Innovative technologies to develop offshore wind farms in China

摘要

The Chinese government has approved 44 offshore wind projects in 11 provinces in China with a combined installed capacity of 10 gigawatts (GW). This was according to the National Energy Administration (NEA) in 2015. This ambitious goal is to install 10 GW of offshore wind farms in China by 2020. Learning from Europe's offshore wind experience is crucial. However, the site conditions of most offshore wind farms in China are different from the conditions of most offshore wind farms in Europe. Moreover, the supply chain related to the offshore wind farm construction in China is also different from that in Europe. This study results from Statoil's participation in a European collaborative project which includes the case study into how the Chinese offshore wind industry has developed its approach to mitigate technical and non-technical barriers.