In the first half of this year, the installed wind power achieved more than expected growth. China's renewable energy generation reached 1.06 trillion KWH, of which 344.18 billion KWH was generated by wind power, up about 44.6 percent year on year, much higher than other renewable energy sources.
A total of 10.84 million kW of wind power was newly connected to the grid, up 72 percent year on year. Of this total, the installed capacity of onshore wind power increased by 8.694 million kw and that of offshore wind power increased by 2.146 million kW.
In recent days, the wind power industry has been one big news: on July 13, Sinopec began construction of its first onshore wind power project in Weinan, Shaanxi Province; On July 15, the hoisting capacity of the Three Gorges Yangjiang Shabba Offshore Wind Power Project in Guangdong Province, the largest offshore wind farm under construction in Asia, invested by Three Gorges Energy Co., LTD., exceeded 1 million kilowatts, becoming the first offshore wind farm of 1 million kilowatts in China. On July 26, the Jieyang Shenquan offshore wind Power project of the State Power Investment Corporation made a breakthrough, with the first five 5.5MW wind turbines successfully connected to the grid.
The coming era of affordable access to the Internet has not stopped the wind investment boom, and the signal of a new rush to install is increasingly clear. Under the guidance of the "double carbon" target, the performance of the wind power industry is continuing to exceed expectations.
On July 28, the China Association for Science and Technology released for the first time 10 industrial technical questions that will lead the development of the industry. Two of them are related to wind power: How to use "wind power, photovoltaic power, hydropower" to accelerate the goal of carbon neutrality? How to overcome the key technology research and development of floating offshore wind power and engineering demonstration problems?
Wind power is gradually transitioning to the "leading role" status. Earlier, the National Energy Administration (NEA) raised concerns in the industry by suggesting that renewable energy will become the main contributor to the increase in energy and electricity consumption from an incremental supplement. Obviously, the incremental demand of our country will be met mainly by the renewable energy such as wind power and photovoltaic. This means that the orientation of the renewable energy represented by wind power in the energy power system has changed fundamentally.
Carbon peaking and carbon neutrality are extensive and profound systemic changes in economic and social development, which must be integrated into the overall plan of economic and social development and ecological progress. Su Wei, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at the 12th "Green Development and Low-carbon Life" keynote forum: "We should speed up the construction of a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system, promote the large-scale development of wind power and solar power generation, improve the grid's absorption and regulation capacity for a high proportion of renewable energy, and build a new power system with new energy as the main body."
China's installed offshore wind power capacity surpassed that of the United Kingdom to become the world's largest, according to a press conference held by the National Energy Administration on July 28.
By the end of June this year, the installed capacity of renewable energy power reached 971 million kilowatts, data showed. Among them, wind power installed 292 million kW, second only to hydropower installed 378 million kW (including pumped storage 32.14 million kW).
In the first half of this year, the installed wind power achieved more than expected growth. China's renewable energy generation reached 1.06 trillion KWH, of which 344.18 billion KWH was generated by wind power, up about 44.6 percent year on year, much higher than other renewable energy sources. Meanwhile, about 12.64 billion kilowatt-hours of wind power was abandoned nationwide, with an average utilization rate of 96.4 percent, 0.3 percentage points higher than the same period in 2020.
In terms of wind power construction and operation, in the first half of this year, 10.84 million kW of newly connected wind power was installed nationwide, up 72% year-on-year. Of this total, the installed capacity of onshore wind power increased by 8.694 million kw and that of offshore wind power increased by 2.146 million kW.
