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In 2010, China became the world’s largest wind energy producer and the boom is continuing unabated, fuelled by government support [Xinhua]
In 2010, China became the world’s largest wind energy producer and the boom is continuing unabated, fuelled by government support.
The wind farm on Nanri Island, Putian City, is designed with an installed capacity of 400,000 kw. Upon completion in 2018, the project will be able to yield 1.4 billion kilowatt hours of electricity a year, equivalent to burning 450,000 tonnes of coal, while saving 4.4 million tonnes of water otherwise used for thermal power generation.
Wind power has provided stable electricity supply to more than 50,000 people living on the island since 2005. The island is prone to hurricanes and typhoons, with about 320 days of windy weather on average per year.
China aims to reduce reliance on coal-fired power through renewable energy including biomass, geothermal, solar, wind and hydropower.
China brought around 35 gigawtt of renewable power generation online in 2014, more than the United States, Britain and France combined.
In an estimated $100 billion expansion programme, China aims to raise its domestic nuclear power capacity to 58 GWs by 2020 from 20.3 GW at the end of 2014. Nuclear capacity would still only meet 3 per cent of China’s total electricity needs by 2020.
China is urging its top wind and solar power production provinces to prioritize transmission of renewable energy over conventional energy sources as it seeks to get more clean power onto the grid.
Source: Agencies
