==Country Profiles==
===China===
According to the third National Wind Energy ResourcesCensus, China’s total exploitable capacity for both land-basedand offshore wind energy is around 700-1,200 GW.Compared to the other leading global wind power markets,China’s wind resources are closest to that of the UnitedStates, and greatly exceed resources in India, Germany orSpain. <br>'''Market Developments in 2010'''<br>Due to varied wind resources across China and differingtechnical and economic conditions, wind power developmentto date has been focused on a few regions and provinces,including: Inner Mongolia, the Northwest, the Northeast,Hebei Province, the Southeast coast and offshore islands.<br>China’s wind market doubled every year between 2006 and2009 in terms of total installed capacity, and it has been thelargest annual market since 2009. In 2010, China overtook the United States as the country with the most installed windenergy capacity by adding 16,500 MW* over the course ofthe year, a 64% increase on 2009 in terms of cumulativecapacity, reaching 42.3 GW in total.<br>According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the growth ininstalled capacity was driven by a record level of investmentin wind power in China, which exceeded USD 20 billion in2009. In the third quarter of 2010, China’s investment in newwind power projects accounted for half of the global total.In addition, the Chinese government report “DevelopmentPlanning of New Energy Industry” calculated that thecumulative installed capacity of China’s wind power willreach 200 GW by 2020 and generate 440 TWh of electricityannually, creating more than RMB 250 billion (EUR 28 bn /USD 38 bn) in revenue. [[Image:China_Capacity.JPG|thumb|centre|1000px|Total Installed Capacity for China]] <br>'''Chinese Wind Power Sector'''<br>2010 was also an important year for Chinese wind turbinemanufacturers, as four companies, including Sinovel,Goldwind, UnitedPower and Dongfang Electric, are part ofthe world's top ten largest wind turbine manufacturers, andare beginning to expand into overseas markets.Driven by global development trends, Chinese firms,including Sinovel, Goldwind, XEMC, Shanghai Electric Groupand Mingyang, have entered the competition to manufacturewind turbines of 5 MW or more.<br>China’s wind power generation market is mainly sharedamong the ’Big Five’ power producers and several othermajor state-owned enterprises. These firms account for morethan 80% of the total wind power market. The largest windpower operators, Guodian (Longyuan Electric Group), Datangand Huaneng expanded their capacity by 1-2 GW each duringthe year, while Huadian, Guohua and China GuangdongNuclear Power are following close behind. Most of the localstate-owned non-energy enterprises, as well as foreignownedand private enterprises have retreated from themarket. Access to finance is generally not a problem for windpower projects. <br>'''The Renewable Energy Law and the Chinese Feed In Tariff'''<br>The breathtaking growth of the Chinese wind energy industryhas been driven primarily by national renewable energypolicies. The first Renewable Energy Law entered into force in2006, and gave huge momentum to the development ofrenewable energy. In 2007, the first implementation rules Outlook forthe law emerged, giving further impetus to wind energydevelopment. In addition, the “Medium and Long-termDevelopment Plan for Renewable Energy in China” from 2007set out the government’s long term commitment and putforward national renewable energy targets, policies andmeasures for implementation, including a mandatory marketshare of 1% of non-hydro renewable energy in the totalelectricity mix by 2010 and 3% by 2020.<br>In 2009, the Renewable Energy Law was amended tointroduce a requirement for grid operators to purchase acertain fixed amount of renewable energy. The amendmentalso requires grid companies to absorb the full amount ofrenewable power produced, also giving them the option ofapplying for subsidies from a new “Renewable Energy Fund”to cover the extra cost related to integrating renewablepower if necessary.<br>The breathtaking growth of the Chinese wind energy industryhas been driven primarily by national renewable energypolicies. The first Renewable Energy Law entered into force in2006, and gave huge momentum to the development ofrenewable energy. In 2007, the first implementation rules forthe law emerged, giving further impetus to wind energydevelopment. In addition, the “Medium and Long-termDevelopment Plan for Renewable Energy in China” from 2007set out the government’s long term commitment and putforward national renewable energy targets, policies andmeasures for implementation, including a mandatory marketshare of 1% of non-hydro renewable energy in the totalelectricity mix by 2010 and 3% by 2020.In 2009, the Renewable Energy Law was amended tointroduce a requirement for grid operators to purchase acertain fixed amount of renewable energy. The amendmentalso requires grid companies to absorb the full amount ofrenewable power produced, also giving them the option ofapplying for subsidies from a new “Renewable Energy Fund”to cover the extra cost related to integrating renewablepower if necessary. <br>'''Grid Connection Problem'''<br>The rapid development of wind power in China has putunprecedented strain on the country’s electricity gridinfrastructure. This has become the biggest problem for thefuture development of wind power in the country, as someprojects have to wait for several months before beingconnected to the national grid.<br>There are reports that a large share of China’s wind powercapacity is not grid connected, but this is based on afundamental misunderstanding, which has its source in themethodology used for calculating installed capacity. TheChinese Federation of Power Generation, which providesChina’s energy statistics, only counts wind farms as operational from the moment that the last turbine of aproject has become grid-connected. However, in reality, mostof the installed wind turbines of a project are connected tothe grid and generating power much earlier. This explains themuch reported “gap” between installation and gridconnection which is often reported from China. In othermarkets, it is common practice to include all turbines that aregrid connected, whether or not they constitute a completedwind farm.<br>Due to a lack of incentives, Chinese grid companies havebeen reluctant to accept large amounts of wind power intotheir systems. However, they have recently reached anagreement to connect 80 GW of wind power by 2015 and150 GW by 2020. According to figures by the State Grid, atthe end of 2010, 40 billion RMB (EUR 4.5 bn / USD 6.1 bn)had been invested to facilitate wind power integration intothe national power grid. <br>'''Outlook 2011 & Beyond'''
<br>Despite its rapid and seemingly unhampered expansion, the
Chinese wind power sector continues to face significant
wind power development, with national wind energy targets
of 90 GW for 2015 and 200 GW for 2020.
For a detailed country profile of China please visit this [[China Wind Energy Profile Link]]
===India===
