ABSTRACT
Wind power installation has been growing at a rapid pace over the last decade in most countries and regions due to technology maturity and cost competitiveness of turbines among other technologies. Targets of Europe and the US in 2007 for wind installation will meet 20 % of their electricity consumptions by 2030, reaching 180 and 305 GW, respectively [1, 2]. The “Wind Power Development Roadmap” proposed jointly by the National Development and Reform Committee (NDRC) of China and the International Energy Agency (IEA) also set forth wind installation targets for China to reach 200, 400, and 1,000 GW by 2020, 2030, and 2050, respectively. China wind power generation will meet 17 % of its electricity consumption by 2050. By the end of 2010, the total worldwide wind
power installation reached 170 GW, with 44 GW for China exceeding 41 GW of the US as the largest installation by a country in the world.
