During the prime-time debut of the documentary Colorful Portugal on China 
Central Television's UHD channel (CCTV4K) on September 6, Hengtong's WindFloat 
Atlantic (WFA) Submarine Power Transmission EPC+M project was celebrated with a 
3-minute coverage among introductions to Portugal's natural landscape, social 
convention, and China-Portugal economic and cultural cooperation.

Video - https://cdn5.prnasia.com/202009/hengtong/video.mp4

Against the grand backdrop of the Belt and Road Initiative and the 
Sino-Portugal Blue Partnership, Hengtong as the general contractor for the 
submarine power transmission, mobilized the state-of-the-art cable engineering 
technology, integrated global resources by joining hands with teams from 
various countries and made numerous technological breakthroughs.

As the world's first semi-submersible offshore wind power generation project 
with a total of 25 MW of installed capacity in phase one, WFA, once put into 
use, will provide for the power demand of some 60,000 households in Europe 
every year.


It is expected that by 2050, renewables will generate all the electric power 
requirements for Portugal, taking the place of all traditional fuels. With her 
strong systematic integration capacity, Hengtong wishes to make her 
contribution in this green energy cause for the sustainable development of 
mankind.

Portugal is the first western European country to sign the BRI MOU with China. 
As the westmost European country and the pioneer of the Age of Discovery, 
Portugal serves as a critical hub at the junction of the land and maritime Silk 
Roads. Her support of the BRI is of significant symbolic meaning.

In the documentary, H.E. Mr. Cai Run, Chinese Ambassador to Portugal endorses 
China-Portugal economic and investment cooperation by saying that Chinese 
enterprises are cooperating with their Portuguese partners not only for 
commercial purpose, but also for learning from each other in a mutually 
reinforcing manner.

In this sense, Hengtong is a telling example. Save for the WFA project, 
Hengtong acquired Alcobre, a Portuguese wire and cable manufacturer in Ovar as 
early as 2016.

By extending the reach of the humankind beyond "where the earth ends and the 
ocean begins" (verse from Luis de Camoes, Portuguese national poet) and seeking 
green energy from the blue ocean, Hengtong adds a tinge of her own color to the 
"colorful Portugal".

SOURCE  Hengtong Group