Penghu Aquaculture Platform at Zhuhai

Supported by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Guangdong Province, the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion (GIEC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences deployed the world’s first semi-submersible wave energy aquaculture platform “Penghu” off Zhuhai city in Guangdong, China. The motivation for this project is to provide a stable energy supply and to provide shelter from strong winds and waves for offshore aquaculture. Penghu implements GIEC's Sharp Eagle wave energy conversion technology for a rated capacity of 60 kW and an additional 60 kW capacity is from solar energy. It has an internal pool of roughly 15,000 m³ volume for finfish farming and a wide platform to install aquaculture equipment. Specifically, the platform is equipped with modern fishery production equipment such as automatic bait feeding, fish monitoring, water body monitoring, live fish transmission and ice making, which can realize intelligent farming (only 1 person can undertake all farming tasks on the platform). The design life reaches 20 years.
Penghu was deployed at sea in June 2019, first in the Guangdong Wanshan Islands Wave Energy Demonstration Zone, then moved to a nearby fish farm. Notably, since its deployment, Penghu has successfully withstood all typhoon attacks, especially the direct hit by the super typhoon “Sura” on September 2, 2023, maintaining stability, secure anchorage, and clear communication throughout the typhoon.

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Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion

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Project Status Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?

Active

Project Life Cycle Project Progress through life cycle:<ul> <li>Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment</li> <li>Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active</li> <li>Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water</li> <li>Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations</li> <li>Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water</li></ul>

Operational

Max Rated Power Capacity The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.

.06 MW

Operational Start Year

2019

Project Start Year

2016

Energy Resource

Wave

Project Scale

Full-scale

Number of Devices

1

Grid Connectivity

Not Grid Connected

Waterbody

Guangdong

Site Characteristics Geographic characterization for the project location:<ul> <li>Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land</li> <li>Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary</li> <li>Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water</li> <li>Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land</li> <li>River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water</li></ul>

Open Ocean

Country

China

Last Modified

27 May 2025

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