China set to be a big force in wind power
By Richard Fu |
October 14, 2010, Thursday
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CHINA is set to achieve wind power of 230 gigawatts of installed capacity by 2020, which is equal to 13 times the current capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, according to a latest report.
The China Wind Power Outlook 2010, jointly released by the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association, the Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace, projects that the country's total wind power capacity will reach at least 150GW, possibly up to 230GW. If this figure is realized, wind power could replace 200 coal-fired power plants and in the process cut 410 million tons of carbon dioxide emission, or 150 million tons of coal consumption.
But the report also pointed out the 230GW could only be achieved with the implementation of effective incentive policies, a thorough overhaul of the national grid and stable pricing for wind power to lure project developers.
Despite having a renewable energy policy in China that requires grid companies to purchase all electricity from wind farms, access to wind power for the grid is frequently lagging behind an unstable, out-dated grid infrastructure.
China led the world in newly installed wind energy devices last year with a capacity of 13.8GW (equivalent to 10,129 turbines) - a rate of one new turbine every hour. In terms of overall installed capacity, China ranks second at 25.8GW after the United States by the end of last year.
"The rapid growth in wind power in China was propelled by both the growing need for energy and the government's eagerness to develop low-carbon technology," said Li Junfeng, secretary general of the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association.
The Global Wind Energy Council earlier projected that wind power could meet 12 percent of global power demand by 2020 and up to 22 percent by 2030.
The China Wind Power Outlook 2010, jointly released by the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association, the Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace, projects that the country's total wind power capacity will reach at least 150GW, possibly up to 230GW. If this figure is realized, wind power could replace 200 coal-fired power plants and in the process cut 410 million tons of carbon dioxide emission, or 150 million tons of coal consumption.
But the report also pointed out the 230GW could only be achieved with the implementation of effective incentive policies, a thorough overhaul of the national grid and stable pricing for wind power to lure project developers.
Despite having a renewable energy policy in China that requires grid companies to purchase all electricity from wind farms, access to wind power for the grid is frequently lagging behind an unstable, out-dated grid infrastructure.
China led the world in newly installed wind energy devices last year with a capacity of 13.8GW (equivalent to 10,129 turbines) - a rate of one new turbine every hour. In terms of overall installed capacity, China ranks second at 25.8GW after the United States by the end of last year.
"The rapid growth in wind power in China was propelled by both the growing need for energy and the government's eagerness to develop low-carbon technology," said Li Junfeng, secretary general of the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association.
The Global Wind Energy Council earlier projected that wind power could meet 12 percent of global power demand by 2020 and up to 22 percent by 2030.
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