China installed 16 GW of wind power capacity in 2010, a 62 percent increase from the previous year. As a result, its total installed wind power capacity is now about 41.8 GW, the report said, citing statistics provided by the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association.
By comparison, total installed wind capacity in the US increased by about 5 GW last year, rising to a total capacity of 40.2 GW, according to the Global Wind Energy Council.
It remains unclear how much of China’s capacity is currently able to access the country’s transmission and distribution networks.
The most recent statistics available are from the China Energy Council, which said that as of August last year wind power capacity connected to the grid was about 22.94 GW.
China has already announced that it is actively exploring ways to improve the grid connectivity of its turbine farms, with a goal of having 90 GW of wind power flowing to its grid by 2015.
At the same time Xinhau reports, China will embark on the second-phase of construction on its 5 GW Jiuquan wind power project in Gansu province this , as well as continuing work on the 2 GW Hami wind power project in Xinjiang, a 2 GW Kailu project in Inner Mongolia and the 1.5 GW Tongyu project in Jilin province.
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