Researchers modelled the wind resources along 1,000km of coast from Fujian to Shandong province. They also ran a feasibility study for a 100-megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm off the Jiangsu coast, a location popular with local developers.
The results — still being drawn up — show that along much of the coast, China's average wind speeds are significantly lower than in Europe, at around seven metres per second, compared with a European average of around nine.
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