China To Lead Global Wind Energy Development

There is good news in the wind for environmentalists. Wind turbine capacity has been increasing and the unit cost of power generated by wind energy is expected to drop, much of which is credited to China’s efforts.

The World Wind Energy Association forecasts that by 2020, wind turbine total installed capacity will reach an estimated 1.5 million megawatts worldwide, accounting for 20% of global electricity consumption. This will represent a substantial jump in the role of wind energy in the next decade, where it represented just 1.5% of global electricity consumption in 2008.

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