On the evening of August 20, 2026, the Piletsky ship loaded with 11 sets of wind turbine equipment set sail from Taicang Port in Jiangsu Province to Egypt. With the smooth departure of the voyage, all equipment for Egypt's largest and second largest onshore wind power project in Africa, the 1.1 GW onshore wind power project in the Gulf of Suez, has been successfully shipped out. From the first voyage to the end, 10 voyages transported 138 wind turbines from the Yangtze River to the Red Sea, adding a new chapter to the story of China's wind power equipment going abroad.

Ten voyages escort wind turbines set sail

The project is constructed by China Electric Power Construction Hubei Engineering Company and is divided into two zones, south and north. A total of 138 wind turbines with a single capacity of 8 megawatts are installed, with a total installed capacity of 1.1 gigawatts. The value of the equipment shipped overseas this time exceeds 110 million yuan, which is the value of the equipment shipped and does not equal the total EPC investment of the project as a whole. The single blade length of the shipped fan is 89.6 meters, the impeller diameter is 182 meters, and the hub height is 110 meters. Wind power equipment has large dimensions, high precision, complex transportation organization, and extremely high loading requirements. The Taicang Port Management Committee, together with customs, maritime, border inspection and other port departments, has opened a fast track for bulk commodities, formulated a special service guarantee plan, and relied on technology equipment such as drones and unmanned patrol vehicles to fully escort the loading operation of oversized equipment.

Taicang Port becomes a new energy export channel

The wind power equipment required for the project is divided into 10 voyages, all of which will be shipped from Taicang Port. This is the last voyage. In the first half of 2026, the export value of new three types of products such as new energy at Taicang Port exceeded 67 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 48%. Relying on the location advantage of being the largest foreign trade port on the Yangtze River, Taicang Port is becoming an important channel for new energy equipment to go global. Taicang Port has opened a fast track for bulk commodities for this project, providing a replicable logistics solution for the subsequent large-scale export of new energy equipment and accumulating customs clearance experience for more large-scale equipment exports in the future. Key words: the Belt and Road news, enterprise going to sea, wind power

4.3 billion kilowatt hours of green electricity illuminate Egypt

The project is the first large-scale onshore wind power general contracting project of gigawatt scale undertaken by China Power Construction in the Central and Northeast Africa region. After completion and operation, it is expected that the annual power generation will exceed 4.3 billion kilowatt hours, meeting the annual electricity demand of about 1 million households in Egypt, and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by more than 2.2 million tons per year. As a landmark project of China Egypt green energy cooperation, this project will effectively assist Egypt's energy structure upgrading and green low-carbon transformation, providing a demonstration model for the large-scale development of clean energy on the African continent. From 1.1 gigawatts of onshore wind power to previous photovoltaic projects, Egypt's renewable energy installation targets are accelerating, and for Chinese suppliers engaged in sub sectors such as wind turbines, blades, towers, transformers, etc., this window period is continuously releasing order demand. China's wind power equipment going global is shifting from single machine export to full industry chain delivery, and the full chain system output mode covering design, manufacturing, transportation, and installation is becoming increasingly mature.Editor/Gao Xue