Longyuan increased revenue in 2013 by 10% year-on-year to 18.46bn yuan.

The group added 1.3GW of new wind capacity last year, bringing the total to 11.9GW.

Production from wind grew by more than 30% to 21.93TWh as Longyuan saw the benefits of easing grid curtailment and average utilisation hours of 2,111 – up by 126 hours on 2012’s level.

But the company’s costs went up as well – partly because it spent more on staff and maintenance to ensure its plants achieved better performance levels.

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