The competitiveness of the offshore wind market depends on the benefits of scale

China's "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" new energy target is basically determined, the original plan is to install 200 million kilowatts of wind power by 2020, and now this figure will be raised to 250 million ~ 280 million kilowatts
.
However, as an important part of the wind power industry, the development prospects of offshore wind power are not very optimistic
.
Industry experts believe that with the current development trend, offshore wind power is difficult to occupy a position in the development of new energy goals, but once the scale benefits are formed, the market competitiveness of offshore wind power will be highlighted
.

According to the statistics of the Wind Energy Professional Committee of the China Renewable Energy Society, by the end of 2014, the cumulative installed capacity of wind power in China (excluding Taiwan) reached 115 million kilowatts, but the installed capacity of completed offshore wind power projects totaled 658,000 kilowatts, accounting for only 0.
57%
of the total installed wind power capacity.
Among them, in 2014, 61 new offshore wind power installations were installed in China, with a capacity of about 229,000 kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 487.
9%.

"According to the 13th Five-Year Plan for offshore wind power, China will build 5 million kilowatts of offshore wind power by the end of 2015, but from the current completion situation, it is far from the target
.
" An industry insider, who did not want to be named, said
.
China, which surpassed the United States three years ago to become the world's largest wind power developer, has not been satisfactory in the development of offshore wind power
.

In response to the slow progress of offshore wind power, the relevant person in charge of the National Energy Administration said that the coastal areas where offshore wind power is located are economically developed and have the conditions to support the
development of offshore wind power.
All localities should combine the specific conditions of their own industrial upgrading, energy demand, offshore wind power construction conditions and other specific conditions to improve the competitiveness of the offshore wind power market, effectively drive the development of local manufacturing industry, and promote the adjustment and optimization
of energy structure in coastal areas.

Lin Boqiang, director of the Collaborative Innovation Center for Energy Economy at Xiamen University, said, "Offshore wind power has its own advantages, it is 20%-40% more energy efficient than onshore wind power, and the southeast coastal area with abundant offshore resources is close to economically developed areas with large electricity demand, and there is no problem
of consumption.
" However, its investment cost is relatively high, and enterprises lack the motivation
to invest in projects.
Lin Boqiang said that China is still in its infancy, and if the government now gives offshore wind power a relatively high price, allowing investment enterprises to enjoy profits, it can promote the development of the project
.
The scale of offshore wind power projects is relatively small, and the impact on the electricity price market is limited, as long as the electricity price is dynamically adjusted after its development
.

In 2008, the price of wind turbines in China was about 6300 yuan / kW, in 2013, it was about 3500 yuan / kW, and it is expected to be close to 3000 yuan / kW
in 2015.
If the Energy Bureau can promote the construction of offshore wind power projects based on reality and take appropriate measures, it is expected that by 2020, conservatively estimated, the cost of offshore wind power may be reduced by more than 30%, and once the scale benefits are formed, the market competitiveness of offshore wind power will be highlighted
.