China’s plans to rapidly expand its offshore wind fleet in the next decade could be sped up “considerably” by installing floating units in sea-depths until now developed using fixed foundations, with a pilot being built off the Asian nation expected to prove the ‘deep-water’ technology economic in as little as 30 metres of water, according to the head of project OEM Ming Yang’s European division.
'Shallow water' floating wind could speed China's offshore build: Ming Yang
Head of Chinese turbine OEM's European operations tells Recharge roundtable that pilot in South China Sea could spark rethink of technology as 'only' for deep-water
19 May 2021 12:05 GMT
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19 May 2021 12:34 GMT
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