China to become world's largest wind power producer
16/1/2007 16:36
China is expected to overtake Germany and the United States to become the
world's largest wind power producer by 2020, a report forecast. The 2006
Annual Report on China's New Energy Industry says that the 10th Five-Year Plan
(2000-2005) period saw a rapid development of wind power industry, with the
installed capacity rose by 30 percent on an annual average, rising from 350,000
kw in 2000 to 1.26 million kw in 2005, ranking 7th in the world. The report
quotes a prediction by the Global Wind Energy Council(GWEC)that the total wind
power installed capacity in China will probably reach 150 million kw in 2020,
making China one of the world's major wind power markets. As a country with
long coastal lines and abundant wind power resources, China boasts of wind power
resources of 3.2 billion kw, of which one billion kw can be developed, according
to the report. China has set up more than sixty wind power farms around the
country, developed key technologies and trained personnel specialized in
designing and operating wind power farms, making the country well prepared to
large-scale development of the industry, the report says. According to
China's national development plan, the total installed capacity of wind power
will reach five million kw by 2010 and 30 million kw by 2020. During the 11th
Five-Year Plan period (2006-2010), China will set up about 30 large wind power
projects of 100 MW at regions with abundant wind power resources, such as
eastern coastal areas, Hebei Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in
north China. In terms of small wind power projects, China has already
developed the largest market in the world. By the end of 2005, China has
installed 320,000 small wind turbine generators with a total capacity of 65,000
kw, supplying power to residents in remote areas, according to the
report.
Xinhua
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