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If one thing is true of China, then it’s that the country is a global player. Over the last few years, wind power China manufactured turbines have gone to Cuba, Pakistan, the Philippines and South Korea. The coal technology that China developed has gone to Africa and the Middle East.

Despite their late start and limited track record, Sebastian Meyer, the director of research at Azure International, says, "It is reasonable to expect Chinese wind turbines to find receptive export markets in the near term."

China Is Catching Up Fast And Doing It Better

While the wind energy Germany, the US and Spain generates has outpaced China thus so far, it’s expected that China will jump from 6 gigawatts of generating capacity to 136 gigawatts in the coming years. "China is catching up fast," said Meyer. "The market is ripe for China not replicating what Europe and US did in the past, but doing it better."

Thanks to European government support, the wind power China equipment market has been heavily dominated by European companies, particularly Danish companies, which hold 52.37% of in-grid wind power projects in China. Germany is another big contender, since they hold many desirable manufacturing licenses and send equipment to 20% of the projects in China.

China Aims To Become Self-Sufficient

To a lesser degree, Spain, the United States and the Netherlands occupy small market shares. Chinese policies and programs are focused on reducing the need for imported components to become more self-sufficient. Domestically, there are more than 30 companies building wind farms.

Their top wind farms are run by Long Yuan Electric Power Group Corp (China Guodian Corporation), Huaneng New Energy Industrial Co. Ltd., China Datang Corporation, China Power Investment Corporation and China Huadian Corporation. Most of the wind purchase turbines are located in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Guangdong, Liaoning, Ningxia, Jilin and Hebei.

Testing A 1.2 Megawatt Turbine

The biggest wind power China turbine manufacturer is Goldwind Co. in Xinjiang, which has captured 20% of the market share. Their main products are more than 400 units of 600 and 750 kilowatt turbines, but they also are testing a 1.2 megawatt turbine, which may revolutionize the sources wind energy China produces.

Another large company is Yunda Co in Zhejiang, which has more than 45 units of 200, 250 and 750 kilowatt wind turbines in operation. Shenxin Co of the Shenyang Industry University is developing 75 kilowatt and 200 kilowatt turbines but is also working on a 1 megawatt offering.

China Is Powering Ahead With Wind Energy

Dalian Heavy Machinery is developing and manufacturing 1.5 megawatt wind turbines. Wanadian Co has six 600 kilowatt wind turbines in operation and the Shanghai Bluesky Co has two 300 kilowatt wind turbines operating.

"China is powering ahead with no visible signs of slow down," said Steve Sawyer of the Global Wind Energy Council. "They intend to become the largest market in the world, very clearly, and they probably will unless things take off in the US again in the relatively near term."

Additional Alternative Wind Energy Farms Popping Up

Wind power China will be expanding rapidly over the next few years, with additional alternative wind energy farms popping up off the eastern and southern coasts. One of the obstacles they face is that the wind energy capacity is often located far from the cities, where energy demands are high.

For instance, one wind farm in Inner Mongolia is located 2.5 hours from the nearest population center. Similarly, windy Xinjiang is just over 2,485 miles from the China’s east coast cities.

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J K Hellios has written a number of articles on solar power and renewable energy including Solar Powered Homes, Solar Powered Lights, Solar Powered Cars.
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