Representatives from firms and research institutes announce the establishment of the R&D center for one-step construction of offshore wind farms in Nantong, East China’s Jiangsu province, on March 17. [Photo/zgnt.net]

China’s first research and development center for one-step construction of offshore wind farms was officially inaugurated in Nantong, East China’s Jiangsu province, on March 17.

A group of experts in the field headed by Wang Fuming, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, attended the launch ceremony and held a discussion about the latest in technologies for large-scale construction of offshore wind farms.

The center was set up based on a number of technologies for large-scale construction of offshore wind farms, jointly developed by the Nantong-based Daoda Offshore Wind Power Engineering Technology Company and more than 10 companies and institutes from home and abroad.