Stephanie Bailey

Chinas cumulative installed capacityof offshore wind power exceeded 30 millionkilowatts by the end of 2022， rankingfirst in the world for two consecutive years.

Qin Haiyan， secretary?general of theChinese Wind Energy Association， saidthat China has capabilities of independentdesign， research and development， manufacturing，installation， commissioning， andoperation for large?capacity offshore windturbines.

In terms of manufacturing， key partsof wind power generators made by Chinaaccounted for more than 70 percent ofthe global market， covering generators，wheels， towers， and so on.

For an installation perspective， inSeptember last year， Chinas self?built2000?ton offshore wind power installationplatform Baihetan was delivered and putinto operation， greatly enhancing the constructionand installation capacity of offshorewind turbines. Relying on large?scaledevelopment and technological progress，the economical efficiency of offshore windpower has been greatly improved.

Qin Haiyan introduced that， from2010 to 2021， the cost of offshore windpower in China has dropped by nearly 56percent， adding that the average kWh costof offshore wind power projects hasdropped to about 0.33 yuan at present， andit is expected to achieve full parity by theend of the 14th Five?Year Plan.

Offshore wind power has broad prospects.“At present， the cumulative installedcapacity of offshore wind turbinesis only more than 30 million kilowatts， andthe utilization rate is less than 1.1 percent.The future development potential is huge，”Qin Haiyan said.

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