The total installed capacity of wind power in China has become the largest in the world

On October 12, 2010, the Global Wind Energy Council and the International Environmental Protection Organization Greenpeace released the “Global Wind Energy Outlook 2010” report in Beijing. This year, China’s installed capacity of wind power has reached 30 million kilowatts in the middle of the year. It completed China’s original 10 years ahead of schedule. The planned 2020 wind power installed capacity reaches 30 million kilowatts.

China is currently the world's largest wind power market and the world's largest wind turbine production base. The report predicts that by 2030, China's installed wind power capacity will reach 513 million kilowatts, and the number of employed people will double from the current 200,000 to 400,000. At the same time, China's annual investment in wind power will reach 25 billion euros in the next 20 years. Steve Sawyer, secretary-general of the Global Wind Energy Council, said in an interview with the media that by the end of 2010, the total installed capacity of wind power in China will “probably” surpass that of the United States to become the world’s number one. Even if China cannot complete this year beyond this year, it will most likely Complete beyond for the next few years.

When Su Siwei last year accepted an interview with the First Financial Bureau, he predicted that China will complete the transcendence of the United States in 2013. However, on the 12th, he said that the development of wind power in China has met the expectations of the industry and will “surely” complete this goal in advance.

As of last year, the fast-growing Chinese wind power market has doubled in five consecutive years. Last year, China's newly installed capacity exceeded 13 million kilowatts, becoming the country with the largest installed capacity of wind turbines for the first time.

The report also makes scenario predictions for future wind power development in various regions of the world, including China. According to the optimistic estimate of the report, China's wind power capacity will reach 135 million kilowatts in five years and reach 513 million kilowatts in 20 years. This means that in the next 20 years, China will add an average of about 25 million kilowatts of wind power each year. Officials of the National Energy Administration only stated in public that they expect 10 million kilowatts of new wind power installed each year in the next 10 years.

If these installations are realized, China will need to invest more than 25 billion euros (more than 225 billion yuan) in the wind power market each year, and the number of employees in the wind power industry will double from the current 200,000 to 400,000 in 2030.

However, the report believes that grid construction is still a major obstacle to the development of wind power in China. “Because the target set by the government is too low, it has become the best excuse for grid construction delays.” The report also pointed out that although China revised the “Renewable Energy Law” at the end of last year, it did not purchase wind power from the grid. The drawbacks of the punishment mechanism have not yet been eradicated.

The rapid development of China's wind power has also made China's wind turbine manufacturing, but the report released on the 12th has expressed concern to nearly 80 wind turbine manufacturers in China.