According to data released by the National Energy Administration, the nationwide curtailment rate fell by 5.14% on the year to 8.5%, while the grid-connected total rose by 23% to 82.77GW.

Wind farms put 76.7GWh of electricity into the grid, up 8.8% from the first six months of 2013.

Northwest China’s Xinjiang region connected the most new wind-generated electricity (1.39GW), followed by Shanxi province (660MW) and the eastern province of Shandong (600MW).

However,