The commencement of work at the first mega project, sited in Gansu province in northern China, illustrates the future face of wind-power in China, according to Zhang Guobao, head of the National Energy Administration.
Zhang nevertheless points to several critical problems dogging the development of the sector, including distribution imbalances between its remote wind-rich regions and its energy-hungry population centres; the long wait developers face to connect new wind projects to the electricity grid; and state policies that favour the construction of small, inefficient wind farms.
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