In the desert of Al Ghat region in Saudi Arabia, a wind turbine standing over a hundred meters tall slowly rotates its blades. In the control room, engineers from Shandong Electric Power Construction Third Company stared closely at the screen. When the green indicator light for successful grid connection lit up, the scene erupted into enthusiastic applause. This is the largest wind turbine with a single capacity of 7.7MW in Saudi Arabia. Its successful grid connection not only breaks the record in Saudi electricity history, but also marks a new milestone for China's infrastructure strength in the renewable energy field in the Middle East.

The first 7.7MW unit breaks the record

Shandong Electric Power Construction Third Company has made breakthrough progress in the Al Ghat 600MW wind power project in Saudi Arabia, with the first wind turbine successfully connected to the grid for power generation. The unit connected to the grid this time adopts 7.7MW wind turbines provided by Yunda Energy, which is currently the largest single unit capacity wind turbine deployed in Saudi Arabia, representing the top level of onshore wind power technology today and breaking the historical record of single unit capacity connected to the grid in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

48 hour high-speed grid connection shows strength

After the successful reverse power transmission of the project substation last week, the team of Shandong Electric Power Construction Third Company quickly started the preparation work for grid connection. With exquisite technology and efficient collaboration, the team completed the synchronous connection between the first unit and the power grid in just 48 hours. This Chinese speed and quality have won high recognition from project owners and regulatory agencies, and have also accumulated valuable experience for the subsequent batch grid connection of 79 units. Keywords: New energy news and information, wind power installation

Annual carbon reduction of one million tons helps Saudi Arabia transform

The Al Ghat project is jointly developed by Marubeni from Japan and the Ajlan brothers from Saudi Arabia, with Shandong Electric Power Construction Third Company as the EPC general contractor. A total of 80 7.7MW wind turbines are planned to be installed, with a total installed capacity of 600MW. After the project is fully put into operation, it is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 1 million tons per year, equivalent to planting 50 million trees, which will provide strong support for Saudi Arabia to achieve its energy diversification and sustainable development goals in the 2030 vision.Editor/Gao Xue