China has set itself a goal of installing 1000 MW of wind generating capacity by the turn of the century, according to the ministry of electric power.
The country has already installed ten million small wind generators with an aggregate output of 20 MW.
According to official figures, China has the capacity to produce 30 000 wind turbines annually, and to build 15 wind farms with a combined installed capacity of 30 MW.
The country will continue a policy of developing small wind generators for individual households in border areas, remote from regional grids. China has abundant wind resources. The actual potential wind generation capacity has been put at 253 000 MW by the ministry of electric power.
Meanwhile, work has begun on constructing a 24 MW wind farm in Nan’ao County, Guangdong Province. The project is being funded by the Shantou Nanfang Wind Power Development Co. and an energy company from the Netherlands, at a cost of $30 million.
Nao’ao is an island at the southwestern end of the Taiwan Straits. The county decided to develop renewable energy in 1989, and since then has ordered 67 wind turbines from Denmark, Sweden and the USA.
