The Guangdong Planning Commission recently approved China's first offshore wind farm power plant project in Nan'ao county in the southeast of Guangdong Province.

The plant, with a total investment of 241.7 million yuan by InfraVest GmbH from Germany, will generate 20,000 kw electricity. It will be put into operation in two years.

Nan'ao, with a sea area of 4,600 square kilometers, is the only sea island in Guangdong.Another two wind farm power projects have also filed application to the provincial government. The county presents a great potential for wind power generation.

By People's Daily Online