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Global offshore wind growth

More than 70 % of new global offshore
wind capacity added in China

Annually added offshore wind capacity

MW

20,000

18,000

16,000 15,666

14,000

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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

• A total of 9.4 GW of global offshore • New capacity in 2022 was lower • The average size of a newly
wind capacity was added 1 during than 2021 (due to expiration added offshore wind farm during
2022, again mainly driven by of Chinese feed-in tariff) but 2022 was 225 MW compared
strong growth in China (6.8 GW) higher than 2020 to 296 MW during 2021

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In operation: all turbines installed and first power

9.4 GW
Globally added offshore wind capacity in 2022
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In detail: Global offshore wind farms put into operation in 2022

No Wind Farm MW Units MW/Unit Turbine Location

1 PivotBuoy PLOCAN (floating) 0.2 1 0.2 Vestas V29 ES

2 CSSC Fuyao demo (floating) 6 1 6.2 - CN
3 Yeonggwang Baeksu 8 1 8 DS205-8 MW SK
4 Taranto 30 10 3 MySE 3.0-135 IT
5 Pingtan Strait Gongtie Bridge Lighting Project 34 5 6.7 GW154-6.7 MW CN
6 Pudong New District Donghai Bridge Project 46 7 6.5 W6.5F-185 CN
7 Tra Vinh V1-1 48 12 4 GW155-4.5 MW VT
8 Tra Vinh V1-2 48 12 4 GW155-4.5 MW VT
9 Tra Vinh V1-3 48 12 4 GW155-4.5 MW VT
10 Jiangjiasha 50 15 3.3 GW 155-3.3 MW CN
11 Akita Port 56 13 4.2 V117 - 4.2 MW JP
12 Tan Thuan 75 18 4.2 SG 5.0-145 VT
13 Hiep Thanh 78 18 4.3 SG 5.0-145 VT
14 Zhuhai Guishan Hai Demonstration 2 83 12 7 DEW-D7000-186, MySE6.45-180 CN
15 Noshiro Port 84 20 4.2 V117 - 4.2 MW JP
16 CSIC Jiangsu Rudong H3-2 100 20 5 H151-5 MW CN
17 Huadian Yuhuan 1 South 146 20 7 DEW-D7000-186 CN
18 Huadian Yuhuan 1 North 154 22 7 DEW-D7000-186 CN
19 Fujian Pingtan Datang Changjiangao 185 37 5 MySE5.0-133 CN
20 Rudong H15 200 40 5 H171-5.0 MW CN
21 Changle Area C 1 200 20 10 DEW-D10000-185 CN
22 Longyuan Putian Nanri Island I 1 204 51 4 SWT-4.0-130 CN
23 Xinliao 206 32 6.45 MySE6.45-180 CN
24 Dafeng H5 206 32 6.45 GW184-6.45 MW CN
 25 CGN Pingtan Island 240 60 4 SWT-4.0-130, MySE5.5-155 CN
26 Guodian Xiangshan 1 1 254 41 6.2 H171-6.2 MW CN
27 Fuqing Xinghua Bay 2 288 46 6.7 GW154-6.7 MW, DEW-G5000-140 CN
28 Mingyang Yangjiang Shapa 300 46 6.45 MySE6.45-180 CN
29 Zhanjiang Xuwen-South 300 47 6.45 GW171-6.45 MW CN
30 Yuedian Yangjiang Shapa 300 47 6.45 MySE6.45-180 CN
31 Zhejiang Jiaxing 2 300 50 6 SWT-6.0-154 CN
32 Rudong H5 300 75 4 SWT-4.0-146 CN
33 Dafeng H6 300 47 6.45 GW184-6.45 MW CN
34 Longyuan Jiangsu Dafeng H4 302 47 6.45 GW184-6.45 MW CN
 35 CTG Laizhou demo (aquaculture) 304 38 8 H220-8000 CN
36 Kaskasi 342 38 9 SG 8.0-167 DD DE
37 SPIC Rudong H7 400 100 4 SWT-4.0-146 CN
38 CGN Shanwei Jiazi II 403 62 6.45 MySE6.45-180 CN
39 Saint-Nazaire 480 80 6 GE Haliade 160-6 MW FR
40 Shenquan Phase 2 502 50 11.0/8.0 SEW11.0-208 CN
41 CGN Shanwei Jiazi I 503 78 6.45 MySE6.45-180 CN
42 Hornsea 2 1,320 165 8.4 SG 8.0-167 DD UK

