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Nan'ao Wind Farm

China

The Nan'ao Wind Farm, located on the central part of Nan'ao Island of Shantou City, Guangdong Province, China, is the largest island wind farm in Asia. The total installed capacity of wind power on the island is about 171,700 kilowatts. Nan'ao island is rich in wind resources. with an average annual wind speed of 8.54 m/s. and an effective wind speed of more than 7,000 hours.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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