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In 2010, China’s total wind installed capacity has has risen to be 42.3 GW <strong>and</strong> Chinahas become <strong>the</strong> country with biggest installed wind capacity in <strong>the</strong> world, home tomore than one fifth of <strong>the</strong> worldwide wind energy generating capacity. Moreover, itsnewly installed capacity in 2010 is more than three times that of US, which is <strong>the</strong> 2 ndbiggest in terms of newly added wind capacity in <strong>the</strong> year.Wind energy investment in China is increasing quickly. In 2010, China saws 12904new wind generating units installed in <strong>the</strong> country, with a total installed capacity of18.9 GW, up 37.1% from <strong>the</strong> previous year (see Figure 2). And <strong>the</strong> total windgenerating capacity in China is now 44.7 GW (CWEA, 2011).Figure 2. Wind Power Development in China50000447334500040000350003000025805250002000015000120201000058665000342 399 465 563 760 1267 255502000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010Installed capacity increase (MW)Installed capacity increase (MW)Total installed capacity (MW)Total installed capacity (MW)Source: China Wind <strong>Energy</strong> Association (CWEA, 2011)Meanwhile, China’s wind manufacturing capacity is also improving quickly. Startingfrom licensing from wind companies in Europe, Chinese enterprises started to enter<strong>the</strong> wind manufacturing industry in <strong>the</strong> late 1990s. The country’s first big wind turbinemanufacture, GoldWind, was established in 1998 <strong>and</strong> started from purchasinglicensing <strong>for</strong> small wind turbine manufacturing technologies from several Germancompanies (Lewis, 2007) 8 . With <strong>the</strong> introduction of a series of favourable governmentpolicies <strong>and</strong> measures, <strong>for</strong>eign companies began to enter <strong>the</strong> Chinese windequipment market <strong>and</strong> set up production bases <strong>the</strong>re, in many cases throughestablishing joint ventures with Chinese companies <strong>and</strong> local enterprises start togrow quickly in <strong>the</strong> wind turbine manufacturing sector. By 2010, <strong>the</strong>re have been over80 wind turbine producers in China. About 90% of <strong>the</strong> newly added wind generatingcapacity in China is from wind turbines made by Chinese enterprises. Famousinternational wind equipment makers, Suzlon, Gemeasa, GE, Siemens, Vastas,toge<strong>the</strong>r only have 10% of <strong>the</strong> market. 3 of <strong>the</strong> Chinese wind turbine makers, Sinovel,GoldWind, <strong>and</strong> Dongfang Electronic, are among <strong>the</strong> top 10 wind turbine makers interms of market share. Government supporting policies are critical to renewableenergy development.8 Joanna I. Lewis, 2007. Technology Acquisition <strong>and</strong> Innovation in <strong>the</strong> Developing World: Wind TurbineDevelopment in China <strong>and</strong> India, Studies in Comparative International Development (SCID) Volume 42,Numbers 3-4, 208-232.Risø International <strong>Energy</strong> Conference 2011 Proceedings Page 95

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