Wind power in China
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Growth rates for wind power in China have far exceeded the world average, although China still lags behind many countries in terms of total wind power installations. In 2005, with a total production of 2.375 TWh, wind, combined with all other renewables except for hydro comprised 0.10013% of the electricity production in China.[1]
A growing local manufacturing base and an increasingly strong policy environment and contributed to China more than doubling of its wind power capacity in 2006, to a total of 2,588 MW.[2]
In 2005 China had the world's largest total investment in renewable energy sources (excluding large scale hydropower plants) with expenditures of $6 billion dollars U.S. and the largest installed capacity of renewable energy with 37000 MW of installed capacity. With wind power investment of $600 million dollars U.S. in 2006 and total installed capacity of 2300 MW, China is now the eighth largest wind-power producer in the world; Chinese analysts estimate that the total potential wind power generating capacity in China is in excess of 1 million MW, equal to the power generating capacity of 50 Three Gorges Projects and Chinese policymakers have set an ambitious goal of putting in place 30000 MW of wind power by 2020.[3]
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Suzlon Energy (Tianjin) Co, Ltd., a Chinese subsidiary of Suzlon, the Indian wind power generation design, construction, equipment manufacturing and consulting company, held a ceremony at the Tianjin New Technology Industries District marking the beginning of construction of a factory there. Suzlon Energy (Tianjin), which was established in 2006, is investing $60 million U.S.D. to construct a factory to manufacture wind power generating equipment, including blades, engine room outer shells, turbo generators, and others. Total installed capacity is 600 MW.[4][5]
According to reports from the 2007 China (Shanghai) International Wind Energy Exhibition held on April 10, 2007 at the Shanghai New International Exhibition Center, by 2010, 5% of Shanghai’s energy needs will be generated from wind power. Shanghai’s first domestically produced wind farm will locate in Lingang New Town; the 7 MW wind farm will begin generating power in early 2008 and the power generated from this wind farm will be connected to the Huadong Eastern China Power Grid. Over the past several years new wind farms have been built in Shanghai, including the Nanhui Wind Farm, the Qinjian Bay Wind Farm and the Chongming Dongtan (Eastern Beaches) Wind Farm. Together these three wind farms have 18 wind turbines with a total of 24.4 MW. Because land based wind farms require a large amount of land, Shanghai is pursuing ocean-based wind farms; the first ocean based wind farm which Shanghai is constructing is the "Juwuba" Donghai Bridge 100 MW wind farm. When completed the Juwaba Donghai Bridge wind farm will produce 260 million kwh/annum; based on average power consumption of 1200 kwh/annum/household in Shanghai, the sea based wind farm would be able to supply the power needs of 170,000 households in Shanghai.[6]
In 2006 the Shanghai Power Company purchased 64.485 million kwh of green energy (primarily from wind farms), yet the amount of renewable energy which was subscribed by customers from Shanghai Power Company was only 23% of that total. In 2006 there were just 6482 households in Shanghai that subscribed to renewable energy in part because the cost of wind power is 0.53 Yuan/kwh higher than power produced from coal plants; in 2007 total output of wind farms in Shanghai will total 100 million kwh, which is sufficient to power 120,000 households. Though there were 22 entities that purchased renewable energy in Shanghai, though with the exception of 1/3rd of that total being state owned enterprises, the remainder was foreign invested enterprises. Shanghai’s city government did not purchase any renewable energy. Of the top ten power customers in Shanghai, only Bao Steel purchased renewable energy; in 2006 Bao Steel entered into an agreement to purchase 1.2 million kwh over three years.[7]
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), aiming to diversify from its core oil and gas business, will be seeking international companies interested in cooperating with them to develop offshore wind farms, said CNNOOC president Fu Chengyu at a conference in Hainan Province on April 22, 2007.[8]
Installed capacity of wind power in China increased 1040 MW or 82.5% from the end of 2005 to the end of 2006.[9] Of the total of 80 wind farms presently operating in China, the China Longyuan Electric Power Group Corp. operates 32 wind farms in China; these 32 wind farms have 952 wind turbines that cumulatively have installed capacity of 780MW, or approximately 30% of total wind generating capacity in China.[10]
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Goldwind (Jinfeng) has emerged as the leading Chinese wind turbine manufacturer. A Chinese company, Goldwind currently holds about 3 percent of market share in global wind turbine sales. Within China it captured some 30 percent of sales in 2006.[2]
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- ^ Energy Information Administration - International Electricity Generation Data
- ^ a b Lewis, Joanna I. (2007). A Comparison of Wind Power Industry Development Strategies in Spain, India and China
- ^ Lema, Adrian and Kristian Ruby, ”Between fragmented authoritarianism and policy coordination: Creating a Chinese market for wind energy”, Energy Policy, Vol. 35, Isue 7, July 2007
- ^ Suzlon Announces Major Milestone for China Manufacturing Facilities
- ^ India and China catch the wind
- ^ China (Shanghai) International Wind Energy Exhibition & Symposium
- ^ Operation of quoting and bidding system in Shanghai power generation market
- ^ Datang wins first offshore wind farm
- ^ China has potential to be world’s biggest wind energy market by 2020
- ^ Wind Energy Businesses in China
[edit] External links
- China Wind Systems Announces Completion of Large Scale Manufacturing Facility for Wind Components
- China wind power report 2007 (Greenpeace China)
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