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More importantly, the 13th FYP paid more attention to the efficiency
issues regarding the utilization of installed wind and PV capacity, intermittence problem caused by renewable power fluctuations, transmission
difficulty and geographic uneven distributions of wind and PV power
generation projects. To address the long-existing problem of high curtailment rates in wind and PV, the 13th FYP proposed for the first time the
targets of annual power outputs for the wind and PV power generation as
compared to the 12th FYP, which only set targets for the installed capacities of the two renewables. To promote sales of electricity from renewable
sources, the 13th FYP set the goal of getting wind power to compete
with local coal-fired power generation on the same price platform and
PV power price to be equal to local selling price from grid companies.
The 13th FYP emphasized the urgency of addressing the high curtailment
rates of renewable energy projects and called for locating more wind and
PV projects in China’s eastern and central provinces instead of resourceful
but sparsely populated western provinces.
Special Programs
China’s abundant inland and offshore wind energy resources provide
enormous potential for large-capacity wind farms. As a latecomer in
the utilization of wind power, China’s wind power installed capacity
increased at a much slower rate than the world’s average level before
2004 but, even during that early stage, strong policy support played a
vital role in promoting wind power generation and turbine manufacture. To import technology from foreign companies and to establish
a high-quality Chinese wind turbine generator sector, the former State
Development and Planning Commission (SDPC), predecessor of NDRC,
initiated the “Ride the Wind Program” (chengfeng jihua) in 1996, leading
to the establishment of two joint ventures, NORDEX (Germany) and
MADE (Spain), which effectively introduced 600 kilowatts wind turbine
generator manufacturing technology into China.
The landmark policy came in 2003 when the NDRC launched the
“Wind Power Concession Program” (fengdian texuquan xiangmu) to
build large-capacity wind farms and achieve economies of scale through
reducing the on-grid wind power tariff. Under the program, the power
grid company signed a long-term power-purchase agreement with the
wind power project investor and agreed to purchase the prescribed
amount of electricity generated by the project, whose capacity must reach
More importantly, the 13th FYP paid more attention to the efficiency
issues regarding the utilization of installed wind and PV capacity, intermittence problem caused by renewable power fluctuations, transmission
difficulty and geographic uneven distributions of wind and PV power
generation projects. To address the long-existing problem of high curtailment rates in wind and PV, the 13th FYP proposed for the first time the
targets of annual power outputs for the wind and PV power generation as
compared to the 12th FYP, which only set targets for the installed capacities of the two renewables. To promote sales of electricity from renewable
sources, the 13th FYP set the goal of getting wind power to compete
with local coal-fired power generation on the same price platform and
PV power price to be equal to local selling price from grid companies.
The 13th FYP emphasized the urgency of addressing the high curtailment
rates of renewable energy projects and called for locating more wind and
PV projects in China’s eastern and central provinces instead of resourceful
but sparsely populated western provinces.
Special Programs
China’s abundant inland and offshore wind energy resources provide
enormous potential for large-capacity wind farms. As a latecomer in
the utilization of wind power, China’s wind power installed capacity
increased at a much slower rate than the world’s average level before
2004 but, even during that early stage, strong policy support played a
vital role in promoting wind power generation and turbine manufacture. To import technology from foreign companies and to establish
a high-quality Chinese wind turbine generator sector, the former State
Development and Planning Commission (SDPC), predecessor of NDRC,
initiated the “Ride the Wind Program” (chengfeng jihua) in 1996, leading
to the establishment of two joint ventures, NORDEX (Germany) and
MADE (Spain), which effectively introduced 600 kilowatts wind turbine
generator manufacturing technology into China.
The landmark policy came in 2003 when the NDRC launched the
“Wind Power Concession Program” (fengdian texuquan xiangmu) to
build large-capacity wind farms and achieve economies of scale through
reducing the on-grid wind power tariff. Under the program, the power
grid company signed a long-term power-purchase agreement with the
wind power project investor and agreed to purchase the prescribed
amount of electricity generated by the project, whose capacity must reach