[The highest lifting height offshore wind power installation platform in China] On August 28th, the self propelled and self elevating offshore wind power installation platform "Ganghang Ping5" with the highest lifting height, strongest comprehensive lifting capacity, and longest lifting pile legs in China was successfully delivered at Qingdao Haixi Heavy Machinery Terminal. The "Ganghang Ping5" ship is 135 meters long and 50 meters wide, with an empty weight of approximately 29000 tons, a maximum lifting capacity of 1800 tons, a maximum operating water depth of over 70 meters, and a lifting height of 168 meters above deck. The length of the lifting system's pile legs is 135 meters, and the lifting height above the water surface of the crane exceeds 200 meters, once again breaking the domestic record for lifting height of similar platforms. This ship is also the first wind power installation platform in China to be equipped with an intelligent ship system. It has the functions of route and speed design and optimization, intelligent energy efficiency management, and intelligent integration platform. It can achieve comprehensive monitoring and intelligent management of the ship, meet the living needs of 120 people at sea, and improve the efficiency of wind turbine installation by about 20%. The wind solar complementary green energy system carried can provide sufficient living electricity for the platform. This round can meet the construction requirements of the world's largest 26 MW and above wind turbines, with integrated operation of wind turbine transportation, storage, installation, and unlimited navigation area navigation capability. After delivery, construction operations can be carried out in deep sea areas. Editor/Zhou Yingwen

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• 2024.09.18 11:40
• [Belt and Road: The freight volume of the China-Laos Railway exceeded 10 million tons]
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• 2024.09.18 11:31
• [Wang Yi met with Secretary of the Security Council of the Federation of Russia Shoigu]
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