese cities, leading to chronic health problems among its inhabitants, especially those suffering from respiratory diseases.<\/p>\n\n<p>Additionally, due to rapid industrialization in China, alarming levels of water pollution have occurred, which has had serious repercussions on local ecosystems, agriculture, and people&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n\n<p>To address these issues, the country has made significant investments in clean energy technologies and <strong>has made a commitment to reduce carbon emissions<\/strong> , thus seeking to mitigate the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about Zhangpu Liuao Park<\/h3>\n\n<p>Each of the wind turbines of the Zhangpu Liuao Phase 2 offshore wind farm, with a capacity of 400 MW, can generate 34.2 kWh of electricity per revolution. This equates to more than 66 GWh of clean electricity generated annually by a single wind turbine.<\/p>\n\n<p>Taken together, the entire park, with a total capacity of 400 MW, has the capacity to produce 1.6 TWh of electricity, which can result in savings of approximately 500,000 tons of coal and a reduction in emissions of 1.36 million tons per year.<\/p>\n\n<p>This impressive investment in the production of clean energy will have a positive impact on the environment, which will contribute to mitigating the polluting effects that arise from activities in this Asian country.<\/p>\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariomotor.com\/energia-sostenibilidad\/aerogenerador-mas-grande-mundo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.diariomotor.com\/energia-sostenibilidad\/aerogenerador-mas-grande-mundo\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspenet, July 23, 2023.<br \/>\nChinese energy company Three Gorges has set new industry records by installing the world&#8217;s largest wind turbine, created using state-of-the-art offshore wind turbines. Without a doubt, this achievement has considerably raised the bar for the future in the field of wind energy in this Asian country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8403,"featured_media":92434,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13046],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-92616","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-wind-energy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/92616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/92616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=92616"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=92616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}