China has abundant wind energy reserve which could be vital to
properly solve the country's energy issue, Green Peace said
Saturday in a research report jointly issued by the organization
and Europe Wind Energy Association and China Renewable Industry
Association.
The report, named as Wind Force 12, predicted that China's wind
energy reserve would surpass the total amount of China's current
power generation, as well as that in the future decades.
Furthermore, in the year of 2020, China's electricity generated
by wind energy would possibly reach 14 percent of the global wind
energy output, the report forecast.
According to the statistics provided by the Green Peace in the
report, the generation cost of the electricity by wind energy was
823 euro per kw in 2002, and it would decrease to 504 euro in
2020.
Despite of huge wind energy reserve, the future development of
China's electricity generation by wind energy still faces
obstacles, such as the high risk of commercial development and
difficulty in integrating to the national power network, the report
said.
China has taken substantial measures to promote commercial
development of wind energy utilization, according to a source with
the Green Peace. She told Xinhua that China has taken the promotion
of the renewable energy as one of the basic national policies and a
relevant law was currently under drafting.
(Xinhua News Agency May 15, 2004)