China Energy Investment Corp., a Beijing-headquartered integrated energy developer, has commissioned the 1 GW HG14 offshore solar project through its subsidiary Guohua Investment. The project has achieved full-capacity grid connection off the coast of Dongying and has been deployed across about 1,223 hectares of shallow waters located roughly 8 km offshore. HG14 has been installed in sea depths of 1 m to 4 m and has become China’s first gigawatt-scale offshore photovoltaic facility using fixed-pile foundations. As per China Energy Investment Corp., the project was developed with an investment of about CNY 8.1 billion and has deployed more than 2.3 million 710 W n-type bifacial modules. Electricity has been transmitted through a 66 kV subsea cable network to a 220 kV onshore substation, while a co-located 100 MW / 200 MWh storage system has supported grid reliability. On an annual basis, HG14 is expected to generate about 1.78 TWh, supplying around 60 % of Kenli district demand, while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.34 million tonnes and cutting coal use by over 500,000 tonnes.