China debates renewables quotas to cut wind curtailment

China is drawing up plans for a renewable energy quota system that could require grid companies to transmit up to 15% of their power from renewable sources.

A discussion paper on the law has been sent to provincial governments, power companies and grid operators for comment, according to a report by leading financial news daily China Securities Journal.

The new system, expected to be finalised in the second half of this year and implemented in 2013, will be the first to require grid companies to get a percentage of their power from renewable energy.

As such, it is being seen as a potential boost to wind developers who see up to 30% of wind power produced in some parts of…

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