China aims to install 18 GW of wind power projects in
2014. Findings at the recently concluded National Energy Working
Conference 2014 revealed that the country is on track to approve 14 GW
of wind power projects (60 percent of which will be distributed
projects). In addition, the country aims to bring the price for wind and
solar power in alignment with that for thermal power by 2020.
Although some reports indicated that the wind power sector in China
showed minimal growth in 2013, the actual situation was not so grim.
Recently released statistics pointed to a recovery in the industry, with
newly installed capacity rising 24 percent year on year, the bid
invitation price rising nearly 15 percent, and the average year-on-year
annual wind farm utilization time increasing by more than 100 hours.
Newly installed capacity is expected to maintain a growth rate of 20
percent over the next few years, as the grid connection becomes easier
and the Chinese government establishes more favorable policies.
Data for 2013 show the wind power industry in China has bottomed
out. Last year, the industry recorded newly installed capacity of 16.1
GW, 24 percent more than the 13.0 GW installed in 2012 and bringing the
total to 90 GW. The recovery was also reflected in the bid-invitation
price for wind turbine generators, which improved to 4,000 yuan ($US
670)/KW in 2013 from a low of 3,600 yuan ($US 600)/KW in June 2011.
According to Shi Pengfei, Honorary Chairman of the
Chinese Wind Energy Association, there were three main reasons for the
recovery. Firstly, the Ministry of Finance has begun to pay the
additional subsidies for renewable energy up front, significantly
reducing the time necessary for developers to obtain the subsidies so
they can be turned around and deployed. Secondly, the decline in the
coal price vastly improved the financial positions of China’s five
largest power generation groups, allowing them to allocate more
investment in the renewable energy sector. Lastly, developers have
realized that they can no longer so viciously cut the bid-invitation
price for wind turbine generators, as this would lead to poor quality
equipment and in turn have a negative effect on their productivity. In
the first half of 2013, the capacity in tender invitations totaled 8.8
GW, an increase of 100 percent year on year.
The limitation on wind power supply saw relief last
year, with the average wind farm utilization exceeded 2,000 hours,
compared with 1,900 hours in 2012, according to Shi Lishan, Deputy Head
of the New and Renewable Energy Division at the National Energy
Administration.
In 2014, several favorable policies will be rolled out.
At the beginning of the new year, the National Energy Administration
issued the Notice on Building Offshore Wind Power Projects,
according to which the administration will choose several of the larger
projects in several provinces this year as the ones to develop, said
Shi. In addition, the watchdog organization will issue the long-awaited Quota Management Methods on Renewable-Energy Power,
a document delineating a clear schema for the quota distribution of
renewable energy for power generating companies, grid companies and
provinces. This will allow all parties to deploy more wind power and PV
power projects as the seek to make full use of their quotas. Furthermore, the Ministry of Science and Technology will
kick off a batch of research projects to support of the development of
the wind power sector, according to Qin Haiyan, secretary general of the
Chinese Wind Energy Association.
Source:- renewableenergyworld
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