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Wind power prescribed for China's energy needs

Environmental scientists from the U.S. and China estimate that wind power alone could meet China's projected electricity needs for 2030 using wind turbines installed over a combined area nearly the size of Manitoba. ...full story at cbcnews

from cbcnews on Thu, Sep 10 2009

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07 Jun 08 visit Wind Power in China  »  YouTube videoPresented by China's Green Beat and chinadialogue
07 Oct 09 visit Chasing China's wind power, with pure heart  »  People's Daily To most people interested in the wind game in China, he bore a familiar face. He was a pioneer in the country's grid connected wind power development, a key inspirator of China's first Renewable Energy Law, and was widely recognized as the wind power...
24 Mar 08 visit China's installed capacity of wind power hits 10 mln kw  »  People's Daily China's installed capacity of wind power will hit 10 million kilowatt this year, and the figure is expected to double in 2010, a senior official said in Beijing on Sunday. To develop clean energy, China will expand the installed cap ...
03 Aug 09 visit China's installed wind power capacity doubles in H1  »  People's Daily China's installed wind power capacity that transmits power into the national electricity grid rose 11.81 million kilowatts in the first half of this year, doubling the figure of a year earlier, an industry expert told Xinhua over the weekend. Shu...
10 Apr 09 visit China wind power installed capacity "likely to rise 64% this year"  »  People's Daily Installed capacity in China's wind power sector will grow 64 percent this year to 20 million kilowatts, organizers of the 3rd China (Shanghai) International Wind Energy Exhibition and Symposium 2009 forecast Friday. Installed capacity grew 105 percent...
05 Oct 09 visit Catching the wind  »  China Dialogue Wind power could provide all of China's electricity, says a new study, if the country raises its subsidy and improves its grid. Ben Block reports.Wind power alone could provide electricity for all of China if the country overhauls its rural grids and...

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