The first offshore converter station in Asia debuts in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, on July 8. [Video by Xu Congjun/ntfabu.com]

A delivery ceremony for the offshore converter station of the Three Gorges Rudong offshore wind power flexible direct current (DC) transmission project was held in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, on July 8.

It is Asia's first and the world's largest offshore converter station.

Jointly invested and constructed by the China Three Gorges Corporation and the China General Nuclear Power Corporation, the DC transmission project is located 70 kilometers from the shore and has a rated transmission capacity of 1,100 megawatts.

As a core piece of equipment for the offshore wind power DC transmission project, the converter station is comprised of an upper blocking to be delivered on July 10 and a lower jacket platform that was installed in the sea in January.

As the heart of the offshore converter station, the six-story steel building will gather the 1,100 megawatts of power generated by the three offshore wind plants Rudong H6, H8, and H10, converting it into DC with lower loss, transmitting it to the onshore converter station through a submarine cable, and finally integrating it into the Jiangsu power grid.

After beginning operations, the project will be able to meet the electricity needs of 1.36 million households a year and contribute to the country's efforts to realize its pledge of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.