Overview of the development of offshore wind power generation in China

Offshore wind power generation has gained continuous attention and has been developed rapidly in China, because of its huge potential to drive the energy transition process. This paper investigates the domestic progress of offshore wind in the past decade and discusses the future development trend. The distribution characteristics of offshore wind power resources and existing installed capacity in China are first presented. Price policies and project planning that inherently affecting offshore wind industry are introduced, and the related technical standards home and abroad are analyzed and compared. The localization process of Chinese offshore wind industry system is subsequently described through equipment manufacturing, power transmission, wind farm construction, etc. The actual measurements and experiences of operation and maintenance are collected. The research status of related technologies and the development situation of industrial chain are finally analyzed, based on which the outlook and new concepts for future development of offshore wind power are articulated. Our comprehensive analysis indicates that the offshore wind industry has made enormous progress in construction scale and solutions over the past decade. However, China still needs to vigorously develop new technologies and complete manufacturing industries, in order to improve the energy resource structure and to promote carbon neutralization.