Tag: China: Rise in offshore wind power capacity to boost heavy plates demand

China aims to increase its deep-sea wind power generation capacity to 2.45 billion kilowatts (kW) at a depth of 50 metres or more, as was stated in the ‘China Wind Power Roadmap 2050’. Interestingly, this could increase China’s demand for heavy plates, which are required in manufacturing wind turbine blades.  Also, the ‘14th Five-Year Renewable…