Total 9,433

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Global growth
Offshore wind capacity
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Global offshore wind capacity in operation 2 – cumulative O P E R AT I O N

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50,000 48,176

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32,510
30,000 27,304

22,110
20,000 17,031
12,815
11,561
10,000 6,850 7,893

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

• Globally, installed offshore wind • Globally, 42 new offshore wind • Worldwide, 257 offshore wind
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(25.6 GW) is now installed in China Korea, Germany, Spain and Italy 115 in Europe and 2 in the USA

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installed capacity to 26.6 GW Akita/Noshiro Port (140 MW) more than 8 GW

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Construction
China leads the way ahead of
the UK, Taiwan and the Netherlands

UNDER
Global offshore wind capacity under construction 5 by the end of 2022 CONSTRUCTION

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capacity of 3.4 GW currently under projects Dogger Bank A (1.2 GW) and Hollandse Kust Zuid (1.5 GW)
construction in Chinese waters and Seagreen (1.1 GW) currently under construction

5
Under construction: first offshore wind foundation installed

12.4 GW
Global offshore wind capacity under construction
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In detail: Offshore wind farms under construction

No Wind Farm MW Units MW/Unit Turbine Location

1 DemoSATH (floating) 2 1 2.0 - ES

2 Goto 17 8 2.1 Hitachi 2.1 MW JP
3 Hywind Tampen (floating) 88 11 8.0 SG 8.0-167 DD NO
4 Ishikari 112 14 8.0 SG 8.0-167 DD JP
5 Rudong H13 150 30 5.0 H171-5.0MW CN
6 Longyuan Putian Nanri Island I 2 180 45 4.0 SWT-4.0-130 CN
7 CGN Huizhou I 250 40 6.5 MySE6.45-180 CN
8 Arcadis Ost 1 257 27 9.5 V174-9.5 MW DE
9 Changle Area A 300 36 10.0 DEW-D10000-185, GW175-8.0MW CN
10 Changle Area C 2 300 37 10.0 DEW-D10000-185, SG 10.0-193 DD CN
11 Fujian Putian City Flat Bay Three Zone C 308 44 7.0 SWT-7.0-154 CN
12 Formosa 2 376 47 8.0 SG 8.0-167 DD TW
13 Cangnan #1 - Phase 1 400 49 6.25/10 - CN
14 Neart na Gaoithe 450 54 8.4 SG 8.0-167 DD UK
15 Saint-Brieuc 496 62 8.0 SG 8.0-167 DD FR
16 Fécamp 497 71 7.0 SWT-7.0-154 FR
17 Guodian Xiangshan 1 2 500 41 12.0 - CN
18 Mingyang Yangjiang Qingzhou IV 500 43 11/12 MySE 11-230, MySE 12-242 CN
19 Huadian Yangjiang Qingzhou III 500 67 6.8/8.3 MySE6.8-158, MySE8.3-180 CN
20 Changfang and Xidao 589 62 9.5 V174-9.5 MW TW
21 Yunlin 640 80 8.0 SG 8.0-167 DD TW
22 Hollandse Kust Noord 759 69 11.0 SG 11.0-200 DD NL
23 Greater Changhua 1 & 2a  900 111 8.0 SG 8.0-167 DD TW
 24 Seagreen 1,140 114 10.0   V164-10 MW UK
25 Dogger Bank A 1,200 95 13.0 Haliade-X 13 MW UK
 26 Hollandse Kust Zuid 1,500 140 11.0 SG 11.0-200 DD NL

Total 12,411

1.5 GW
World’s largest offshore wind farm under construction
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