Sinopec Launches China's First Floating Offshore PV Project, Advancing Green Energy Innovation

China launches first offshore floating PV project in Qingdao

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠China's first floating solar power project operating entirely in a seawater environment has officially been completed and put into use in Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, according to China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) on Wednesday.Covering an area of about 60,000 square meters with an installed capacity of 7.5 megawatts, the project is expected to generate 16.7 million kilowatt-hours of green electricity annu…

Sinopec Launches China's First Floating Offshore PV Project, Advancing Green Energy Innovation

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Sinopec Launches China’s First Floating Offshore PV Project, Advancing Green Energy Innovation

QINGDAO, China, July 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, “Sinopec”), joining hands with Shandong Province and Qingdao Municipality, has successfully commenced operations of China’s first commercial floating offshore photovoltaic (PV) project in a full-seawater environment. Integrated with the pile-based floating PV project launched previously, it is the largest floating PV power station […] The post Sinopec …

Sinopec launches China’s first commercial offshore floating PV project

Sinopec has commissioned a 7.5 MW offshore floating solar project in full seawater conditions in China.Sinopec has started operating China’s first commercial floating offshore solar plant. It developed the 7.5 MW facility with support from Shandong province and the municipality of Qingdao. The project, built in a fully seawater environment, spans 60,000 square meters and is expected to generate 16.7 million kWh of electricity per year, while red…

Sinopec Launches China’s 1st Offshore Floating Solar Project

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has brought into operation the country’s first commercial offshore floating photovoltaic (PV) project in a full-seawater environment, in collaboration with the Shandong provincial government and the Qingdao municipality.