IncentivePoliciesforWindPowerDevelopmentinChinaAuthor:GaoHuandWangZhongyingDOI:Electricity.2004-04-013Institution:RenewableEnergyDevelopmentCenterEnergyResearchInstituteNationalDevelopmentandReformCommissionWindpower,beingarenewableenergy,cancontributetoenergymixandenvironmentimprovement,thusfavorabletosustainabledevelopment.Chinahasmadegreatprogressonbuildingupwindpowercapacity.However,ascomparedwithindustrializedcountries,therestillneedsmanyefforts.Inrecentyears,thegovernmenthasintensifiedinputonrenewableenergydevelopmentandcarriedoutsomedemonstrationprojectsalongwithcertainpreferablepoliciesspecificallyforwindpowerdevelopment.GreatsignificanceofwindpowerdevelopmentinChinaEnergyistheimportantfoundationfornationaleconomicdevelopment.Beingabigenergyproductionandconsumptioncountry,inlinewithaccelerationofeconomicconstruction,energysupplyprobleminChinahasbecomemoreandmoreprominentinrecenttwoyears.In2003,thetotalenergyconsumptioninChinaamountedto1.68billiontonsofcoalequivalent,itwas13%higherthanthatin2002.Intheenergymix,coalaccountedfor67.1%,oilaccountedfor22.7%,naturalgasaccountedfor2.8%andhydro-electricityaccountedfor7.3%,whileoilimportreached97milliontons.Asforpercapitaenergyresources,coal,oilandnaturalgasinChinaonlyreach70%,10%and5%ofworldaveragelevelrespectively.Underthisenergybackground,fromlong-termpointofview,theinsufficiencyofenergyresourcesenergyresourceswillbecomeimportantshacklesoneconomicdevelopment.Moreover,energyconsumptionreliesexcessivelyoncoalinChina,theshareofcoalinenergyconsumptionmixin2003hadevenincreasedonepercentagepointoverthatin2002.Particularlyinpowersector,nearly75%ofpowerinstalledcapacityareofcoal-firedthermalpower,ChinahasnowbecomethelargestSO2emissioncountry,ofwhich90%werecausedbycoal-burning,and70%offluedustinatmospherealsocausedbycoal-burning,theconsequencesofcoal-burningalsoincludesoilacidified,cropdeclined,vegetationdamagedandotherecologicaldisasters,aswellasdoharmtohumanhealth.CoalburninginparticulardischargesmassiveCO2,whichisthemainreasoninitiatingglobalwarming.ChinaisnowthesecondlargestgreenhousegasemissioncountrynexttotheUnitedStates.Inaddition,thedegreeofrelyingonoilimporttendstobehigher,beingastrategicmaterial,oilsupplyanditspricearealwaysinfluencedbyinternationalsituation,thusimpactsenergysupplysecurity.Windenergy,beingarenewableenergy,isun-exhaustible.Chinahasrichwindenergyinnorthregions---本文来源于网络,仅供参考,勿照抄,如有侵权请联系删除---andeasterncoastalareas,wheretodevelopwindpowerwillbenefiteconomicdevelopment,promoteemploymentandinwindenergyconversion,therewillbebasicallynoharmtoenvironment,itsgreenhousegasemission(20g/kWh)isfarlowerthantheuseofconventionalenergy.PresentstateofwindpowerdevelopmentWindpowerconstructioninChinastartedsincemid1980s,throughnearly20yearsdevelopment,bytheendof2003,morethan40windpowerfarmshavebeenbuiltup,withatotalcapacityof570MWconnectedintopowergridsandanannualgenerationof1.2TWh,ofwhich,126MWinLiaoning,103MWinXin激ang,86MWinGuangdongand88MWinInnerMongolia.ThelargestwindpowerfarmistheDabanchengNo.2WindFarmwithatotalcapacityof83MInaddition,thereareabouttwohundredthousandsmallwindgenerators(withatotalcapacityof35MW)supplyingpowerforresidenceinremoteareas.ThemanufacturingtechnologiesandproductioncapabilityofwindpowerequipmentaswellaswindpowermanagementinChinahaveachievedg...