China's new installed capacity of wind power is expected to reach 18 GW to continue to lead the world in 2012

A report released on the 18th predicted that the development of China's wind power market in 2012 will continue the development trend in 2011, and the new installed capacity of wind power will remain at 15-18 GW (GW, GW), which is expected to reach about 18 GW.

By 2015, the cumulative installed capacity of wind power in China will reach 100 GW. The proportion of distributed wind power will further increase, with the highest ratio reaching 30%. However, China still focuses on large-scale development and land-based wind power development.

The “China Wind Power Development Report 2012” jointly issued by the China Resources Comprehensive Utilization Association’s Renewable Energy Professional Committee and the Global Wind Energy Council and other institutions in Beijing points out that in 2011 China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) will have newly installed capacity for wind power. 17.63 GW, with a cumulative installed capacity of 62.36 GW, continues to maintain its position as the world's largest installed capacity of wind power.

In 2011, the combination of centralized development and distributed development of wind power development in China revealed at first sight: the traditional “Three North” region maintained a strong growth momentum, while the central and eastern regions have become an emerging wind power market through the development of distributed wind power.

“Wind energy is the cleanest energy with the most mature and most promising development prospects. The large-scale development and utilization of wind energy can not only meet the energy demand, but also help China gradually get rid of the water crisis and air pollution brought about by coal combustion. Greenhouse Gas Emissions, said Li Junfeng, chairman of the China Resources Comprehensive Utilization Association Renewable Energy Professional Committee.

The "Report" also pointed out that although China's wind power development momentum is good, the problem of grid connection and incompletion has become a major challenge that has constrained the healthy and sustainable development of wind power in China. The issue of wind erosion (ie, the wind turbine is connected to the grid, but due to grid regulation Directives and limited power generation are particularly severe. According to incomplete statistics, in 2011, China’s wind power “discarded winds” accounted for more than 12%, which was equivalent to the loss of 3.3 million tons of standard coal. Wind power companies have lost more than RMB 5 billion due to wind curtailment, which accounts for about 50% of the wind power industry's profitability.

Li Junfeng said that if the existing relationship of responsibilities and obligations is not sorted out, the interest response mechanism will not be coordinated, and the problem of grid connection and consumption will become a bottleneck that severely restricts the development of wind power and other renewable energy industries in China. China needs to overcome these development bottlenecks as soon as possible, and get rid of market and institutional constraints, clearing the way for the development of the wind power industry.

In response to the future development of wind power in China, Su Siyi, chairman of the Global Wind Energy Council, commented: “In 2011, the development of wind power in the world witnessed a steady increase. Among them, China’s wind power installed capacity accounted for 43% of the global new market. As a global leader in wind power, it is expected that The cumulative installed capacity of wind power in China will be between 200 GW and 300 GW by 2020, and by 2030, wind power will account for 8.4% of the country's total power generation, and will account for about 15% of the power supply structure. China's wind power is still potentially unlimited."