Wind energy plants 'ahead of schedule'

China's installed wind power capacity will reach 100 million kilowatts by the end of 2014, a year ahead of the scheduled targets for the year outlined in the country's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15), a senior official said on Wednesday.

As China's new energy market continues to be promoted by policymakers, its installed wind power capacity had already hit 83 million kW by the end of August, said Zhu Ming, deputy director of the new energy and renewable energy department with the National Energy Administration.

Addressing the 2014 China Wind Power conference in Beijing, he said the country should now accelerate its medium-and long-term development plan for wind power with more ambitious goals to ensure that China will reach 200 million kW in wind power capacity by 2020.