China has begun construction of a 1 GW floating offshore wind project located 22 km off the coast of Wanning in the Hainan province (southern China). The CNY23bn (US$3.3bn) project, currently being built by Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina), is set to become the world’s largest floating offshore wind park.
The first phase will include 12 wind turbines, each with a 16 MW to 17 MW capacity, for a total capacity of 200 MW, and is scheduled to be ready by 2025. A 220 kV onshore station will also be built and will be linked to the turbines via undersea cables to transmit energy to the Chinese grid. The project’s second phase will add 800 MW and is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2027. Once completed, the 160 km2 wind project is expected to generate around 4.2 TWh/year of electricity to power the Hainan province.
China’s offshore wind capacity stood at 26.4 GW at the end of 2021. This is the world's largest operational offshore wind capacity, even if it represents only about 1% of China’s total installed capacity. Around 17.4 GW of offshore wind projects were commissioned in 2021 alone. The country’s overall wind capacity reached 328 GW by end-2021. China has more than 25 GW of wind under construction and more than 36 GW under development.
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