A recent episode of CCTV’s Focus Report, titled “Energy Transformation: A Quality-Driven Renewal”, spotlighted China’s rapid advancements in wind and solar power over the past decade—highlighting technology-driven growth and large-scale deployment. The program specifically featured CRRC’s wind power development, underscoring the company’s role as a global innovator in clean energy.
Amid growing international consensus on combating climate change through green and low-carbon transformation, China has made major strides. At the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit, President Xi Jinping pledged to reach over 1.2 billion kW of installed wind and solar capacity by 2030—a goal that was achieved six years ahead of schedule in 2023.
“Take CRRC’s recently launched 20MW offshore floating wind turbine as an example,” said Wang Dian, Deputy General Manager of CRRC Qihang. “Each blade is about 130 meters long, and the swept area of the rotor equals nearly seven standard football fields. This marks China’s entry into a new frontier of wind power technology.”
The Qihang turbine, fully developed by CRRC, is the world’s most powerful offshore floating wind turbine to date. It rolled off the production line in October 2024 in Sheyang, Jiangsu, and was successfully installed in Dongying, Shandong in January 2025. The project reflects the latest innovation under CRRC’s “dual-track, dual-cluster” strategy.
With a rated capacity of 20MW, the turbine’s blade-tip speed rivals that of high-speed trains. At its design wind speed, it can deliver 3,500 full-load hours per year and has a 25-year design life. Each full rotation of the turbine can power a household for 2 to 4 days, saving approximately 25,000 tons of coal and reducing 62,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually.
In recent years, CRRC has accelerated its alignment with China’s dual-carbon goals, pushing forward breakthroughs in clean energy technology while maintaining global leadership in rail equipment. It is now one of the few domestic wind turbine manufacturers with a fully independent chip supply chain. CRRC has developed over 80 wind turbine models, covering onshore (1.5–12MW) and offshore (8–20MW) applications. Its equipment has been deployed in over 260 wind farms worldwide, with more than 13,000 units installed.
