China to be 3rd biggest wind power producer: media
January 1, 2010
A wind turbine complex on the Zhemo Mountain in the outskirts of Dali, in China's southwestern province of Yunnan in November 2009. China is set to become the world's third largest wind power producer in 2009, state media reported, as the Asian giant seeks various ways to expand energy supply to power its economic boom.
China is set to become the world's third largest wind power producer in 2009, state media reported, as the Asian giant seeks various ways to expand energy supply to power its economic boom.
The country's installed wind power capacity will reach 20 gigawatts this year, said Shi Lishan, vice director of the National Energy Administration's New Energy Department, the Xinhua news agency said Wednesday.
That will lift China to surpass Spain and become the world's third biggest wind power producer after the United States and Germany, the report said.
The United States had 25.2 gigawatts in installed capacity of wind power in 2008, or 20.8 percent of the world's total, compared with China's capacity of 12.2 gigawatts, figures from the Global Wind Energy Council showed.
At the end of last year, Spain had 16.8 gigawatts of installed wind power, the council said.
China, which relies on coal for more than 70 percent of its energy, is the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
But it has set a target of generating 15 percent of its energy from renewable sources -- mainly wind and water -- by 2020.
The country was criticised for obstructing the adoption of a treaty on climate change during an international summit in Copenhagen earlier this month.
However, in a move signalling its commitment to cutting emissions, the nation last week adopted a law supporting the renewable energy industry by obliging electricity grid firms to buy all the power produced from renewable sources.
(c) 2009 AFP
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Never mind that in 2007 China had an installed capacity total of 624 gigawatts of electricity generation and consumed a total 2.718 TERAWATT.
20 Gigawatt installed wind at 30% capacity = 6 Gigawat. 6 over 624 is 0.96%.
That's right. 0.96% of China's electricity generating capacity is from wind. Nothing. It makes no difference. (Probably less now, it's 2010 remember, in that time China installed a number of non-renewable plants too).
We better start turning to Japan and France for advise on how best to avoid carbon pollution, they've doing it for decades now.
Spain, China, Australia, America - you're barking up the wrong tree.
Jan 01, 2010
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2005 1,266
2006 2,599
2007 5,912
2008 12,210
2009 22,500
Pretty close to a doubling each year.
China set a goal in 2007 of 20 gigs of installed wind by 2020. They've hit their 2020 goal ten years early.
China now predicts 100 gigs of installed wind by 2020. And an additional prediction of 15% of its energy from renewables by the end of this decade.
Jan 01, 2010
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I think fingersinterlaced was making a different point than the one you saw. If not, let me make it. These renewable projects are certainly worth while, but right now, we need to focus on the low hanging fruit. The lowest of the low hanging fruit is efficiency. We could cut emissions in half just by decreasing usage by increasing efficiency with existing technology that is more cost effective than spending it on the energy in the first place! This would have exactly 0 effect on standard of living. It is a win/win. Japan and France, not to mention Denmark got that long ago. It is time we wake up and reprioritise. Does that mean reducing green energy projects? Absolutely not! It means equaling that spending by focusing exactly equally on efficiency. That's the point!
Jan 01, 2010
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100gigawatt of wind, remember, is only at best 30-40gigawatt due to capacity factor. The wind doesn't blow 100% of the time. So to get 100gigawatt you need 250gigawatt installed capacity, at best.
15% of it's energy from renewables? What about the other 85%?
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History has proven again and again that every increase in efficiency has lead to an increase in consumption. As efficiency increases price decreases making the technology available to those with lower income. Computers, cars, air travel, mobile phones.
We still need increased efficiency, and we continually get it. Turbo diesel and electric cars, LCD computer screens. Efficiency happens regardless because it providers a temporary increase
Jan 01, 2010
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What would be really good is an energy source that could be used to replace our existing generating capacity, replace it all in 10 years, and make all our new generating capacity from a mix of renewables and non-polluting sources.
And we better hurry up. Even if AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) is completely wrong (which I doubt), no one wants to continue breathing the crap we're pumping in to the atmosphere.
Jan 02, 2010
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So they use 4x as much as they make?
Fingersinterlaced said: We still need increased efficiency, and we continually get it. Turbo diesel and electric cars, LCD computer screens.
Hate to burst your bubble but LCD TV's and monitors are less efficient than the old CRT versions. They look snazzy etc. but they consume more power per unit size than CRT's.
Jan 02, 2010
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Wind 20-40%, photo voltaic (solar) 20% max, solar thermal 15%, solar thermal with storage ~75%.
Renewables look good on paper. Say for example you have a 1GW coal or nuclear powered plan, running at 90% capacity factor, that's 0.9GW (or 900MW).
To get the same 0.9GW from wind you need 2.25GW installed capacity. Try scaling that up to full roll out.
LCD's _are_ more efficient up to around 24-26" ...
So, again, increased efficiency in power consumption and mass production ability has enabled a lot of people to purchased 42" LCD or plasma screens, where as they used to own 22" CRTs. Not many people could afford a 40" CRT. Now you can't get away from LCD and plasma screens, they're everywhere, every pub seems to have at least 5 of them.
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If the world's population were a stable 2 billion I suspect that we could switch off every coal burning power plant.
Jan 02, 2010
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In those parts of the world, those ethnic/religious groups who feel that "two aren't enough", perhaps we could start a program of "wait a while". If we could stretch the time between generations that would help.
Jan 02, 2010
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"History has proven again and again that every increase in efficiency has lead to an increase in consumption."
That's Jeavons Paradox or Jeavons Effect. And it does not always apply.
Jeavons assumes conditions in which supply remains constant and price subsequently drops in response to lower demand. That lower price then boosts consumption.
As we move into new forms of energy production, be they renewables or nuclear, we are likely to see some price increase. Price will drive down consumption. People aren't going to going to switch to efficient light bulbs in order to cut their monthly utility bill and then go out and buy an electric butter warmer.
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If you follow technology you will see that efficiency is the new goal, not 'faster and bigger'.
Big screen LCDs will be replaced with big screen OLEDs. California has already established the regulation that marks the end of energy hog big LCDs.
Jan 02, 2010
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To get the same 0.9GW from wind you need 2.25GW installed capacity. Try scaling that up to full roll out."
Nameplate vs. capacity does not matter. What matters is the cost per kWh of the power produced.
Some renewables such as wind, geothermal and biomass look good when you pay the bill. They are among the least expensive ways to produce electricity.
Solar is rapidly joining the least expensive group. At $2 per watt ($1 panel (almost reached) plus $1 BOS (balance of system)) solar reaches grid parity in sunny parts of the country.
We will have to configure a grid supply that uses geothermal, hydro, and biomass as the 'always on' sources and supplement them with a cocktail of intermittent sources, storage, load shifting, and (for a while) dispatchable natural gas.
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For info on CFL issues, visit
cflimpact.com
It seems it would be helpful to save dispatchable load without deleterious unintended (medical) consequences. That requires more efficient equipment, such as LED bulbs.
Feb 28, 2010
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"People aren't going to going to switch to efficient light bulbs in order to cut their monthly utility bill and then go out and buy an electric butter warmer."
This is wrong. People can and do increase efficiency on their lighting then buy a new gadget. Just because it isn't a butter warmer doesn't mean it doesn't use power. Granted not everyone does this. Power use per capita is and has been steadily increasing even with the radidly growing fraction of people using cfl's.
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"We will have to configure a grid supply that uses geothermal, hydro, and biomass as the 'always on' sources and supplement them with a cocktail of intermittent sources, storage, load shifting, and (for a while) dispatchable natural gas."
Great idea. Sounds like a great and reliable mix.