The first wind power project in Ngari Prefecture, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region - the 50-megawatt project operated by China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) - has completed installation of all wind turbines and entered the grid-connection commissioning phase, with grid-connected operation scheduled to begin by the end of 2026, CCTV News reported on Thursday.

The project is located on the snowy plateau of Ngari at an elevation of 4,600 to 4,800 meters above sea level in Gerze County. It comprises 10 wind turbines, each with a capacity of five megawatts, the CCTV News report said.

Situated at an extremely high altitude, the project faced thin air, severe cold and low oxygen levels. From mid-September, local temperatures dropped below 0 C, while strong winds, hail and other weather conditions further limited the working windows for transporting large components and installing the wind turbines.

During construction, the project team monitored wind speeds in real time and dynamically adjusted construction plans and seized favorable weather windows to complete the installation of all turbine installation work, according to CCTV News.

Once fully operational, the project is expected to generate about 180 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 150,000 tons, effectively helping fill the gap in the region's clean energy supply, the CCTV News report noted.

Several high-altitude wind power projects in Xizang have also been accelerating in recent months.

On October 2, the first turbine of an 80-megawatt ultra-high-altitude wind power project in Comai County, Shannan Prefecture in Xizang, was successfully connected to the grid and began generating electricity. Once fully operational, the project is expected to save an average of about 55,900 tons of standard coal annually and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 153,400 tons, the Xinhua News Agency reported.