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The diameter of the wind turbine hub connecting the blades to the main shaft is 146 metres, which is equivalent to the height of a 50-storied building. At full wind speed, one blade will yield 34.2 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. The annual output will be 66 million kWh; this will satisfy the electric power demand of 36 thousand households consisting, on average, of three people, and will also save 22 thousand tons of coal and 54 thousand tons of carbon dioxide annually.
The project could further spur the boom in offshore wind power that has overtaken China in recent years. According to the World Forum Offshore Wind, in the first half of 2022, China accounted for 75% of the global commissioning of offshore wind turbines. In total, between January and June 2022, China connected to the grid 25 offshore wind power plants (WPPs) with a total capacity of 5.1 gigawatts (GW), while the rest of the world can account only for 8 offshore wind farms with 1.7 GW. China’s share in the global structure of operating surface wind power plants reached 45% by July 2022.
That being said, China is not the only Asian country investing heavily into offshore wind energy. According to the World Forum Offshore Wind, 11.9 GW of surface wind farms were under construction around the world by July 2022. China, Taiwan (China), Japan and Vietnam account for 5.9 GW, while European countries, including the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Norway, account for 6 GW.
