Hebei Province to build 10 million kilowatt wind power base

November 07, 2008

China Knowledge quoted an official with the Hebei Development and Reform Commission said North China's Hebei province is mulling a large wind power base with installed capacity of 10 million kilowatts.

Upon completion, the new base will be able to generate 23 billion kWh of electricity per year. The Top 5 Chinese power groups, namely China Power Investment Corporation, China Huaneng Group, Guodian Power Corporation, China Datang Corporation and China Huadian Group have started or planned to set up wind power plants in the province.

Currently, there are over 10 wind power plants in the province with a combined installed capacity of 800,000 kilowatts. The wind power plants which are still under construction have a total installed capacity of 1.8 million kilowatts. The provincial government plans to expand the capacity to 3 million kilowatts by 2010.

Datang Daode Wind Power Plant Broke Ground at Alukerqin

2008 October 18, Datang Daode Wind Power Plant held the ground breaking ceremony at Alukerqin. Alukerqin is rich in the wind energy, and there are five ideal wind power plant locations, the planned five wind power plants cover 1,602 square kilometers in total in Alukerqin.

The first phase project of Daode wind power plant will install 58 sets of Vestas V60-850KW wind turbines, and the first phase project will be completed in one year. And the investment for the first phase project is 500 million CNY, and it will be able to generate 120 million KWH power each year and the power generation income will be 67 million CNY a year. And the investment will be paid off in ten and half years.

And Alukerqin government has further signed 1.5GW wind power development agreement with Datang.

Datang Saihanba Wind Power Company will reach 1GW capacity by the end of 2009

Datang Chifeng Saihanba Wind Power Company was founded in September 2004, and Saihanba wind power plant covers 3000 square kilometers, the total exploitable wind power is 20GW, and it is one of the best wind power farm in China.

The total installed capacity reached 500MW by the end of 2007, and became the largest wind power plant in the world. And its total installed capacity will reach 670MW by the end of 2008, and reach 1GW by the end of 2009.
　　

Baotou to push Damao Bayin wind power project

In order to achieve the 2,000MW wind power capacity (including the under construction projects) by the end of 2010, Baotou municipal government is pushing the development of Damao Bayin 1,400 MW wind power project.

The total exploitable wind power capacity in Baotou is about 30,000MW, and the planned Bayin wind power project will cover 850 square kilometers, Baotou government began to prepare for the development of Bayin wind power project in 2005, and the Bayin wind power plants are divided into seven sectors, and seven companies are preparing to build the wind power plants.