Tuesday 14 December 2021

The EDF Group and China Energy Investment Corporation (CEI), its Chinese partner, are announcing the commissioning of the 200 MW Dongtai V offshore wind farm. Located in the China Sea, off the Jiangsu coast, North of Shanghai, its construction took 20 months.

Together with the 300 MW Dongtai IV wind farm commissioned in December 2019, the Group now operates 500 MW in offshore wind capacity in China. The Dongtai IV and V wind farms lie approximately 40 km off the Jiangsu coast, the most advanced province in offshore technology, and operate 125 wind turbines which will generate electricity covering the annual needs of 2 million local inhabitants.

The joint venture between CEI and the EDF Group (37.5%) operates both the Dongtai IV and V wind farms. It is the first Sino-French joint venture dedicated to the development and operation of offshore wind energy projects in China.

These two recently commissioned projects illustrate the rapid growth in China’s offshore wind market. China ranked second in the global league table for capacity installed in 2020 with 9.9 GW. Its goal is to install more than 40 GW by 2030 in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

The EDF Group has brought to the Dongtai project its recognized experience in offshore wind energy gained thanks to 10 years’ of experience and a projects portfolio of more than 6.5 GW in capacity in operation, under construction or development, both in Europe, the birthplace of offshore wind energy, and in the United States and in China, other markets with major potentials. The EDF Group, a longstanding partner to China, has been present in the country for more than 35 years now and operates in other segments of the energy market, such as nuclear, thermal power, distribution networks, heating and air conditioning networks.

Bruno Bensasson, EDF Group Senior Executive Vice President Renewable Energies and Chairman & CEO of EDF Renewables, commented: “The EDF Group is delighted to strengthen its historical positions in China through the completion of the Dongtai offshore wind project together with our Chinese partner, CEI. We are committed to supporting the country achieve its energy goals and to furthering the development of decarbonised energy. This new Dongtai V offshore wind project represents another step forward for the EDF Group’s CAP 2030 strategy, which aims to double its net installed energy capacity worldwide from 28 GW in 2015 to 60 GW in 2030.”.