On March 20, 2020, the hoisting of the last blade was successfully completed for the 300MW demonstration project of the Putidao Offshore Wind Farm in Leting, Tangshan, Hebei Province, marking the full completion of hoisting for the first offshore wind farm in Hebei and the largest one in northern China. Far East supported the smooth construction of this project with superior products and services.

It is reported that 100% of the cables used in this project are supplied by Far East, including 20,000 sets of special wind power encoder cables, bus cables, control signal cables, and medium & low voltage power cable harnesses, totaling more than 500 kilometers of copper-core cables, as well as over 100 kilometers of domestically pioneered low-smoke zero-halogen aluminum alloy power cables dedicated to wind turbine towers. Notably, the complete set of cable harness solutions helped the customer reduce overall costs by more than 30%.

The wind farm stretches about 7.6 km from north to south and 12.5 km from east to west. The water depth in the site area is about 5 to 25 meters. The center of the wind farm site is about 16 km from the shoreline, about 27 km from Caofeidian Port, the northern section is about 11 km from the shoreline, and the southern side is about 6.8 km from the Jingtang Port–Tianjin Xingang Channel.

Striving for Perfection to Support Key Projects to Achieve World-Class Status

Located in the waters of Leting County between Jingtang Port and Caofeidian Port in Tangshan City, this project is China's first low-temperature offshore wind farm, providing a successful model for offshore wind power development in Hebei Province and low-temperature offshore wind farms nationwide. It is another key offshore wind turbine project deeply involved by Far East Cable. As early as more than a decade ago, Far East Cable had been at the forefront of the wind power cable segment.

In 2009, China's first 3MW offshore wind turbine was successfully hoisted at the Shanghai Donghai Bridge Wind Farm, marking a historic breakthrough of 3MW for China's offshore wind turbines.

In 2019, the Shanghai Electric 6.25-172 offshore wind turbine was successfully hoisted for the first phase demonstration project of Shanghai Lingang Offshore Wind Power. This unit is the most powerful offshore wind turbine in Shanghai and also the offshore wind turbine with the largest impeller diameter ever hoisted in the world.

For these two breakthrough feats in China's wind power history, the cable kits used in the wind turbines were all provided by Far East Cable Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Far East Smarter Energy Co., Ltd. (Smarter Energy, Stock Code: 600869).

In 2019, Far East successfully trial-produced Asia's first 66kV high-voltage torsion-resistant flexible cable for offshore wind turbines of 8MW and above. Following the 35kV medium-voltage wind power torsion-resistant flexible cable, this is another major breakthrough for Far East in the design and manufacturing of high-voltage torsion-resistant flexible cables for large-capacity offshore wind turbines.

Industry Accumulation Makes Far East China's Largest Wind Power Cable Supplier

As a leading enterprise in China's cable industry, relying on strong technological R&D and manufacturing capabilities, Far East took the lead in entering the wind power sector as early as 2002, investing heavily in introducing advanced equipment to fully develop special cables suitable for wind power environments.

Over the years, Far East has independently developed special torsion cables and aluminum alloy tower cables for wind turbines with rated voltages of 0.6/1kV, 1.8/3kV, 3.3/6kV, 12/20kV, 21/35kV, 26/35kV, and 36/66kV. The torsion cables feature low-temperature torsion resistance, low-temperature bending resistance, moisture resistance, cold resistance, salt spray resistance, oil resistance, and UV resistance. The aluminum alloy tower cables boast cold resistance, salt spray resistance, flame retardancy, oil resistance, UV resistance, and light weight.

Among them, the 1kV rated voltage aluminum alloy power cable dedicated to wind turbine towers can achieve a 40% lower procurement cost and over 30% savings in installation costs compared with copper cables under the same electrical performance, making it a green product for energy conservation and emission reduction.

The excellent product performance has been unanimously recognized by customers at home and abroad. Eight of the world's top 10 wind turbine manufacturers are long-term customers of Far East, which has also been listed as a global supplier by Siemens Gamesa, NORDEX, VESTAS, and GE.

In addition to domestic projects, Far East cables are also widely used in wind power projects in the United States, South Korea, Thailand, India and other countries. Today, Far East has become the largest wind power cable supplier in China and the third largest in the world, accounting for more than 30% of the supply volume.

Riding the Wave to Go Global and Strive for "Global Leadership"

Adhering to the vision of building a safe, green and better life through joint development and sharing, as a mission and vision-led enterprise, Smarter Energy is firmly committed to deepening the fields of smart energy and smart cities, basing itself on the positioning of a provider of energy internet smart equipment manufacturing and industry solutions, focusing on four core businesses, and continuously improving its comprehensive competitiveness.

With the implementation of the "Belt and Road" initiative, while maintaining an industry-leading position in the domestic market, Smarter Energy is riding the wave to go global, accelerating business layout and development in countries and regions along the route, and supporting connectivity.

In recent years, Smarter Energy has continuously accelerated its internationalization pace, with products exported to more than 140 countries and regions worldwide. It has participated in projects such as the GE Locomotive Project, Pakistan's Karot Hydropower Project, Ethiopia Bole Lemi Industrial Park Phase II Water & Sewage Project, Indonesia Bali Island 3*142MW Project, Myanmar Monywa Letpadaung Mining Project, and Indonesia Dexin Steel 3.5 million ton steelmaking project, providing leading smart power system solutions and products to more than 40 "Belt and Road" countries including China.

TÜV Rheinland awards the Indonesian SNI Certificate for Power Cables to Far East Cable Co., Ltd.

Meanwhile, Smarter Energy's wind power cables, medium and low voltage cables, equipment cables, photovoltaic cables and other products are selling well in Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and other countries. In addition, Smarter Energy is currently the cable company with the largest market development and certification scope for the Indonesian market in China's cable industry, with multiple product categories obtaining Indonesian SNI certification.

The completion of the 300MW engineering demonstration project of Leting Putidao Offshore Wind Farm is another brilliant achievement in Far East's list of major projects participated in, as well as another effort by Far East in the field of smart cable network products and services.

In the future, Far East will keep pace with the country, closely follow the trends of the times, deepen the cable industry, continuously release development advantages, and jointly build a safe, green and better life!