PVTIME – Fresh industry figures unveiled at the China Offshore Wind Industrial Chain Conference show that the country’s annual power output from offshore wind farms has surpassed 100 billion kilowatt hours. Cumulative grid-connected offshore wind capacity has reached 49.84GW, accounting for over half of the global installed offshore wind capacity.
Participants at the event also released a research and development checklist targeting breakthroughs in deep-sea offshore wind. Significant hardware milestones have already been achieved in domestic waters, with the 20MW offshore turbine now operational alongside the 16MW floating offshore wind platform. Looking further ahead, the national roadmap sets the ambitious goal of reaching 100GW of cumulative offshore wind capacity by 2030.
These statistics confirm China’s leading position in the global offshore wind market. The completion of large-scale hardware deployments provides a solid technical foundation for accessing deeper ocean zones. The development of deep-sea projects will drive advances in turbine manufacturing, marine installation, and undersea transmission technologies, while supporting the nation’s broader clean energy transition and carbon neutrality agenda.
