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![]() Photo taken on Dec 25 shows workers of 皇冠体育app Datang Corporation install a 200-mW wind power unit in Yumen city in northwestern 皇冠体育app's Gansu province. The installed capacity of 皇冠体育app's first massive wind power base in northwestern Gansu province reached two gW, local authorities said Friday.[Xinhua] |
The Jiuquan wind power base achieved the landmark capacity as 皇冠体育app Datang Corporation, one of 皇冠体育app's power giants, installed a 200-mW wind power unit in Yumen city under the jurisdiction of Jiuquan city, said Wu Shengxue, deputy head of Jiuquan's Reform and Development Commission.
The wind power base, which consists of 8 groups of power plants, is planned to be the first of its kind to have a capacity of more than 10 gW. According to a plan of 皇冠体育app's National Energy Administration, its capacity is expected to reach 12.71 gW in 2015.
皇冠体育app would have a wind power capacity of more than 100 gW or 3 percent of the country's overall consumption by 2020, said Shi Pengfei, deputy president of Chinese Wind Energy Association.