The 8th China Offshore Wind Power Engineering & Technology Conference, themed with "Gathering and Gaining" and jointly organized by Offshore Wind Power Branch of China Ocean Engineering Consulting Association, National Wind Power Engineering & Technology Research Center, and Fujian Electric Power Survey and Design Institute of China Electricity Construction Group, was successfully concluded in Fuzhou. The conference brought together senior representatives from government representatives, association representatives, academicians, developers, machine manufacturers, research institutes, industry chain units and other senior representatives to join the event.

The conference lasted for two days, with one main forum, six parallel sub-forums, professional exhibitions, Banyan City Night, cooperation negotiations and other special activities, mainly focusing on the development of the offshore wind power industry, the development of large-capacity turbines, offshore wind farms, surveying and design, installation, operation and maintenance, industrial integration and other topics, which brought the participants a wonderful academic feast.

On December 16, Mr. Qu Qiang, President of China Ocean Engineering Consulting Association, Mr. Zheng Yu, Member of the Party Group of Fuzhou Municipal People's Government and Vice Mayor of Fuzhou, Mr. Liu Yuan, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of China Electric Power Construction Group Company Limited and Deputy General Manager of China Electric Power Construction Corporation, Mr. Yao Xiaofang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of CECC Fujian Electric Power Survey and Design Institute Company Limited and General Manager of CECC Fujian Electric Power Survey and Design Institute Company Limited, made speeches at the conference, pointing out that as a major part of marine energy and a strategic As an important part of marine energy and a strategic emerging high-tech industry, the development of offshore wind power is an inevitable choice to realize the transformation of clean and green energy. The development of offshore wind power industry needs a solid technical foundation, the need to strengthen close collaboration between the industry, and jointly help the development of offshore wind power industry, and warmly welcome all the guests. The opening ceremony was presided over by Zhai Endi, Secretary General of Offshore Wind Power Branch of China Ocean Engineering Consulting Association.

In the keynote report session, Teng Jinguang, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Wang Fuming, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Fan Qixiang, Deputy General Manager of China Huaneng Group Corporation, Wang Weisheng, Chief Engineer of China Electric Power Research Institute Company Limited, Zheng Jinhai, Vice President of Hohai University, and Liu Jianping, Deputy General Manager of Fujian Branch of China Three Gorges Corporation Limited shared their experiences on the application of composites in the engineering structure of floating offshore wind power, challenges and countermeasures of marine civil engineering, grid-connected operation technology, wind turbine foundation scour protection, engineering structure design and construction, etc. The application of composite materials in floating offshore wind power engineering structures, challenges and countermeasures of marine civil engineering, grid-connected operation technology, wind turbine foundation scour protection, etc., and engineering structure design and construction were shared.

In the afternoon of December 16th, Zhao Min, Deputy Director of New Energy Division of China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd, Vice President of Offshore Wind Power Branch of China Ocean Engineering Consulting Association, held a special report session, and Lin Chuanwei, Member of Party Committee of Fujian Electric Power Survey and Design Institute of China Electricity Construction Group Co. Professional and technical experts Li Yan, deputy director of the wind power industry innovation center of the State Power Investment Corporation and the director of the Electric Power Meteorological Research Institute Geng Fuhai, assistant general manager of China Electric Power Engineering Consultants Group Company Limited, Li Gang, president of the CLP Ocean Energy Engineering Research Institute, around the large-scale large-scale deep sea offshore wind centralized delivery technology, composite cylinder base technology, offshore wind power development opportunities and equipment technology challenges, floating wind power development potential and cost reduction path, price leveling Potential and cost reduction path, flat-price era of offshore wind power industry chain technical challenges and innovation and other topics to share, experts believe that the offshore wind power market has a broad prospect, but at the same time also facing challenges in equipment technology, construction difficulty, operation and maintenance costs. It is necessary to strengthen technological innovation and R&D, improve the efficiency and reliability of equipment, reduce operation and maintenance costs, and promote the sustainable development of offshore wind power. In addition, experts also put forward suggestions and thoughts on how to promote the development of offshore wind power technology and how to cope with the challenges of the parity era.

Mr. Bi Yaxiong, Honorary Chairman of Offshore Wind Power Branch of China Ocean Engineering Consulting Association, moderated the roundtable dialogue session. Before proceeding, Zhai Endi, Director of National Wind Power Engineering and Technology Research Center, made a speech titled "Future New Offshore Wind Turbines for Deep and Far Sea", which fully guided and explained the round-table dialogue session.

Ltd., Mr. Dong Yehong, Vice President of the Research Institute, Mr. Cao Yingchun, Member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager, Mr. Yu Chenguang, General Manager of Offshore Business Unit, Mr. He Xiaobing, Chief Engineer of Ming Yang Intelligent Energy Group, Mr. Chen Weiguo, Vice President of the Research Institute of Sany Heavy Energy Company Limited, Mr. Rao Yiben, Director of Offshore Market Solutions of Vision Energy, and six other senior executives of wind turbine manufacturers participated in the dialog. Participated in the dialogue, focusing on the face of the accelerated iteration of wind turbine products, the offshore wind power rush to install the wave of unit operation and quality assurance coping strategies, discussed the future of the new offshore wind turbines for the deep and distant sea, emphasized the need to pay attention to the reliability and safety of the wind turbine unit, comprehensively do a good job in offshore wind power equipment, design, engineering, operation and maintenance of the quality of the equipment, strengthen the international exchange of technological innovation and basic scientific research, and promote the technology leadership of China's offshore wind power industry. China's offshore wind power industry to achieve technology leadership and overall healthy development.

On December 17, the conference carefully organized 6 parallel professional forums, covering 12 sessions and showcasing 60+ technical special reports. The reports mainly focused on the core technologies in the field of offshore wind power, involving in-depth discussions on offshore wind power load calculation, support structure design and geotechnical engineering related technologies; at the same time, they also paid attention to the key issues of offshore wind power delivery technology, design and construction of boosting stations; and they shared the latest trends of the convergence development of the offshore wind power industry and the development of international offshore wind power; in addition, the forums focused on the development of large impeller units, large components, deep and distant sea wind power, and the latest trends of the development of the industry; in addition, the forums focused on the development of offshore wind power. In addition, the forum also focused on important issues of offshore wind turbine, large components, deep sea and floating type, and demonstrated the latest research results and innovative practices of offshore wind power foundation construction, ship, transportation, installation and operation and maintenance technologies; and discussed in-depth issues of offshore wind resources, marine hydrological monitoring and marine environmental assessment, which provided the participants with a platform to comprehensively understand and grasp the cutting-edge technologies and innovative practices of the offshore wind power industry.

By the end of this conference, China Offshore Engineering Consulting Association Offshore Wind Power Branch has successfully organized 8 sessions of China Offshore Wind Power Engineering and Technology Conference. As an important platform for delivering authoritative voices and sharing cutting-edge technologies and applications, the conference has become a high-end platform for influencing the offshore wind power industry, and is highly regarded and recognized by industry insiders.

Under the background of global energy transition, offshore wind power, as a clean and renewable form of energy, has great potential for development. We expect that in the future, the China Offshore Wind Power Engineering & Technology Conference will continue to play the role of a platform to further promote the development of the offshore wind power industry and contribute to the realization of a green and sustainable energy future.

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