Africa's industrialization and urbanization development has long been hampered by limited electricity supply. However, China's mature wind power technology now provides a solution for the continent's growing energy demand.

The first phase of the Aysha II Wind Power Project, built by China's Dongfang Electric Corporation, was officially inaugurated in the Somali Regional State in eastern Ethiopia. Guests of honor at the ceremony were Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

The project boasts a total designed installed capacity of 120 megawatts (MW), and comprises 48 wind turbines, each with a single unit capacity of 2.5 MW. The first phase of 32 turbines with a capacity of 80 MW is operational and has been connected to the national grid, transforming the region's energy grid.

The wind farm will provide continuous power to the Somali Regional State, the Dire Dawa Industrial Park and the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway. This will ensure a steady energy supply to the economic corridor along the railway and stabilize the eastern Ethiopian power grid.

The leaders of the three countries praised the successful cooperation between China and Africa in the fields of clean energy and green development. Abiy stressed that the project's annual generation capacity of 467 GWh provides reliable and scalable power infrastructure needed for a technology-driven economy.

In addition to increasing the proportion of renewable energy, the project also improved local grid stability and the management skills.

Dongfang provided mature and sustainable solutions throughout the project's ongoing operation. This included early-stage planning and engineering design, equipment manufacturing and construction, and grid connection function and subsequent maintenance.

For example, during the construction and commissioning of the Aysha II Wind Power Plant, local technicians gradually mastered wind turbine installation and system operation skills through participation in the technical training.

Professional personnel are vital to the green transformation of Africa, and technical training is an important part of China-Africa cooperation.

The De Aar Wind Farm in Northern Cape, South Africa, is the first wind power project financed, constructed and operated by a Chinese company in Africa. It has a technical team comprising of over 80 percent local technicians, and the project has trained over a hundred young locals, many of whom can now independently handle operation and maintenance tasks.

Apart from technical training, the company also provides educational and medical support to nearby schools and residents through scholarship programs and community projects, gradually transforming the wind farm into a comprehensive platform for social development.

Meanwhile, the Amunet Wind Power Plant in Egypt has been included in the country's medium- and long-term energy development plan, closely aligning with its port economy and industrial system. Wind power projects provide not only electricity but also the fundamental conditions that support manufacturing, logistics systems and urbanization processes.

The accelerated transition of global energy has seen cooperation between China and Africa on clean energy like wind power, which is driving deeper industrial restructuring and the transformation of development models.