Reuters, Beijing, January 27 – A press release issued on the website of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of China stated on Wednesday that, as of the end of 2010, the grid-connected wind power installed capacity of the State Grid Corporation reached 28.26 million kW (28.26 GW). For the fifth consecutive year, it has doubled.
The press release quoted the State Grid Corporation of China as saying that the total installed capacity of wind power grid connection accounted for 4.2% of the largest electricity load in the entire network, of which nine provinces and districts had more than 1 million kilowatts of wind power grid connection capacity; the annual output of wind power was 48.1 billion kwh, accounting for the entire society 1.4% of electricity consumption, an increase of 87.2%.
In order to support the development of wind power and large-scale consumption, as of the end of last year, the State Grid Corporation invested a total of 41.8 billion yuan, and built 23,200 kilometers of wind-powered grid-connected lines.
In 2010, China’s total installed capacity of 41.83 gigawatts of wind power surpassed that of the United States and ranked first in the world. According to this calculation, the grid-connected wind power installed capacity of the State Grid has accounted for 67.6% of the total installed capacity of wind power in the country, exceeding two-thirds.
To achieve the target of 15% of non-fossil energy in primary energy consumption by 2020, China is currently vigorously developing renewable energy including hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power.
However, because most of the wind farms located in the “Three Norths†(northwest, north, northeast) are far away from the key power areas in the southeast, and because the construction period of the power grid lags behind that of the wind farms, a large number of wind power is difficult to be connected to the grid and become a development. A major bottleneck in wind power.
The press release quoted the State Grid Corporation of China as saying that the total installed capacity of wind power grid connection accounted for 4.2% of the largest electricity load in the entire network, of which nine provinces and districts had more than 1 million kilowatts of wind power grid connection capacity; the annual output of wind power was 48.1 billion kwh, accounting for the entire society 1.4% of electricity consumption, an increase of 87.2%.
In order to support the development of wind power and large-scale consumption, as of the end of last year, the State Grid Corporation invested a total of 41.8 billion yuan, and built 23,200 kilometers of wind-powered grid-connected lines.
In 2010, China’s total installed capacity of 41.83 gigawatts of wind power surpassed that of the United States and ranked first in the world. According to this calculation, the grid-connected wind power installed capacity of the State Grid has accounted for 67.6% of the total installed capacity of wind power in the country, exceeding two-thirds.
To achieve the target of 15% of non-fossil energy in primary energy consumption by 2020, China is currently vigorously developing renewable energy including hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power.
However, because most of the wind farms located in the “Three Norths†(northwest, north, northeast) are far away from the key power areas in the southeast, and because the construction period of the power grid lags behind that of the wind farms, a large number of wind power is difficult to be connected to the grid and become a development. A major bottleneck in wind power.