Wind power on land, rapid growth for several consecutive years, after beginning this year, China's offshore wind power station construction will start. National Energy Board of new energy and renewable energy sources, Deputy Director Shi Lishan, March 18 said that this year will offshore wind power as the most important task, and soon will organize a large-scale offshore wind power concession tender for the project.

    Shi Lishan, was held March 18, "Retrospect and Prospect: Renewable Energy Industry Development Forum" made the above statement. He pointed out that offshore wind is the wind power industry, the forefront of future development, broad market prospects, our country has to acquire the technical basis for this year's wind power at sea has taken concrete steps to build respect.

After doubling year after year since 2004, as at end of last year, China's land-based wind power generator installed capacity has more than 25 million kilowatts, ranking second worldwide. However, offshore wind power, since the operating environment, complex and technically demanding, difficult construction, China is still in its infancy, not yet started large-scale offshore wind power project.

    According to the NDRC Energy Institute's assessment of wind generators installed capacity of China's coastal waters up from 100 million to 200 million kilowatts, offshore wind power development prospect is broad. In order to accumulate experience through pilot projects, starting in 2008, China started construction of the first large-scale offshore wind power project - Shanghai East Bridge 10 thousands of Wahe upwind power project. The project uses the country's largest fan manufacturer Huarui self-developed 34 wind power units 3 MW offshore wind turbine has now been completed fan installation is planned before the 2010 Shanghai World Expo will be to achieve all the units and the grid.

    In addition, CLP cast, Longyuan electricity, Huaneng New Energy and other companies have also begun in Jiangsu Dafeng, such as the East, Rongcheng and other coastal cities, to carry out offshore wind power and offshore wind power experiment. Equipment manufacturers, with the exception Huarui wind, the golden wind technology, wind power and other East gas equipment manufacturers, are also stepping up development of 1.5 MW and above, offshore wind turbine.

    Shi Lishan, said that this year will offshore wind power as the focus of the development of windminll power industry, and soon will be organized large-scale offshore wind power concession tender for the project, at present the basic ideas and procedures for the tender has been formed. However, he did not say which items will be included in the concession tender.

Prior to this, the country's energy has to Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan provinces, 11 departments issued a circular calling for offshore wind power to declare parts of the concession tender.

Last year, in April, the National Energy Board has issued a circular calling for the provinces to develop offshore wind farm project planning, and in accordance with unified planning, phased construction principles, optimization of installed capacity of 1 million kilowatts select a few more offshore wind farm sites, proposed phased construction program, and by the region's power grid companies organizations, the establishment of offshore windmill generators transmission planning.

It is understood that the provincial offshore wind farm plan has been basically completed the preparation, on this basis to start offshore wind power concession bidding, large-scale development for the future offshore wind power project to accumulate experience.