YANGJIANG, June 3 - The first unit of the 1,000 MW Yangjiang Fanshier offshore wind power project, featuring Mingyang Smart Energy’s 18 MW ultra-large offshore wind turbine, was successfully hoisted into place on June 2. The turbine blades are reinforced with Jushi’s E8-390 glass fiber products.

The 18 MW turbine has a rotor diameter of 292 meters, with each blade measuring 143 meters in length. The total swept area of the turbine is approximately 66,000 square meters, equivalent to the size of nine standard football fields. Under full-load operation, a single rotation of the rotor generates approximately 43 kWh of electricity - enough to meet the average daily electricity consumption of a household for nine consecutive days. One turbine can produce an estimated 56 million kWh annually, saving approximately 16,000 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 43,000 tons per year.

As wind power construction enters the “hundred-meter era” longer blades demand higher material stiffness. Without advanced materials, such massive structures would be prone to bending or deformation under strong winds, risking tower collisions.

The enhanced strength of these large-scale wind turbine blades is made possible by the use of high-modulus glass fiber. Although the diameter of a single glass fiber strand is only one-tenth the thickness of a human hair, it plays a critical role in enabling turbine upscaling and improving power generation efficiency. By using high-modulus glass fiber in blade construction, a single blade can be 15% lighter while meeting the same strength requirements, thereby reducing structural loads and lowering overall turbine manufacturing costs.

Jushi's E8 glass fiber products, with their superior mechanical properties and fatigue resistance, provide a more reliable solution for the lightweight design and construction of 100-meter-class wind turbine blades, as well as for enhancing power generation efficiency.

Globally, 50% of high-modulus glass fiber used in wind power applications comes from Jushi. The company continues to advance the performance of its glass fiber products, enabling wind turbine blades to be “longer, stronger, and greener”.

As a key green energy infrastructure project in Guangdong Province, the Yangjiang FanshierI project has a total installed capacity of 1,000 MW. Once operational, it will supply clean, renewable electricity, helping to optimize the regional energy mix, support the construction of a new-type power system in Guangdong, and provide a solid foundation for local industrial upgrading and high-quality, green economic growth.