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| Wind Turbine Source: Petr Kratochvil / www.publicdomainpictures.net |
Chinese wind farms are in the news once again as Gamesa, a
world renowned manufacturer and constructor of wind farms, has secured another
contract with China to install 50 2.0 MW wind turbines in Ningxia, China. This
is in addition to the 25 2.0 MW wind turbines that was agreed upon for
installation last year.
China presently has a total of 80 wind farms in operation.
As of 2010, energy production from wind farms was 41,800 MW and it has been
growing at an accelerated rate. In China’s 12th Five Year Plan from 2011 to
2015, wind farms are included in their environmental goals and they are aiming
to produce more than 150 billion kWh by the end of 2015.
