China’s WPP capacity has grown 13% in the first quarter of this year

Almaty. April 27. Silkroadnews – In January-March this year China put into operation the new wind installations with a total capacity of 5.33 GW, which is 13% higher compared to the same period of last year, China’s State Administration of Energy reported on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency informs.

By the end of March China’s total wind power capacity reached 134 GW, with an increase of 33% compared to last year’s indicators for the same period.

During this time period the amount of electricity generated by WPP reached 55.2 billion kW/h, i.e. 21% growth versus the same period of last year.

From January to March the average utilization of wind energy in the country reached 422 hours, with a 61-hour decrease.

In the first three months of the year the leaders in terms of capacity of the wind stations installed rank as follows – Yunnan Province (2.09 million kW), Jilin (560 thousand KW) and the Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia (280 thousand KW).