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China Produces a Quarter of the World’s Wind Turbine Blades

Research and consulting company Global Data have published a report giving data and predictions for the future: “Wind Turbine Rotor Blades – Global Market Size, Average Price, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2020″ According to the report, China is a major manufacturing hub of wind turbine rotor blades. This is hardly surprising as China… Read the rest

China Will Remain Wind Power Market Leader for next Seven Years

The research and consulting firm, GlobalData, have reported that despite a slowed growth rate, China will still be the largest wind power market in 2020. It still very much wants to reduce its carbon footprint while increasing the availability of electricity in rural areas. Chine has an impressive record: It has doubled its cumulative wind capacity… Read the rest

China Seeks Scottish Offshore Expertise

Today in Beijing, a contract was signed that will see the Scottish renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy employed to provide strategic advice and expert support for the development of the first offshore wind farm in the Guangdong province, China. Over two years SgurrEnergy will advise the Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute-GEDI (one of China’s leading design institutions)… Read the rest

Chinese Wind Turbine Companies Rising Up The Ranks In World League

With the Global Wind energy Council ( GWEC ) prediction on Tuesday that world wind power capacity will more than double by 2015 – growing to 450GW from 194.4GW at the end of 2010, MAKE Consulting releases a new wind power companies league table. Based on the power of its world install activity in 2010, Vestas… Read the rest

China’s First 6 MW Wind Turbine Unveiled By Sinovel

Sinovel Wind Group Co., China’s largest wind power generator manufacturer, announced Monday it will finish production of the country’s first independently-developed 6-megawatt wind turbine in June. The turbine would put Sinovel on a par with Germany’s Enercon and Denmark’s Vestas in producing the world’s most powerful wind generator. Vestas announced earlier this month that it would… Read the rest

Chinese Wind Power Companies Target Global Markets

BEIJING – China’s Goldwind Science & Technology Ltd. is one of the world’s biggest makers of wind turbines – a cornerstone of the booming clean power business – but is unknown outside its home country. By Joe McDonald – Associated Press – Goldwind aims to change that. In a Minnesota farmer’s cornfield, the company is erecting… Read the rest