by MA Yueran
Goldwind has overtaken rivals to become China's largest wind turbine supplier across onshore, offshore and export markets in 2025, industry data showed, highlighting deepening consolidation in the world’s biggest wind power arena.
Figures released by the Chinese Wind Energy Association showed Goldwind ranked first in newly installed capacity last year, ahead of Windey, Mingyang Smart , Envision and Sany Heavy.
Separate statistics from BloombergNEF also placed Goldwind first with a 21% market share, though it ranked Mingyang second and Windey third, separated by just 534 megawatts (MW).
Both sets of data point to rising concentration. BloombergNEF said the top six manufacturers accounted for 91% of China's new installations in 2025, the highest level on record.
China added about 130.6 gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity in 2025, up 49.9% from a year earlier, according to the Chinese Wind Energy Association. Onshore installations totaled 125 GW, accounting for 95.8% of the total, while offshore additions reached 5.56 GW, or 4.2%.
Goldwind also overtook Mingyang to become China's largest offshore turbine supplier for the first time. It installed 2.089 GW of offshore capacity, or 37.6% of the total, compared with Mingyang's 1.367 GW, or 24.6%. Offshore projects typically carry higher technical barriers and stronger pricing power than onshore developments.
Overseas, Goldwind widened its lead. Seven Chinese turbine makers exported equipment to 28 countries in 2025. Goldwind shipped 629 turbines totaling 3.862 GW to 23 countries, ahead of Envision’s 2.136 GW and Windey’s 0.971 GW.
By the end of 2025, Goldwind's cumulative overseas exports reached 13.653 GW, about one and a half times Envision’s 8.974 GW, the industry data showed. BloombergNEF said Chinese suppliers secured nearly 14 GW of overseas wind equipment sales agreements last year, lifting their share of global annual new orders to 29%, up from 23% in 2024.
However, Goldwind recently came under an in-depth anti-subsidy investigation by the European Union, casting uncertainty over its overseas expansion.