Ming Yang sees growth of offshore wind in southern China

China’s fourth wind turbine maker Ming Yang says it will lead development of the country’s offshore wind sector after approval of two offshore projects set to use its turbines.

Speaking to analysts on a conference call on Friday, chief executive Zhang Chuanwei said the National Energy Administration (NEA) last month approved two wind farms off Guangdong province, the first large offshore projects approved by NEA outside of the national concession projects.

The projects include a 200MW wind farm under development by the Yudean group and a 198MW project off Zhuhai developed by China Southern Power Grid.

“These are the first batch of projects with official approval from the government,” says Zhang. “We are confident we can lead development of the…

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