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Recently, the 16.XMW offshore wind turbine gearbox (MCD compact semi-direct drive), independently developed and designed by South Aero High Precision Transmission Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "South Aero"), successfully rolled off the production line and completed all type tests. All test items passed verification in one go, and all performance indicators met the design requirements, marking a major breakthrough in the development of the world's first ultra-high torque density four-stage planetary main gearbox for offshore wind turbines. It also achieved a full-chain breakthrough in the new technical route of MCD compact new-type semi-direct drive wind turbine gearboxes for large power offshore units, spanning R&D and design, processing and manufacturing, and test verification.

On October 16, the first unit of the CGN Tuanfeng Weijiachong Pumped Storage Power Station, the first small and medium-sized pumped storage project put into operation in China during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, entered commercial operation. As the first small and medium-sized pumped storage power station in China to adopt a "racetrack-type" semi-underground powerhouse, the project has built the deepest semi-underground powerhouse shaft in China to date, which will strongly support the construction of a generation-grid-load-storage coordinated and interactive power system in Hubei Province and inject strong clean energy momentum into the economic development of the old revolutionary base area in the Dabie Mountains. The project is located in Weijiachong Village, Dupi Township, Tuanfeng County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province, with a total installed capacity of 298,000 kW. It is equipped with two reversible pump-turbine generator units, each with a unit capacity of 149,000 kW, and consists of upper and lower reservoirs and a water conveyance and power generation system. Unit 1 is the one put into operation this time, while Unit 2 is in the commissioning stage and is planned to be put into operation within the year.

On October 20, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) held a press conference to officially release the first batch of 136 landmark major application scenarios. Five scenarios from China Southern Power Grid were successfully selected, ranking among the top central state-owned enterprises in terms of selection count. The selected projects are: the safe, efficient, and reliable application scenario of new-type energy storage in the context of building an energy powerhouse, the new power system construction scenario for the Hainan Clean Energy Island, the open-source IoT operating system application scenario for new power systems, the green electricity direct supply and computing power coordination application scenario, and the large-scale development scenario of electric heavy-duty trucks in Yunnan. These cover key directions in the construction of the "six networks," including generation-grid-load-storage, transportation-energy integration, and computing-power coordination.