China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), together with Shandong Province and Qingdao Municipality, has commenced operations of China’s first commercial floating offshore photovoltaic (PV) project in a full-seawater environment.

According to Sinopec, the project integrates a previously installed pile-based floating PV system and now represents Sinopec’s largest floating PV power station to date. The 7.5 MW facility spans roughly 60,000 square meters and is expected to deliver 16.7 million kWh of electricity annually, cutting CO2 emissions by 14,000 tons.