Statistics on China’s wind Development
China’s wind resources
China has abundant exploitable wind resources both onshore and offshore due to its large land area and long coastline. The 4th National Wind Resource Investigation, using data from 400 wind masts refined with computer simulations, gives the results summarized in the table below. China’s commercial onshore potential is between 1,000 and 4000 GW; and the offshore potential in waters from 5-50m deep is another 500 GW.
| Technically exploitable potential of onshore wind resources (GW) | |||
| Height above the ground |
Grade 4 or higher (wind power density ≥400w/m2) |
Grade 3 or higher (wind power density ≥300w/m2) |
Grade 2 or higher (wind power density ≥200w/m2) |
| 50m | 800 | 2000 | 2900 |
| 70m | 1000 | 2600 | 3600 |
| 100m | 1500 | 3400 | 4000 |
(Source：ERI & IEA “China Wind Energy Development Roadmap 2050”, 2010)
Statistics
（Source: CWEA, 2001-2011 Annual Statistics）
（Source: CWEA, 2001-2011 Annual Statistics）
