China puts into full operation two wind projects totalling 1 GW in Jilin

China’s Guohua Energy Investment Company has put into full operation two onshore wind power projects totalling 1 GW in the Jilin province (north-eastern China). The 500 MW Qian’an wind project and the 500 MW Changling wind project, located in the counties of the same name, have been fully connected to the grid and, as part of the Jarud-Qingzhou transmission project, will provide electricity to the Shandong province (eastern China). The two projects consist of 250 wind turbines rated 4 MW each and are expected to generate about 3 TWh/year of electricity. They will allow China to reduce coal use by 1.1 Mt/year and reduce CO₂ emissions by 617,200 t/year.

China’s onshore wind capacity stood at 302 GW at the end of 2021, representing nearly 12.5% of China’s installed capacity. This is the world's largest operational onshore wind capacity and around 29.5 GW of onshore wind projects were commissioned in 2021 alone. The country’s overall wind capacity reached 328 GW by end-2021. China has more than 25 GW of wind capacity under construction and more than 36 GW under development.