Photo taken on May 16, 2021 shows the offshore wind farm near the Zhoushan Islands, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Shen Lei/Xinhua)
BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- China's on-grid offshore wind power installed capacity reached 10.42 million kilowatts at the end of April 2021, reported Shanghai Securities News Wednesday quoting the National Energy Administration.
From January to April 2021, China's offshore wind power output reached 9.94 billion kilowatt-hours, accounting for 0.39 percent of the country's total power output.
According to industry statistics, the average annual operating hours of offshore wind power plants in China is approaching to 2,500, about 500 hours more than that of onshore wind power plants.
(Edited by Wang Yuhang, Gu Shanshan with Xinhua Silk Road, gushanshan.1987@163.com)