World's first wind power industry "lighthouse factory" born in China

27 Mar.,2025

On October 8, the world's first wind power industry lighthouse factory certification was established in China Shaoshan ยท Sany heavy energy blade factory, which realized the breakthrough of wind power industry lighthouse factory from 0 to 1, and since then China's wind power blade "intelligent manufacturing" officially entered a new era.

 

From CNENERGYNEWS

On October 8, the world's first wind power industry lighthouse factory certification was established in China Shaoshan · Sany heavy energy blade factory, which realized the breakthrough of wind power industry lighthouse factory from 0 to 1, and since then China's wind power blade "intelligent manufacturing" officially entered a new era.

Hailed as "the most advanced factory in the world" and selected by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with McKinsey, the Lighthouse Factory is a demonstrator of "digital manufacturing" and "Globalization 4.0", representing the highest level of intelligent manufacturing and digitalization in today's global manufacturing sector.

As the core component of wind turbine (referred to as fan), blade directly affects the power generation performance and the reliability of the whole life cycle of the fan, and the cost of blade accounts for 20%-30% of the total cost of the unit. There is a consensus in the industry that "those who get the leaves get the world". However, the digitalization and intelligent upgrading of wind power blade manufacturing technology has been an insurmountable problem for the industry, and fan accidents caused by blades have also emerged in endlessly.

Especially under the current trend of large-scale fan, the length of the blade rapidly breaks through 100 meters, and the ensuing material selection and production process series changes have pushed the difficulty of blade "manufacturing" to "intelligent manufacturing" to a new height.

As the world's first wind power industry "lighthouse factory", SANY Zhongneng Shaoshan factory not only represents China's wind power equipment manufacturing industry among the world's first-class level, but also the successful practice of "made in China" to "China's intelligent manufacturing" transformation.