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typhoon makar blew down many wind turbines costing tens of millions of yuan, causing economic losses of 60 billion yuan in haikou and wenchang

2024-09-07

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affected by typhoon makar, several wind turbines were broken at a wind farm located along the coast of mulan bay in wenchang, hainan.

these wind turbines belong to huaneng hainan power generation co., ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "huaneng hainan company"), a subsidiary of huaneng group. a relevant person in charge of huaneng hainan company told the reporter of china business news that there were about five or six wind turbines broken by the typhoon. "the project is still under expansion and has not yet generated electricity." he also told the reporter that these wind turbines are all insured.

public information shows that the name of the above project is the "large replacing small" capacity expansion and renovation project of wenchang wind power plant of huaneng hainan company. 16 new 6.25mw typhoon-resistant wind turbines will be built with a total installed capacity of 100mw. the project is scheduled to be completed in october this year.

a person in the wind power industry told reporters that the total construction cost of a 6.25mw typhoon-resistant wind turbine is currently nearly 10 million yuan.

typhoon makar, the 11th typhoon this year, made landfall on the coast of wengtian town, wenchang city, hainan province at around 16:20 on september 6, with the maximum wind force near the center exceeding 17 (super typhoon level, 62 meters per second). this typhoon became the strongest autumn typhoon to land in china in history, and also the strongest typhoon to land in china since typhoon rammasun, the 9th typhoon in 2014.

on the evening of september 7, the hainan provincial emergency command center for typhoon makar held a press conference. the relevant person in charge introduced at the press conference that as of 15:00 on september 7, the typhoon had affected 526,100 people in 19 cities and counties across the province, 312,600 people had to be evacuated, 4 people died and 95 people were injured.

at the press conference, fan shaoli, director of the hainan provincial emergency management department, said that the destructive power and impact of this typhoon were beyond imagination, causing huge losses of life and property to people.

take haikou as an example. as of 17:00 on september 7, affected by typhoon makar, 1.2681 million people in the city were affected, 105,500 people were urgently evacuated, 209,800 people needed assistance, 1 person died accidentally due to the disaster, 401 houses collapsed, 32,424 houses were damaged, more than 167,800 trees fell, 56,742 hectares of crops were affected, and direct economic losses were about 26.324 billion yuan. as the landing place of this typhoon in hainan, the city of wenchang is expected to suffer direct economic losses of up to 32.7 billion yuan.

nan ying