On May 24, Pan Huimin, Deputy Director of the New Energy and Renewable Energy Department of the National Energy Administration, revealed at the Hailing Island International Wind Energy Conference (2025) that as of the end of April, China's cumulative installed offshore wind power capacity had reached 43.51 million kilowatts. The new installed capacity and cumulative installed capacity have ranked first in the world for four consecutive years, accounting for more than 50% of the global cumulative installed offshore wind power capacity.

Pan Huimin introduced that China's offshore wind power technology and equipment have achieved multiple breakthroughs: the domestic 26-megawatt offshore wind turbine model has been offline, the efficiency of submarine flexible DC transmission and deep-sea booster station technology has continued to improve, and a number of floating offshore wind turbines have been completed and put into operation.

The reporter learned from the conference that up to now, the installed capacity of offshore wind power in Guangdong Province has exceeded 12.5 million kilowatts. Among them, Yangjiang City has completed an installed capacity of 6 million kilowatts, ranking second in the country. In recent years, Yangjiang City has built an industrial chain system covering resource development, equipment manufacturing, R&D and design, testing and certification, and operation and maintenance services, and strived to build a 100-billion-level industrial cluster with coordinated development of "wind, solar, storage, accumulation, hydrogen, and installation", becoming a typical example of intensive development of China's offshore wind power industry.

Qin Haiyan, Vice Chairman of the World Wind Energy Association and Secretary-General of the Wind Energy Professional Committee of the Chinese Renewable Energy Society, said, "According to the long-term plan of offshore wind power projects in Guangdong Province, Yangjiang City will have an installed offshore wind power capacity of 40 million kilowatts by 2030, with on-grid electricity exceeding 100 billion kilowatt-hours. Based on Guangdong Province's electricity consumption of over 900 billion kilowatt-hours in 2024, this is equivalent to one-ninth of Guangdong's electricity consumption, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 million tons annually, with significant green and environmental benefits."

Regarding the development trend of the offshore wind power industry, Pan Huimin pointed out that China's offshore wind power has entered a market-oriented speed race, and the future will show three major trends: accelerated development of deep-sea and far-sea areas, continuous technological upgrading, and integrated development of multiple industries. She emphasized that in the face of challenges such as complex construction conditions and increased technical difficulty, it is necessary to expand development space with "four insistences": first, focus on the R&D and manufacturing of new floating foundations for deep and far seas, strengthen the R&D and application of technologies such as flexible DC and low-frequency AC, and promote the reduction of the whole life cycle cost; second, improve the cross-departmental coordination mechanism, optimize policy incentives and the business environment, and release industrial vitality; third, explore the intensive use of space between offshore wind power and marine pastures and other formats to enhance the comprehensive value of the marine economy; fourth, strengthen experience sharing among coastal provinces, deepen international technical exchanges, and give play to the competitive advantages of the entire industrial chain. (Reporter: Li Donghai)