BEIHAI, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region — By the third quarter of 2024, China has built and connected 39.1 million kilowatts of offshore wind power to its national grid, becoming the first country globally to achieve this milestone. This achievement was announced at a conference on offshore wind power industrial chain cooperation held on Saturday in Beihai, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
China has developed comprehensive technological and industrial chains for offshore wind power, encompassing design, manufacturing, construction, operations, and maintenance. The conference participants discussed strategic innovation, key offshore wind power technologies, and international cooperation on modern offshore wind power industrial chains.
With abundant offshore wind energy resources, China has witnessed rapid development in its industrial chains. The country's installed offshore wind power capacity surged from under 5 million kilowatts in 2018 to 37.7 million kilowatts as of 2023, accounting for 50 percent of the global total. The localization rate of offshore wind turbines in China has surpassed 90 percent.
Looking ahead, the offshore wind power industry aims to innovate in industrial integration models, strengthen core technology research, and deepen coordinated industrial development to form internationally competitive industrial clusters. Shu Yinbiao, an academic at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, emphasized the importance of these steps for the industry's future growth.
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China ranks first globally in offshore wind power linked to its grid
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