Offshore Wind: Top 10 China Projects, CGN’s 1, 800 MW Scale, and 26 MW Turbines (2024-2026)

China’s state-directed industrial policy and vertically integrated supply chain are enabling it to build Offshore Wind capacity at a scale and speed that is fundamentally diverging from Western markets. While the West grappled with over 300 GW of project delays and cancellations through 2024 and 2025, China’s installed wind capacity soared, solidifying its global leadership. By the end of 2025, China’s total wind capacity reached an estimated 691.75 GW, a testament to its highly structured and predictable domestic market. The dominant theme for 2025 is this bifurcation of the global market: China’s model is defined by massive, policy-driven scale and cost control, while the Western model is undergoing a painful reset focused on de-risking projects and localizing supply chains after severe macroeconomic shocks.

The following list details the ten largest and most significant offshore wind projects in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond that highlight China’s scale and the broader market dynamics as of 2026. While the list focuses on Chinese capacity, key projects from Taiwan, South Korea, and Europe are included to provide crucial context on regional development and comparative scale.

1. Shanwei Jieshi Offshore Wind Farm

Company/Owner: China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN)
Capacity: 1, 800 MW
Application: Utility-scale power generation
Source: Top 5 Offshore Wind Farms in China [2026]

2. Hainan CZ 7 Demonstration Offshore Wind Farm

Company/Owner: Not Specified
Capacity: 1, 200 MW
Application: Utility-scale power generation
Source: Top 5 Offshore Wind Farms in China [2026]

3. Jiangsu Dafeng Offshore Wind Farm

Company/Owner: China Three Gorges Corporation
Capacity: 802 MW
Application: Utility-scale power generation
Source: Top 5 Offshore Wind Farms in China [2026]

4. Changfang and Xidao Projects

Company/Owner: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP)
Capacity: 600 MW
Application: Utility-scale power generation (Taiwan)
Source: Navigating Offshore Wind Talent Needs and Key Strategies for …

5. Haesong 3 Offshore Wind

Company/Owner: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP)
Capacity: 504 MW
Application: Utility-scale power generation (South Korea)
Source: APAC Energy Pulse – October 2025 – Orrick

6. Fengmiao 1

Company/Owner: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP)
Capacity: 500 MW
Application: Utility-scale power generation (Taiwan)
Source: [PDF] Making Offshore Wind Work – World Bank Document

7. Yeu/Noirmoutier

Company/Owner: Not Specified
Capacity: 500 MW
Application: Utility-scale power generation (France)
Source: [PDF] FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND OUTLOOK – IRENA

8. Courseulles-sur-Mer

Company/Owner: Not Specified
Capacity: 450 MW
Application: Utility-scale power generation (France)
Source: [PDF] FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND OUTLOOK – IRENA

9. Pingtan Offshore Wind Farm

Company/Owner: Not Specified
Capacity: Not Specified (Hosts world’s largest turbines)
Application: Technology demonstration with Ming Yang 16 MW turbines
Source: [PDF] GEM China wind & solar brief July 2024 – Global Energy Monitor

10. Vinh Nearshore Wind Cluster

Company/Owner: REE Group
Capacity: 128 MW
Application: Nearshore power generation (Vietnam)
Source: Floating Offshore Wind Market Report 2026-2031 [375 Pages & 150 …

Table: Top 10 Regional Offshore Wind Projects by Capacity (as of 2026)

66.9 GW, Guangdong’s Provincial Offshore Wind Targets

China’s offshore wind adoption is fundamentally a function of top-down industrial strategy, not purely market forces. The central government’s 14 th Five-Year Plan for Renewable Energy sets ambitious national goals, which are then cascaded into binding targets for coastal provinces. This creates a highly stable and predictable domestic demand pipeline. For example, Guangdong province alone is planning to construct 23 offshore wind farms, aiming for a total capacity of 66.9 GW by 2030. This policy-driven demand provides long-term certainty for state-owned developers like China Three Gorges Corporation and manufacturers, insulating them from the volatility seen in the West. In contrast, Western markets are far more susceptible to political winds and policy instability. The cancellation of federal offshore wind leases in the U.S. under a previous administration created a high-risk environment, underscoring how Western developers require decades of policy certainty to justify their massive capital outlays.

