Chinese developers Guangxi Investment Group and State Power Investment Corporation have won development rights tenders for two pilot offshore wind projects off the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, writes Tan Hwee Hwee.
Guangxi landed the 1.8GW Fangcheng project, which will be developed in two 900MW phases.
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It covers three sites, A, F1 and F2, in a 252,000 square metres area.
Water depth ranges from 24 to 31 metres.
SPIC meanwhile landed the 900 MW Qinzhou project.
It spans across two sites of 550MW and 350MW, which combined cover 129,000 square metres of seabed. Water depth ranges from 10 metres to 20 metres
The projects are expected to start supplying power to the grid three years after securing final regulatory approvals.