On February 19, 2021, the first set of suction jacket wind turbine foundation of offshore wind farm in area C of Changle offshore sea, which was jointly built by Hefei Ziking Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Ziking") and Fujian Mawei shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Mawei shipbuilding") under Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group Corporation, delivered smoothly from the port in Minjiang River to the offshore wind farm area C of Changle. It marks the first offshore wind farm with suction jacket wind turbine foundation construction technology in Fujian Province is smoothly put into construction.

Changle offshore wind farm area C project is located in the sea about 50 kilometers east of Changle, Fuzhou. It is listed as a key project in Fujian Province in 2020. The total investment of the project is 11.19 billion yuan. A total of 49 suction jacket wind turbine foundations are planned to be arranged. It is the first large-scale 8MW commercial offshore wind farm in China and the first large-scale offshore deep-water suction jacket foundation offshore wind farm in China.

The suction jacket foundation is composed of suction caisson, jacket and upper box girder transition section. Compared with the traditional pile foundation wind turbine foundation, it has the advantages of convenient construction and installation, low noise, reusable, convenient demolition and less affection by the increase of water depth. The suction jacket foundation shipped on that day is 40.45 meters long, 36.37 meters wide, 85.74 meters high and weighs 1936 tons. It is the first suction jacket foundation with the highest single height and the heaviest weight in China. It is also the largest equipment transportation with the highest height since the construction of Fuzhou port.

Ziking is based on the business goal of taking the offshore wind power business as the key development direction, taking advantage of the opportunity of vigorously developing offshore wind power in Fujian Province, actively cooperating with Mawei shipbuilding, which is located at the sea entrance of Fujian Province and has superior foundation conditions of heavy industry, and tries its best to build Fujian Mawei offshore wind power steel structure manufacturing base, mainly engaged in the production of offshore wind power suction caisson, jacket, wind power skirt pile, large-diameter mono-pile and pile stabilizing platform. At present, Ziking in Fujian Mawei wind power manufacturing base has formed an annual production capacity of 100000 tons of large-diameter wind power mono-pile, 120 sets of suction caisson, 50000 tons of wind jackets

In the future, Ziking will continue to cultivate the offshore wind power market, further deepen the cooperation with Mawei shipbuilding, give full play to their respective advantages, continuously improve the manufacturing capacity of offshore wind power infrastructure, and promote the more efficient development of China's offshore wind power industry!