On November 12, 2026, the wind swept over the Shuangjingzi Gobi Desert in Yizhou District, lifting up fine sand and gravel. The site has been leveled and a fresh air field has been excavated here. In the past, the wind was just a passerby on the barren beach. From this day on, it will be left behind and turned into green electricity sent to distant places. Liu Xuesheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Hami Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, attended the groundbreaking ceremony and delivered a speech. The Longma 1.6 million kilowatt wind power new energy project in Hami, Xinjiang officially started construction.

Gobi wind field

The project is undertaken by Powerchina Jiangxi Electric Power Construction Co., Ltd. with a total installed capacity of 1600 MW and a total of 160 10 MW steel tower wind turbines, which are distributed in three sites, namely, east and west of Dishui, Hami, and north of Yemaquan. The power generated is respectively connected to two 220 kV booster collection stations, wutong Spring and Mount Huangshan Mountain. At present, the project has met the necessary conditions for formal commencement.

Gobi construction is not easy: the hundred meter blades are gradually transported into the site by special vehicles, and the wind, sand, and temperature differences compress the construction window. In recent years, Hami has built roads into wind zones and laid out power grids on sites, forming new energy clusters such as Santanghu, Naomaohu, Shisanjianfang, and the southeast, becoming one of the national wind power bases with a capacity of tens of millions of kilowatts. The unique scenery endows this place with the important mission of ensuring national energy security and implementing Xinjiang's power transmission.

Equipment locally manufactured

The weight of this construction project is not just an additional wind farm. Supported and interconnected with the project is the Longma High end Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Base located in Hami High tech Zone. In the past, wind turbines, cast and forged welded parts, wheel hubs, etc. often had to be transported from the mainland; After the base is established, these links will be completed, and local wind power equipment will move from assembly to full chain manufacturing. Hami continues to strengthen its national level wind power equipment characteristic industrial cluster, and has built the wind power equipment base with the most complete chain in Xinjiang. Blades, towers, main engines, gearboxes, etc. can be matched nearby, and 10 MW onshore units have also been locally produced. The wind farm delivers orders, the equipment factory reduces transportation distance, and the industrial closed loop of locally manufactured equipment and locally built wind farms is thus closed. The development of wind power and equipment manufacturing is empowered and coupled in both directions.

Green power transmission to distant places

When the wind farm is built, electricity still needs to be delivered. Hami has formed a four directional pattern consisting of two ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) and two ultra-high voltage alternating current (UHVAC) channels, allowing green electricity to cross thousands of miles and reach the load centers in the central and eastern regions as well as the southwest. The more stable the channel, the more valuable the wind is.

Since the second half of this year, 8.98 million kilowatt wind power projects have started construction in the city. Hami City thoroughly studies and implements the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, focuses on the primary task of high-quality development, and strives to promote a good start in the 15th Five Year Plan. After the completion of the project, it will further strengthen the green power supply capacity of the national 10 million kilowatt level wind power base, provide stable and clean power support for the Xinjiang power transmission channel, and promote the clean and low-carbon transformation and development of Xinjiang's energy structure.keywords:Wind power new energy news、Domestic new energy latest news

The wind is still that gust. After the 160 units are erected at three sites, they will blow through the Gobi Desert and follow the booster station and ultra-high voltage line to become a distant lamp and machine. The Gobi Desert is still vast, but what is exported is no longer just sandstorms.Editor/Yang Meiling