China Dominates Global Offshore Wind Market with 78% of New Capacity in 2025

China maintained its commanding lead in the global offshore wind sector in 2025, accounting for 78% of newly added offshore wind capacity connected to the grid worldwide, according to the "Offshore Wind Review and Outlook" report released in Shanghai on Wednesday. The report showed that global offshore wind capacity additions reached 9.252 gigawatts in 2025, representing a 16% year-on-year increase, with China contributing 7.192 gigawatts of this total. By the end of 2025, cumulative global offshore wind capacity stood at 92.475 gigawatts, with China holding 52.042 gigawatts—approximately 56% of the world's total.

Offshore wind is increasingly transitioning from a supplementary energy source to a core component of national energy systems, according to Qin Haiyan, secretary general of the Chinese Wind Energy Association. China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) targets the addition of more than 15 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity annually, with cumulative installed capacity expected to exceed 100 gigawatts by 2030. The plan calls for developing large-scale offshore wind bases across the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea, while also promoting orderly deep-sea offshore wind power development.

China's export capabilities in the wind energy sector are also expanding rapidly. In 2025, China's newly added export capacity of wind turbines reached 7.734 gigawatts, a 48.9% increase year-on-year, including 49 offshore wind turbines totaling 225,000 kilowatts. Zhao Feng, strategy director of the Global Wind Energy Council, emphasized China's central role in the sector's future, noting that more than half of new offshore wind capacity expected over the next decade will come from China. This dominance reflects both China's manufacturing capabilities and its strategic commitment to renewable energy development.