China's wind power generation increased 61% year-on-year

According to data released by the National Energy Administration, in the first half of this year, China's wind power generation reached 38.6 billion kwh, an increase of 61% year-on-year, ranking the top of all major energy generation. At present, China's wind power industry has entered a stage of rapid development and has become the world's largest wind power country.

Since 2005, China's total wind power capacity has doubled in five consecutive years. As of the end of 2010, China's new wind power installed capacity was 16 million kilowatts, and its cumulative installed capacity reached 41.827 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world, of which 31 million kilowatts were installed to achieve grid-connected power generation.

At present, Gansu Jiuquan, Mengdong and Mengxi, Northeastern China, Hebei, Xinjiang, Jiangsu, Shandong and other multi-million-kilowatt wind power bases are in an orderly manner. Mengxi and Gansu Jiuquan wind power bases have installed more than 5 million kilowatts each, Hebei and Jilin. It has installed more than 2.5 million kilowatts in various regions. In 2010, wind power generation reached 45 billion kWh, an increase of 63% over the previous year.