Wind Power in China
From Open Energy Information
Summary
- Installed wind capacity: approximately 30 GW by end of 2010 (est), added 13.8 GW in 2009
- Installed wind capacity doubled each year,
- Min Deqing
- China_2050_Wind_Technology_Roadmap
Estimate Potential
Offshore wind energy generation potential in China estimate to be 11,000 terawatt-hours (TWh) similar to that of the North Sea in western Europe.[1][2]
Current Projects
- 7 large projects or "megabases" (2010) [3]
- Inner Mongolia approximately 4.3 GW capacity in 2010 (66 projects; 40 more planned)[4]
- 1.25 GW offshore project in Guangdong
- Donghai Bridge Wind Farm (102 MW, Shanghai, off-shore)
China Manufacturers
- Shenyang Power Group, controlled by A-Power Energy (Shenyang) will build turbines for a 600 MW, West Texas Wind project[5]
China's Wind Goals
- One limiting factor are transmission lines (ex: Inner Mongolia able to deliver only 2.5 GW of what it produces.[4])
- China's "Development Plan on Emerging Energies", July 2010, lists goals for 2020.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/09/07/07climatewire-chinese-offshore-development-blows-past-us-47150.html
- ↑ http://www.azure-international.com/en/component/content/article/36-what-we-do/164-china-norway-offshore-wind
- ↑ "UN – Over half of all new electricity capacity created in 2009 came from renewable sources"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Inner Mongolia's Wind Capacity Exceeds Grid Capacity (China Environmental Brief (6/23/10)"
- ↑ "Chinese-Made Turbines to Fill U.S. Wind Farm"
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