China has just installed the world’s largest offshore converter station off the coast of Guangdong, which is set to transmit roughly six billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean electricity every year Known as the ‘Heart of Offshore Wind” the massive platform will collect electricity generated by offshore wind farms and efficiently deliver it to the mainland grid. The facility is reportedly the world’s first 500-kilovolt (kV), 2,000-megawatt (MW) flexible direct current (DC) offshore converter station. Record-breaking converter station China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), which is responsible for managing state enterprises, disclosed that the converter station is made up of two massive structures. The Heart of the Sea Wind converter station. “The Heart of the Sea Wind converter station has the world’s highest voltage and largest transmission volume of offshore wind power, flexible DC transmission projects,” SASAC revealed in a press release.