Wind power industry is maturing

China is rich in wind resources and has great significance for the utilization of wind energy. In recent years, stimulated by the policy dividend, the national wind power maintained its momentum of rapid development. In 2016, the installed capacity of the whole country (excluding Taiwan) was 23.37 million kilowatts, down 24% over the same period of last year; the cumulative installed capacity reached 169 million kilowatts.
2008-2016 New and accumulated wind power installed capacity in China

In terms of subregions, compared with the previous year, the proportion of North China, East China and Central South accounted for an increase in last year, with the proportion in East China increasing from 13% to 20% and that in Central South increased by 9% To 13%. Both Northwest China and Northeast China experienced a decrease, with the proportion in Northwest China dropping from 38% to 26%. The proportion in Southwest China remained unchanged.
Proportion of new wind power installed capacity in various regions in China in 2016

Although the rapid development of wind power in our country, the problem of abandoning the wind has always been a go-between. Last year, the wind power of the entire year was as high as 49.7 billion kwh. In addition, there are some limitations and disadvantages of wind energy utilization. For example, the utilization of wind energy is severely restricted by geographical location, the conversion efficiency of wind energy is low, the equipment for wind energy use is not very mature, and the energy is unstable. Therefore, the development of small-scale distributed wind power is widely concerned.

Average annual utilization of wind power in China and abandoned wind rate

The advantages of small distributed wind power

In addition to the high-quality wind resources in the Three North regions, the wind resources that can be utilized are also widely distributed in other parts of the country but they do not have the conditions for the development of large-scale wind power. However, they are fertile ground for the development of small and medium-sized wind power.