China's Installed Capacity of Wind Power Could Reach 4,000 MW This Year

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Wind power is developing rapidly in China. Installed capacity could reach 4,000 megawatts (MW) by the end of 2007, said Li Junfeng, Secretary General of the China Association of Resource Comprehensive Utilization, at the Second Forum on Renewable Energy. China's wind-generated electricity capacity is likely to exceed 5,000 MW next year, two years ahead of the national development plan.

According to China's national development plan, total installed capacity of wind power is scheduled to reach 5,000 MW by 2010 and 30,000 MW by 2020. The development and use of renewable energy has accelerated since the Renewable Energy Law of China came into effect early last year, Junfeng said. Approximately 1,330 MW of installation capacity was added in 2006, which increased by 165% compared to 2005 totals.

According to the 2006 Annual Report on China's New Energy Industry forecast, China is expected to overtake Germany and the United States to become the world's largest wind power producer by 2020.

The Report also says that the Tenth Five-Year Plan (2000-2005) period saw a rapid development of the wind power industry, with the installed capacity rising by 30% on the annual average from 350 MW in 2000 to 1,260 MW in 2005. This ranks seventh in the world.

As a country with long coastal lines and abundant wind power resources, China boasts wind power potential of 3.2 billion kilowatts according to the report.

China has set up more than 60 wind power farms around the country, developed key technologies and trained personnel specialized in designing and operating wind power farms. This makes the country well prepared for large-scale development of the industry, the report says.

During the Eleventh 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 the eastern coastal areas of the Hebei Province and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China.

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