Xinhua reported that China newly installed wind power capacity will see growth of 15 to 18 gigawatts this year after the country became the world leading wind power producer in 2011.

A report on China wind power outlook, jointly released by the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association, the Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace forecast that China wind power sector will maintain the steady growth momentum seen last year.

According to the report China installed 17.63 GW of new wind power capacity in 2011 accounting for 43% of the world's total. The nation remained the world's largest wind power producer with an accumulated capacity of 62.36 GW by 2011 representing 26.2% of the world's total wind power capacity.

By the end of 2011, 47.84 GW of wind power capacity or 76.71% of China total capacity was connected to its power grid an improvement from 69.9% in 2010.

Source - Xinhua

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