The project is composed of the installation of 33 wind turbines manufactured by a Chinese technology provider, with a per unit capacity of 1.5 MW. An annual 98.9 GWh of electricity is being supplied to the North China Power Grid, displacing an equivalent amount of mainly fossil-fuel based power generation. The Guanting wind power project is Beijing's first large-scale use of wind power, and it is one of the projects that supplied renewable electricity to the Olympic Games.

Construction began in summer 2007, and by January 2008, all wind turbines were installed and connected to the grid. The successful implementation of the project strengthens the domestic capability in manufacture, installation, operation and maintenance of advanced wind power technologies in China, and provide demonstrative experiences in operation of the advanced wind turbine units made in China by using imported technology. Faced with concerns about the high level of air pollution in China, the country has committed to generate 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.

In all, the project contributes to China’s sustainable development in the following terms:

• It reduces GHG emissions and the partial environmental pollution caused by fossil fuel-fired power;
• It promotes the improvement of electricity structure of the regional grid and conduces to proportion increasing of renewable energy utilized for electricity generation;
• It is expected to offer approximately 20 additional positions in the daily operation and maintenance of the wind farm and contributes to improving social and economic situations of the area;
• It assists the North China Region in promoting and accelerating the commercialization of grid-connected renewable energy technologies and markets.