When the world’s largest offshore wind farm, in the English Channel off Kent in south-east England, started producing power in September, it was a rare moment in the spotlight for the popular retirement destination. But it is likely soon to have to share its crown with somewhere more accustomed to grabbing headlines.
Next year, work begins on a plant in the waters off Jiangsu province in southern China which, like the Kent one, will boast a capacity of 300 megawatts. This marks a new turn in the story of China’s runaway windpower build-out: so far the country has only one offshore wind farm. But it has plenty of the terrestrial variety.
