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Published on: February 4, 2016

Original title: 能源局：2015年全国风电产业继续保持强劲增长势头
Links: Original CN (link). Same statistics for (2017) (2016) (2014) (2013).

 

Xinhua, Beijing, on February 2 reports：On February 2nd the National Energy Administration reported that in 2015, the national wind power industry continues to maintain strong growth. Annual installed capacity of wind power was 32.97 GW, a new installation record. Cumulative grid-connected capacity reached 129 GW, accounting for 8.6% of total installed generation capacity。Wind power production supplied to the grid stood at 186.3 TWh, accounting for 3.3% of total electricity production。Newly approved wind power capacity was 43 GW in 2015, an increase of 7 GW compared with last year. Cumulative approved capacity stands at 216 GW, with 87.07 GW of approved capacity under construction。

The average number of full-load hours was 1728 hours in 2015, down 172 hours from last year. The highest number of full-load hours was recorded in Fujian, at 2658 hours, with the lowest recorded in Gansu, at 1184 hours。During 2015, wind power curtailment worsened; total curtailment of wind power over the year was 33.9 TWh, an increase of 21.3 TWh from last year. Curtailment was equal to 15% of all wind power production, an increase of 7 percentage points from last year. Curtailment was highest in Inner Mongolia (9.1 TWh, or 18% of all wind power production), Gansu (8.2 TWh, or 39%), Xinjiang (7.1 TWh, or 32%), Jilin (2.7 TWh, or 32%)。

Annex：

2015 Wind power industry statistics

Provinces (autonomous region, municipality)	Cumulative approved capacity	Total capacity under construction	Grid-connected capacity, additions	Grid-connected capacity, cumulative	Power production	Curtailment	Wind power curtailment (% of all)	Full-load hours
Total	216,410	87,070	32,970	129,340	186,300	33,900	15%	1,728
Beijing	250	100	0	150	300			1,703
Tianjin	820	530	0	290	600			2,227
Hebei	15,720	5,490	1,090	10,220	16,800	1,900	10%	1,808
Shanxi	11,910	5,220	2,140	6,690	10,000	300	2%	1,697
Shandong	13,110	5,900	990	7,210	12,100			1,795
Inner Mongolia	31,520	7,270	4,070	24,250	40,800	9,100	18%	1,865
Liaoning	8,250	1,860	300	6,390	11,200	1,200	10%	1,780
Jilin	6,930	2,490	360	4,440	6,000	2,700	32%	1,430
Heilongjiang	7,160	2,130	490	5,030	7,200	1,900	21%	1,520
Shanghai	810	200	240	610	1,000			1,999
Jiangsu	9,010	4,890	1,100	4,120	6,400			1,753
Zhejiang	2,450	1,410	310	1,040	1,600			1,887
Anhui	3,280	1,930	530	1,360	2,100			1,742
Fujian	4,010	2,280	130	1,720	4,400			2,658
Jiangxi	3,130	2,460	310	670	1,100			2,030
Henan	4,730	3,820	470	910	1,200			1,793
Hubei	4,070	2,730	580	1,350	2,100			1,927
Hunan	5,500	3,940	860	1,560	2,200			2,079
Chongqing	1,050	820	130	230	300			2,119
Sichuan	3,940	3,210	450	730	1,000			2,360
Shaanxi	5,350	3,660	390	1,690	2,800			2,014
Gansu	13,860	1,340	2,450	12,520	12,700	8,200	39%	1,184
Qinghai	1,550	1,090	150	470	700			1,952
Ningxia	10,960	2,740	4,040	8,220	8,800	1,300	13%	1,614
Xinjiang	18,830	2,720	8,420	16,110	14,800	7,000	32%	1,571
XPCC	2,720	1,920	450	800	400	100	19%	1,560
Tibet	50	40	0	10	0			1,760
Guangdong	5,470	3,000	420	2,460	4,100			1,689
Guangxi	3,650	3,220	300	430	600			2,122
Hainan	390	80	0	310	600			1,914
Guizhou	6,530	3,310	900	3,230	3,300			1,199
Yunnan	9,390	5,270	900	4,120	9,400	300	3%	2,573

Notes：1. Capacity unit：MW；Generation unit：GWh；
2. Data on cumulative capacity, power production, full load hours are from the China Electricity Council, and power companies；
3. Data on approved capacity, capacity under construction, and curtailment are from the Hydropower and Water Resources Planning and Design General Institute。