Grid shortcomings taking wind out of energy plan's sails
By Liu Yiyu | China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-16 07:51
Workers paint wind turbines in Yumen, Gansu province. Due to poor transmission capabilities and grid connection in Northwest China, new wind projects are being built in other provinces. Doug Kanter / Bloomberg |
BEIJING - China, the world leader in wind power by installed capacity, is facing a growing problem with grid connection as more than half of the electricity its wind farms generate goes unused.
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