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October 19, 2005
Winds change China
GUANGZHOU, China: Wind turbines could generate enough electricity to power the southern city of Guanzhou, a Greenpeace report claimed yesterday.
By 2020, winds breezing through Guangdong province could be producing 35,000 gigawatt hours of electricity 17 per cent of the province's total 2003 power consumption, and enough to match the provincial capital's yearly power demands.
The significant potential for developing wind energy in the province also comes from factors such as its rapid economic growth and favourable fund-raising environment, said Li Junfeng, secretary-general of the China Renewable Energy Industries Association.
Accounting for about one-tenth of China's economic volume, Guangdong posted 12.6 per cent economic growth in the first half of this year.
Government figures predict power consumption in Guangdong will grow by 15 per cent this year.
The province has been facing electricity shortages, with supply not expected to meet demand until 2007.
If Guangdong produces 20-gigawatts of wind-generated electricity annually by 2020, carbon dioxide emissions could be reduced by 29 million tons each year, the report says.
Posted by admin at October 19, 2005 03:30 AM