BEIJING, Sept 15 – China’s first and largest onshore wind farm to deploy 10 megawatt turbines at scale officially entered commercial operation in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Sunday, according to CCTV News.
Located in Ganqimaodu township, the project, owned by Inner Mongolia Energy Group Co, comprises 150 turbines of 10 megawatts each, forming the country’s biggest “giant matrix” of onshore wind turbines.
The super-sized machines use all-carbon-fiber blades whose root diameter reaches 3.6 meters, boosting root load-bearing capacity by more than 26 percent, CCTV reported.
The improved design allows the blade tip to stay 12 percent farther from the tower during operation, greatly increasing blade safety. The wind turbine also uses a 1.7-meter main bearing, which is wider and thicker than previous designs, enhancing load capacity by more than 20 percent and improving overall turbine safety.
At full capacity, the plant will generate about 5.44 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity each year, cutting standard coal use by roughly 1.64 million tons and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 4.98 million tons, according to CCTV, citing a manager of the project.
China is the biggest investor in clean energy worldwide, spending $625 billion in 2024 – 31 percent of the global total of $2.033 trillion, according to the China Energy Transition Review 2025, released by UK-based consultancy Ember on September 9.
China’s rapid electrification and surge in solar and wind generation will soon drive down fossil fuel use, according to Ember’s report.
Inner Mongolia has one of the largest wind power resources in the country, accounting for about half of the total in China’s land area, according to a post on the website of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.
In recent years, the region has actively responded to the national green development strategy and vigorously promoted new-energy installations, especially wind and solar, and the scale of new-energy installed capacity has continued to rise.
In November 2024, the autonomous region’s single-month new-energy generation exceeded 10 billion kilowatt-hours for the first time, according to the post. – Global Times
