It is of great significance for China to be bent on the development of offshore wind power, as the big energy-consuming nation has long been focusing on the structural reforms in energy field to find a greener and more recyclable path to substitute the backward fossil-fuel burning.
Offshore wind power, generated through harvesting wind energy by wind farms usually built in the ocean on the continental shelf, is deemed clean and with promising utilization potentials.
So far, China has made great achievement in offshore wind power development, both via encouraging domestic energy enterprises to construct offshore wind farms and investing in international offshore wind power projects.
In 2018, China has approved 12 offshore wind power projects with total capacity reaching 13.1 GW, data showed.
Specifically, on December 4 of 2018, China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) approved the construction of two offshore wind power projects with combined capacity at 3.6 GW. One is the 600 MW Shanwei Jiazi III project; the other is the 3 GW Shanwei Jieshi project. Both projects are located off Shanwei city in southern China's Guangdong province, covering off-coast distances of 29 kilometers and 50 kilometers respectively.
Later, Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd is learned to have received an approval for ten offshore wind power projects with total capacity reaching 9.5 GW. These projects, located off the Shatou coastline also in Guangdong, after achieving full operation, shall more than double the current installed wind power capacity in Chinese waters.
Meanwhile, these projects will spur an investment of around 105.1 billion yuan ($15.53 billion), insiders noted.
China has moved up to approve more offshore wind power projects in 2019. In January, three projects, namely Binhai South H3, Rudong H4 and Rudong H7, developed by State Power Investment Corporation Limited, were approved. With total capacity of 1.1 GW, these projects are expected to start construction as early as this year.
Taking into the oodles of offshore wind power projects approved by the Chinese government so far, China has boasted over 10 GW offshore wind power capacity in pipeline and around 4 GW in construction.
Besides, China has also played an active role in the investment of international offshore wind power projects.
In early January this year, Energy company China Three Gorges Europe, which is also called CTG EU, has invested 35 million pounds ($44.3 million) in a large Scottish offshore wind farm, which when completed will have the capacity to power one million homes.
Chinese energy companies frequently collaborate with Northern European contractors on domestic offshore projects, and they have also invested heavily in European offshore wind farms.
Last year, state-owned energy company China Resources bought 30% of the 402-MW Dudgeon wind farm in Norfolk for 555 million pounds.
As industry insiders noticed, China will soon become the biggest offshore wind power owner with 70 GW offshore wind power installed by 2027. By doing so, it is expected to surpass the UK and Germany before long.
Source:sxcoal
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