China is building the world’s largest commercial floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Hainan, showing sign of growing momentum of renewable energy.
The wind farm, with a capacity of 1 GW, is being built by state-owned firm PowerChina, and will generate about 11 times more power than the current largest floating wind farm in Norway.
It will be constructed in two phases. The first 200-MW phase will be built by 2025, with the remaining 800 MW completed by 2027, according to the official China News Agency.
China’s offshore wind energy industry is expanding rapidly, and it will run out of space near shore at some point, said Mr Cosimo Ries, a renewable energy analyst at Beijing-based consultancy firm Trivium.
