From January to June of 2017, China's wind power market steadily developed, and the industrial quality continued to improve
According to the data analysis of relevant key enterprises and industry consultants by the National Renewable Energy Center, in the first half of 2017, the growth rate of wind power is slowing down, with the newly installed capacity expected to be around 5.5 million kw. In June, the newly installed capacity will continue to be around 800 million kW, and the cumulative installed capacity of wind power is expected to exceed 154 million kW.
From the perspective of new installed capacity, in the first half of 2017, wind power construction accelerated in central and eastern regions, with new installed capacity mainly concentrated in Henan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Jiangsu and Guangxi. In the first half of the year, the central and eastern regions are expected to add more than 3 million kilowatts of new power, accounting for more than 50 percent of the country's total. Constrained by the impact of wind abandon and power limit and the monitoring and early warning mechanism for wind power investment, the growth rate of wind power construction in the "three northern regions" has slowed down significantly. In the first half of this year, Ningxia and Gansu are expected to have no new installations, with Shandong, Hebei and Qinghai becoming the main new installations in the "three northern regions".
In the first half of 2017, the wind power curtailment rate and curtailment rate have both decreased compared with the same period of last year, and the development quality of the wind power industry continues to improve. It is estimated that the national wind power curtailment rate will decrease by about 25% compared with the same period of last year, and the wind curtailment rate is expected to decrease by 5% compared with the same period of last year.
In the second half of 2017, wind power will continue to maintain a steady development trend, and it is expected that the annual installed capacity of wind power will be slightly higher than the overall level of last year. In addition, the new installed capacity of wind power in 2017 will be transferred geographically, with the total new installed capacity in the eastern central and southern regions surpassing the "three northern regions" for the first time. The scope and scale of wind curbings nationwide will be reduced, with annual wind curbings expected to be no more than 45 billion kilowatt hours.