China Maps Out Massive Wind Expansion

This map visualizes the planned offshore wind projects along China’s coast, directly illustrating the top-down industrial strategy and ambitious provincial targets discussed in the text.

(Source: Windpower Monthly)

China vs. West, Offshore Wind Supply Chain Disparity

The geographic concentration of wind energy manufacturing in China is the critical factor behind its ability to scale at low cost. By 2024, Chinese OEMs Goldwind, Envision, and Ming Yang secured the top three global positions for the first time. In 2025, these firms continued their ascendancy, with Mingyang (2.7 GW) and Goldwind (2.3 GW) winning the most capacity in global awards—all for domestic projects. This manufacturing supremacy allows for economies of scale and cost controls that Western competitors cannot replicate. Western developers, meanwhile, were hit hard by post-pandemic inflation and supply chain bottlenecks, which rendered many pre-negotiated Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) unviable. This led to high-profile cancellations, such as RWE pulling the plug on a major Australian project, citing untenable economics. The lack of a robust, localized supply chain in regions like North America further compounds these cost pressures.

China’s Offshore Wind Cost Advantage

This chart directly visualizes the capital expenditure disparity between China and other nations, reinforcing the section’s point about China’s low-cost manufacturing supremacy.

(Source: Energy Connects)

Turbine Scale-Up, DEC’s 26 MW Prototype Milestone

Chinese turbine manufacturers are leading the world in the technological race to build larger, more powerful turbines, a key driver in reducing the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE). By July 2024, eleven 16 MW turbines from Ming Yang—the world’s largest at the time—were operational at the Pingtan offshore wind farm. The pace of innovation quickened dramatically when, by October 2024, Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) rolled out a massive 26 MW prototype. This rapid iteration cycle is fueled by fierce domestic competition. While Western OEMs like Vestas have developed large models like the V 236-15.0 MW, the pace of commercial-scale deployment and the push toward 20+ MW machines has been demonstrably faster in China. Profitability struggles among Western OEMs have, in some cases, slowed the capital-intensive process of R&D and manufacturing scale-up, ceding technological momentum to their Chinese counterparts.

Chinese OEMs Lead Rapid Capacity Growth

This chart shows the dramatic surge in annual capacity additions broken down by key Chinese manufacturers, illustrating the rapid iteration cycle and market dominance mentioned in the section.

(Source: Reddit)

Ørsted & RWE, Project De-risking & Reset (2026)

The single most critical expectation for the Western offshore wind market is a strategic “reset” beginning in 2026. This will involve re-bidding canceled projects at higher, more realistic price points and a greater policy emphasis on building resilient, domestic supply chains to mitigate future shocks.

• The wave of over 300 GW in project cancellations across 2024 and 2025, driven by developers like Ørsted facing financial write-downs, directly signals that future PPAs must incorporate mechanisms to handle inflation and interest rate volatility.
• High-profile developer exits, such as RWE abandoning a major Australian project due to unfavorable economics, underscore the acute financial risk of relying on distant supply chains and unstable policy frameworks.
• The predicted market reset in 2026 suggests leading developers will shift from aggressive expansion to a more conservative strategy focused on profitability, risk management, and pioneering next-generation technologies like floating wind in politically stable regions.
• Growing political conversations in Europe and the U.S. around the “bankability” of Chinese turbines and potential trade barriers indicate a strategic pivot toward protecting and incentivizing domestic manufacturing to ensure energy security.

The questions your competitors are already asking

This report covers one angle of the strategic divergence between China’s large-scale offshore wind development and the Western market’s recent struggles. The questions that matter most depend on your work.

• Which developers are gaining or losing ground in the global offshore wind market as China builds at scale?
• What is the outlook for GW-scale offshore wind deployment in Western markets by 2030, following the project cancellations of 2024-2025?
• How do China’s 26 MW turbines compare to leading Western models in terms of cost, reliability, and bankability for utility-scale projects?
• Who are the key suppliers in China’s vertically integrated supply chain enabling developers like CGN to build 1,800 MW projects?

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