China’s farthest offshore wind power project, the Three Gorges Jiangsu Dafeng Offshore Wind Power Project, achieves full-capacity generation and grid connection on December 15, 2025. Photo: Screenshot from China Media Group

China’s farthest offshore wind power project, the Three Gorges Jiangsu Dafeng Offshore Wind Power Project, achieved full-capacity generation and grid connection on Monday, marking another major breakthrough in China’s development of offshore wind power into deep and far-sea areas, China Media Group reported.

The 800 megawatt offshore wind power project is located in the northeastern marine area of Dafeng district in Yancheng, East China’s Jiangsu Province. It consists of four sites, with the farthest point located at 85.5 kilometers from the shore, making it the farthest offshore wind power project in China at present.

The project has a total of 98 wind turbines installed, along with the supporting construction of 3 offshore booster stations and one offshore rescue platform, according to the media report.

Li Tao, executive general manager of the Jiangsu branch in China Three Gorges Corporation, said in the report that the Dafeng project has its farthest offshore point exceeding 80 kilometers, with a relatively large sea area and overall high construction difficulty. “To address it, we independently developed a meteorological warning platform to predict as accurately as possible and make full use of every construction window period, accumulating valuable experience for future development of energy resources in deeper and farther seas.”

According to the report, the project is expected to generate an average annual electricity output of over 2.8 billion kilowatt-hours, sufficient to meet the daily electricity needs of 1.4 million households. 

It is equivalent to saving approximately 860,000 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 2.37 million tons, injecting a continuous stream of clean energy into the Yangtze River Delta region's energy supply security and green, low-carbon development.



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