The convoy of tower transport vehicles lined up on the sand beam, and the marks left by the wheels were quickly smoothed out by the wind. The wind on the Gobi Desert is coming at any moment, and the workers are staring at the weather forecast, waiting for a gap when the wind stops. On the day when the first section of the tower was erected, no one shouted at the scene, only the intercoms confirmed one sentence after another.

The window period when strong winds blow out

The GEPIC Minqin 1 million kilowatt integrated wind and solar power project has recently completed the first section of wind turbine tower hoisting, officially entering the key construction stage of wind turbine installation, laying the foundation for the timely completion and grid connection. The project is located in the Shage Desert area of Minqin, with frequent sandstorms and complex working conditions. The effective operation window is short, and tower hoisting itself is a high-risk construction process, making safety control extremely difficult.

The project team strictly implements the safety management regulations for hazardous engineering, builds a full chain safety control system, consolidates the responsibilities of each participating unit, implements refined management of one machine position, one table, and one machine file, and implements multi-level approval of work permits and suspension of work in strong winds of level six or above to the bottom. At the same time, verify construction qualifications and equipment certificates, identify hidden dangers in key equipment, conduct safety technical briefings for all staff, and build a safety defense line layer by layer.

One parking spot, one table

In response to the changing construction conditions in the Gobi Desert, the project team scientifically coordinates and is on duty day and night, closely monitoring meteorological changes to seize the construction window. The technical personnel stayed on site throughout the entire process, accurately controlling the core processes such as tower alignment, bolt tightening, and verticality correction. Eventually, the lifting operation was successfully completed, and experience was accumulated for subsequent batch construction. Keywords: Minqin Wind and Solar Power, Shage Wilderness Base

Next, the team will strictly adhere to the bottom line of safety and quality, seize the golden period of construction, orderly promote the construction of the project, and strive to achieve the annual goal. A barren desert is being inch by inch rewritten as the foundation of wind and light, and the wind and light in the desert have a path to become green and low-carbon development momentum.Editor/Min Jing