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      China to test wave-resistant floating photovoltaic platform

      2024-09-10 17:13 Last Updated At:17:37

      ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The main structure of China's first wave-resistant floating photovoltaic platform, "Yellow Sea No. 1", has been completed and laded for shipment for sea trial, according to China Huaneng Group.

      The platform weighing more than 360 tons was completely moved onto a transport ship on Tuesday. Then it will be shipped to a wind farm 30 kilometers offshore, where the depth of water reaches more than 30 meters.

      "It is the deepest floating offshore photovoltaic platform built in China. Designed in accordance with the extreme sea conditions in a 50-year period in this sea area, the platform owns the largest wave resistance capability in China, and can withstand waves up to 10 meters high," said Nan Mingjun, project manager of "Yellow Sea No. 1" floating offshore photovoltaic platform.

      With a side length of over 25 meters, the total area of the platform is ​​approximately 1,624 square meters.

      In addition, the platform is nine meters high in total, with up to 7.5 meters designed to work above sea level, ensuring that waves cannot flood the solar panels even in some extreme sea conditions.

      With 64 plastic blocks providing buoyancy, the platform has innovatively adopted the hexagonal design and truss structure, which can effectively reduce the weight by about 25 percent compared to traditional ones.

      "This is an experimental platform using a total of 434 photovoltaic panels. And there are three different technical routes and four different capacities, in order to find a better solution for the large-scale development of far-reaching offshore photovoltaics in the future," said Liu Xin, chief engineer of the platform.

      The platform will carry out one-year field monitoring and experiments at sea to provide data support for the efficient and safe application of floating photovoltaic technology in the marine environment.

      It will also explore the integrated development with marine ranching, in a bid to shore up the three-dimensional, intensive development of the ocean and ecological protection.

      China to test wave-resistant floating photovoltaic platform

      China to test wave-resistant floating photovoltaic platform

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      People across China make preparations to welcome Spring Festival

      2025-01-21 06:41 Last Updated At:07:17

      A festive atmosphere is building up as people across China have been making preparations to ring in the Spring Festival next week, with lights and decorations set everywhere, and with New Year goods markets all seeing booming sales.

      The Spring Festival, which marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important annual holiday in China, when people across the country return to their hometowns for Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations and family reunion. 

      In Xi'an City of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, a grand lantern show is in its final stage of preparation before opening to the public ahead of the eve of the 2025 Chinese Lunar New Year. To be lit up on Wednesday, the large light sets presented at the event will draw numerous visitors, with lanterns that replicate 38 cultural relics as the highlight.

      Buying New Year flowers has been a custom for Chinese people. In Yancheng City of east China's Jiangsu Province, various flowers which have auspicious meanings are already in high demand.

      This year, tulips bred locally have been put on sale, and quickly become a favorable choice for many customers.  

      "I have never seen this kind of flower before. I think it is really bright-colored. Therefore, I decided to buy some to enhance the festive atmosphere at home," said Zhang Jinjian, a local resident.

      The Anchang ancient town in Shaoxing City of east China's Zhejiang Province has a time-honored custom of making aired sausages and spiced duck.

      As the Spring Festival draws near, plenty of visitors and tourists choose to purchase these local delicacies as ingredients for their Chinese New Year feast.

      "The number of tourists has been increasing, so the sales of our spiced meat have been quite good. Compared with the same period of last year, our sales is expected to increase by about 50,000 yuan (about 6,835 U.S. dollars). We will earn an additional 200,000 to 300,000 yuan (27,335 to 41,000 U.S. dollars) in sales during this whole winter," said Yang Jing, owner of a local spiced meat shop.

      In southwest China's Yunnan Province, the "Tiaocai dance" is a time-honored tradition of the Yi ethnic minority group. The dance is presented in the form of serving dishes while dancing to the rhythm. It usually happens on a joyous or grand occasion.

      Since the most significant annual festival is around the corner, Yi people have dressed up in traditional costumes, and got ready to welcome the arrival of the Chinese Lunar New Year with the special dance.  

      People across China make preparations to welcome Spring Festival

      People across China make preparations to welcome Spring Festival

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