Global offshore wind growth again largely driven by China. Globally, 9,433 MW of offshore wind capacity went into operation in 2022. Global offshore
wind growth in 2022 was again mainly driven by China which installed 6.8 GW of new offshore
wind capacity in 2022. Global installed offshore wind capacity reached 57.6 GW by the end of
2022.
42 new offshore wind farms went into operation (definition: all turbines installed and first
power produced) worldwide during 2022 of which 29 were installed in China, 5 in Vietnam, 2
in Japan, 1 in the UK, 1 in South Korea, 1 in Italy, 1 in France, 1 in Spain, and 1 in Germany.
China expanded its position as the world’s largest offshore wind market by far with 25.6 GW
of installed capacity, more than the UK (13.6 GW), Germany (8.0 GW) and the Netherlands
(3.0 GW) combined. 44% of the world’s total offshore wind capacity is now installed in China. BloombergNEF provides a global offshore wind forecast for this year’s report .
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