Longyuan plans big increase in offshore wind farms

China Longyuan Power, Asia's largest developer of wind farms, aims to raise its offshore generating capacity fivefold by 2015, despite technical challenges and the large capital required.

The development of projects offshore is part of the industry's effort to shift focus away from the windy northern regions which suffer from power transmission bottlenecks due to overly rapid development of wind farms there, to coastal provinces that are close to consumption centres and do not require long-distance transmission infrastructure.

via Business feed http://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/1090850/longyuan-plans-big-increase-offshore-wind-farms