On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:46:56 +1000, "AGWlies"
greenielies@greenielies wrote:



Wind power now accounts for less than 1 per cent of China's energy needs


http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/01/...1-as-expected/

China’s total installed wind power capacity has doubled every year
since 2005. Last year, it added 18,928 MW of wind power capacity. The
country with the next most added was the U.S. with 5,115 MW added. In
total, China has 44,733 MW installed, while the U.S. (2nd again) has
40,180 MW installed.


http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90...0/7394662.html

China's wind power output rose more than 60 percent to 18.8 billion
kilowatt-hours in the first quarter of 2011, growing 30 percent to 50
percent faster than the output of thermal power, hydropower and
nuclear power in the same period, according to information from the
National Energy Administration.

Shi Lishan, director of the New and Renewable Energy Department of the
National Energy Administration, said that the significant increase in
the wind power output in the first quarter exemplifies China's
flourishing wind power industry. The country's total installed wind
power capacity doubled for five consecutive years since 2005.


while solar constitutes one-thousandth of 1 per cent of the country's energy
use.


http://www.climatespectator.com.au/c...ig-solar-boost

Hidden away in a government gazette this week was an announcement that
China would introduce a national feed-in tariff for solar energy. It
took a day or two for the significance to dawn on the market, but it
is now being viewed by analysts in an industry full of landmark
developments as possibly the biggest of them all.

China has, in recent years, come to dominate the global market for
solar panels, but it has so far installed little in its country – just
0.8 gigawatts in a grid that has grown to nearly 1,000GW.

Quote from
http://www.instituteforenergyresearc...-energy-solar/

a.. "In 2008, solar represented 0.09 percent of all energy consumed in the
U.S. [1] and 0.02 percent of all electricity generated in the U.S.[2]
a.. In 2008, solar generating capacity in the U.S. totaled 514 megawatts
and generated 843 million kilowatt hours.[3] Solar turbines generated only a
percentage of their theoretical maximum output due to their intermittency
(the sun does not always shine).
b.. In 2006, photovoltaic cell and module shipments totaled 337 megawatts,
and were estimated at 430 megawatts in 2007. These include communications,
transportation, health, and grid-interactive and remote electric generation
applications. [4]
c.. Due to incentives in the stimulus and to state mandates highlighted
below, the Energy Information Administration projects solar thermal and
photovoltaic generating capacity in the electric power sector to increase to
0.60 gigawatts by 2010, 1.02 gigawatts by 2020, and 1.24 gigawatts by 2030.
End-use photovoltaic capacity is expected to grow to 1.86 gigawatts in 2010,
10.78 gigawatts in 2020, and 12.3 gigawatts in 2030. Together, generation
from solar is projected to increase to 4.12 billion kilowatt hours by 2010,
20.11 billion kilowatt hours by 2020, and 23.22 billion kilowatt hours by
2030. This level of projected solar generation in 2030 represents 0.46
percent of total U.S. electricity generation.[5]
d.. Because solar power is available only when the sun shines and varies
with the seasons of the year, statements about how solar units can produce
enough electricity to serve a large number of homes are misleading. Since a
solar unit cannot supply power continuously, dispatchable generators
(usually fossil-fuel) are required to provide back-up power to the system."
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:46:56 +1000, "AGWlies"
greenielies@greenielies wrote:

Wind power now accounts for less than 1 per cent of China's energy needs
http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/01/...1-as-expected/

China's total installed wind power capacity has doubled every year
since 2005. Last year, it added 18,928 MW of wind power capacity. The
country with the next most added was the U.S. with 5,115 MW added. In
total, China has 44,733 MW installed, while the U.S. (2nd again) has
40,180 MW installed.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90...0/7394662.html
China's wind power output rose more than 60 percent to 18.8 billion
kilowatt-hours in the first quarter of 2011, growing 30 percent to 50
percent faster than the output of thermal power, hydropower and
nuclear power in the same period, according to information from the
National Energy Administration.
Shi Lishan, director of the New and Renewable Energy Department of the
National Energy Administration, said that the significant increase in
the wind power output in the first quarter exemplifies China's
flourishing wind power industry. The country's total installed wind
power capacity doubled for five consecutive years since 2005.
while solar constitutes one-thousandth of 1 per cent of the country's
energy
use.
http://www.climatespectator.com.au/c...ig-solar-boost

Hidden away in a government gazette this week was an announcement that
China would introduce a national feed-in tariff for solar energy. It
took a day or two for the significance to dawn on the market, but it
is now being viewed by analysts in an industry full of landmark
developments as possibly the biggest of them all.

China has, in recent years, come to dominate the global market for
solar panels, but it has so far installed little in its country - just
0.8 gigawatts in a grid that has grown to nearly 1,000GW.