Energy Magazine December 2024 | Page 39

JIUQUAN WIND POWER BASE
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JIUQUAN WIND POWER BASE

ABOUT : GANSU LONGYUAN WIND POWER REVENUE : US $ 5.3BN ( 2023 ) PRESIDENT : WANG LIQIANG FOUNDED : 1993
Located in desert areas that have an abundance of wind , Jiuquan Wind Power Base – also known as the Gansu Wind Farm Project – is one of six national wind power megaprojects approved by the Chinese government .
The Gansu Longyuan Wind Power project is being built by more than 20 developers and is divided into multiple phases .
In 2017 the 2,383km-long Jiuquan to Hunan HVDC transmission line began operating , connecting the remote wind complex to the Hunan regional grid and allowing full utilisation of its generation capacity .

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