In early July, the 95-meter onshore wind turbine blades developed by TMT were installed in Basu County, Chamdo City, Tibet. This marks the first turbine installation for the wind power project.
According to estimates, the wind farm is located at an altitude of 5,200 meters, making it the highest-altitude wind power project in the world. It is also the largest wind power project in Tibet in terms of individual turbine capacity.
The turbine blades for this project were produced at TMT’ factory in Jilin and then transported across nearly half of China. The long-distance transport took about 4,000 kilometers by flatbed truck, with a lifting and re-transportation distance of about 700 kilometers, taking over a month to reach Basu County, Tibet.
The total installed capacity for the wind power project is 100 MW, with 20 units of 5 MW wind turbines to be installed. Each turbine has a rotor diameter of 195 meters, with blades that are 95 meters long and a hub height of 110 meters. Following the completion of the first turbine installation, the remaining 19 turbines will be erected over the next two months, scattered across continuous mountain ridges, covering an area of 50,000 acres.
The project is expected to be fully completed and operational by October this year. Once connected to the grid, it will generate over 223 million kWh of clean electricity annually, enough to power approximately 230,000 people’s annual household consumption, providing a continuous supply of green electricity to the homes of the plateau region.
