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China plans to increase its wind energy |
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
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A senior policy development official said the
plan is part of a more general goal of increasing the share of renewable energy
in the country's energy mix and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
China's
total wind power capacity now stands at 6,000MW, but by the end of 2008 it
could be as high as 10,000MW. And by 2010, the central government will have
boosted wind power production to 20,000MW, announced Song Yanqin, deputy
director of the research management and international collaboration division of
China's Energy Research Institute. The institute is part of the Beijing-based
National Development and Report Commission, the agency tasked with implementing
energy conservation and emissions reduction programs.
(source: www.upi.com)
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