CGN sets up 3rd offshore wind farm

Power plant to start operation in 2020, diversify energy mix in Guangdong

Construction of the country's largest single offshore wind project, located off Nanpeng Island in Yangjiang, Guangdong province, kicked off on Monday.

With a total installed capacity of 400 megawatts, the project is scheduled to connected to the grid and start generating power by 2020, with a yearly generation capacity of 1.47 billion kilowatt hours, according to CGN New Energy Holdings Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corp.