Suite101.com, 22nd Nov 09
China decides to increase wind power generation considerably for clean energy in the next decade, which will bring a big cake for electric utilities and wind turbine manufactures. Read More…
China wind power industry grows
23/11/2009China becomes number one wind producer 2011
23/11/2009Slowing growth does not deter wind power’s long-term promise
16/11/2009China Daily, 16th Nov 2009
China’s wind power industry is still promising in the long run, although the growth rate will inevitably slow down compared to that of previous years, according to a report from the international consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
The installed capacity of China’s wind power increased from 402 megawatts (mW) in 2001 to 12,150 mW in 2008, with a growth rate higher than the world average since 2004. Read more…
Wind-power market limit swept clear for foreign firms
13/11/2009China Assistor, 30th Oct 209
China will drop a requirement that most of the components of wind power-related equipment be made within its borders, a beneficial move for foreign companies who argue that they have been locked out of China’s wind-power market. Read More…
Watching out for China
12/11/2009Boston Globe, 12th Nov 2009
Cheap labor and a burgeoning Chinese appetite for renewable energy have drawn many leading companies to make the same move. Last month, the top global manufacturer of windmills, the Danish company Vestas, opened its largest manufacturing complex in Tianjin. In addition to taking advantage of lower production costs, the company is positioning itself to be a dominant player in the world’s biggest potential wind energy market. Read More…
China’s wind power capacity to reach 100 mln kWh in 2020
10/11/2009People’s Daily, 19th Oct 2009
On October 17, at the China-EU new energy technology innovation cooperation and investment forum, Wang Weimin, chief engineer of Dongfang Steam Turbine Co., Ltd., said that the growth rate of China’s wind power had reached over 100 percent for three consecutive years.
In 2008, installed wind power capacity in China increased over 6 million kWh, two times more than 2007’s. China’s total wind power capacity totals over 12 million kWh, taking up by one tenth of the world’s total capacity, ranking the fourth in the world. Read More…
Siemens to pursue wind power tech for growth
10/11/2009China Daily, 26th Oct 2009
It was a sunny and windy afternoon in Beijing. Richard Hausmann, president and CEO of Siemens China, could hear the wind whistling outside his office located in the northern part of the city.
“China has rich wind energy resources, and Siemens is now taking an active role in the country’s wind power sector,” said Hausmann, who is also CEO of Siemens Northeast Asia. Read More…
China wind power likely to meet future energy demand
10/11/2009Energy Business Daily, 3rd Nov 2009
A Squad of environmental scientists from HarvardUniversity and TsinghuaUniversity has established the tremendous potential for wind-generated electrical energy in China. By utilizing voluminous metrological information and integrating the Chinese government’s energy bidding and fiscal limitations for rendering wind power, the researchers approximate that wind exclusively has the potentiality to satisfy China’s electrical energy requirements projected for 2030. Read More…
China wind power firms eyeing overseas markets
10/11/2009Trading Markets, 22nd Oct 2009
China’s aerogenerator production capacity can satisfy the domestic demand, so more wind power companies are extending reaches to the international market, said Shi Pengfei, vice president at the Chinese Wind Energy Association (CWEA).
In order to help domestic aerogenerator manufacturers export their products to Africa and undertake the local wind power projects, The Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank) is actively preparing loans for the wind farm projects in Africa. Meanwhile, some companies quicken their steps toward the overseas M&As (mergers and acquisitions). Read More…
China wins praise for efforts on clean energy
10/11/2009China Daily, 9th Nov 2009
To Liu Lei, it was meaningful to take the subway instead of driving to reach the China Energy and Environment Summit, which concluded in Beijing on Nov 3.
“After a heavy snow Sunday (Nov 1), it’s really cold in the morning. I spent nearly one hour on Metro Line 5 and Line 10 to come to the venue,” said the 44-year-old man, who is a chief advisor to a Taiwan software company. Read More…
