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As an important sea area of the mainland, the South China Sea is also a place where contradictions and disputes frequently occur, and in order to better protect its sovereignty, the mainland has also made many very ingenious and forward-looking layouts here.
Just some time ago, there was a good news about this sea area, that is: the mainland's domestic Nankun wave energy power generation device was revealed to have been connected to the grid for more than 3 months, and is expected to be implemented in a 24-hour uninterrupted power generation state for more than a year. [Listen to the song]
01 Reclamation of the island
As everyone knows, the area of the South China Sea can be said to be very large, but the islands and reefs on the sea are relatively scattered, and many of them are still very small, so how to ensure the use of military facilities in this area is an important issue.
The mainland has been quietly "building islands" in the South China Sea for a long time, and has built many islands and reefs through reclamation, so that many military facilities on the mainland can appear here, and now it has reached a full 3,200 square kilometers.
Of course, in the early days of defending the island, the life of the soldiers on it was quite difficult, and the soldiers on the reef did not even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and the houses they built were likely to be directly blown down by the wind or eroded by the sea.
In addition, although there is a lot of water around the island, it is all seawater, which is not drinkable at all, and most of the South China Sea is tropical, and it is often exposed to the sun, and the temperature of the tin house where you usually stay can even reach 60 degrees Celsius, like a sauna.
Therefore, many soldiers have suffered from various diseases one after another, such as rheumatism, skin diseases, etc., and it can also be seen from here that these ancestors are not easy.
However, it was in this environment that these warriors, with their tenacious and courageous will, took root on the island, and transformed the island through various methods, and gradually achieved the scale it is today.
In recent years, the mainland has once again reached a new level in the construction of military facilities in the South China Sea, that is, to allow these islands in the sea to also be able to use electricity.
After all, all kinds of military equipment today need to use electricity, and the living environment of soldiers is also inseparable from electricity, so it has become an important thing to make the facilities on various islands in the South China Sea can use electricity.
02Offshore power generation
In order to be able to ensure the power supply of military installations in the South China Sea, the most effective way is to build power stations on these islands, and the final effect is also very successful, so that the soldiers can successfully use electricity.
However, the problem has also arisen, although the power supply on the island has been solved, how to stabilize and continue to generate electricity, but it is still a major problem, after all, if there is a war, these power stations are probably the first target.
It is the first self-developed "megawatt floating wave energy power generation device" in mainland China, with a flat area of more than 3,500 square meters and a weight of 6,000 tons.
More importantly, the "Nankun" can generate 24,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day, which is equivalent to the electricity consumption of 3,500 households in a day, which can be said to be an artifact to solve the electricity consumption of military facilities on the island.
After all, the amount of electricity required for various military equipment, such as radar and satellites, is quite huge, and it itself has high requirements for the power generation on the island.
At the same time, the power generation facility uses "wave energy", which mainly uses the kinetic energy generated by the ocean or ocean waves to generate electricity, which can be said to have a miraculous effect on the endless South China Sea region.
First of all, it is a renewable energy source, as long as there is a strong wind at sea or when there is kinetic energy activity on the seabed, wave energy can be generated, and there is no need to worry too much about energy loss.
Secondly, its power generation efficiency is higher than that of wind and solar energy, which can generate about seven times more electricity than wind energy, and its operation is also more stable than that of photovoltaics, because there is no fear of not being able to obtain energy at night or on cloudy days for a long time.
Of course, this energy itself is a clean emerging energy source, and it is only suitable for use in this kind of sea area with large wind and waves, so its cost is still relatively high.
The whole system of the Nankun includes a semi-submersible platform, a hydraulic system, a power generation system, a control system and an anchoring system, and the equipment is very large only from the naked eye, so the cost of this facility is naturally higher than that of wind and solar energy.
However, this is the first time that this kind of system has been built on the mainland, and wave energy itself is a resource to be developed, and the technology and resources in it are naturally an important part of the cost, and once it can be used on a large scale, the cost can naturally be reduced.
More importantly, this technological breakthrough is of great significance, and its value cannot be measured in monetary terms alone, that is, it has had a huge impact on the stability of the South China Sea on the mainland.
03 Protect the sea
In fact, since June 14 last year, the Nankun has been used in the Zhuhai area, and then gradually integrated into the power grid in the South China Sea area to generate electricity, and is expected to last 24 hours without interruption, from November last year to December this year.
After all, the significance of the investment of the Nankun is indeed quite large, and it is mainly divided into two aspects: first, the mainland's progress in science and technology and energy, and second, the impact on the South China Sea region.
First of all, through the previous introduction of wave energy, we can find that it can be called an efficient, stable and clean energy, but the restrictions on the environment are really too dead.
It is precisely for this reason that few countries will use development, after all, there are not many countries with such a large sea area and such strength and technology.
The fact that the mainland was able to develop the "Nankun" shows that the use of these emerging energy sources and the continuous improvement of its own science and technology are undoubtedly a great breakthrough, after all, it is impossible to say when it will be able to make more uses.
Then there's the impact on the South China Sea, where some people think it's a waste to generate such a large amount of electricity with such a high investment, but in reality, many of the island's military installations require a lot of electricity to sustain them.
For example, radar sonar is a facility that consumes electricity very much, and it needs to be used 24 hours a day, and the uninterrupted power supply at sea can make countless ships that invade our waters better exposed to our surveillance.
And as a "floating" wave energy power generation device, it can be better used as a backup power source in times of war, which can be said to be a large power bank to ensure that the army can better perform tasks.
Especially now, we have also seen that in the face of the repeated provocations of the Philippines, the mainland's strength in the South China Sea can be continuously strengthened, which in itself can produce very great value, and has far-reaching significance for consolidating the mainland's sovereignty.
Perhaps for some people, what the mainland has, but Europe and the United States do not, is a waste. However, the mainland has gone from being a "stilted building" on islands and reefs to a sea weapon that has reclaimed islands and has a continuous power supply.
Without the stability of territorial sovereignty, why is there a "high-minded talk" of some people today, and I also believe that in the future, the addition of the Nankun can also make the development of the South China Sea better and better, and there will be no worries.
Sources of information:
[1] Xinhuanet - "Nankun" trial operation! It can generate 24,000 kWh of electricity per day, it has these "superpowers" ......-Xinhuanet
[2] CCTV - "Nankun" put into trial operation, the technical level of wave energy power generation in mainland China has reached a new level_News Channel_CCTV(cctv.com)