World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192010-03-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2861In view of the escalating global problems associated with the environment, energy, and natural resources, especially the increasing sign of global climate change, wind power is receiving more and more high-level attention on a global scale, and it has reached a rapid rate of development as a result of the combined efforts of various countries. The world's installed capacity of wind power has already surpassed 100 GW, and wind power has become an essential part of the world's energy structure. This publication comprises three main parts: i) part A contains the key messages emerging from the research and analytical work undertaken by Garrad Hassan and Partners Limited, the team of Chinese experts led by the national energy administration, and staff and consultants of the World Bank; ii) part B comprises the Garrad Hassan and Partners Limited study, 'implementation guidance for offshore and large-scale onshore wind power development in China,' and its annexes; and iii) part C focuses on the workshop on offshore and intertidal wind power development in China, which was held in Beijing in January 2009, and it includes technical notes on three main issues discussed during the workshop, remarks by senior officials from the Government of China, and the presentation by the World Bank during the event.CC BY 3.0 IGOALTERNATING CURRENTALTERNATIVE ENERGYALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROGRAMAPPROACHAVAILABILITYBALANCEBASESBIOMASSBIOMASS POWERBIOMASS POWER PLANTCALCULATIONCALCULATION METHODOLOGYCAPACITY FACTORCAPACITY FACTORSCERTIFICATION SYSTEMCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOALCOLORSCOST OF ENERGYDIRECT CURRENTELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC SYSTEMELECTRICAL SYSTEMELECTRICITYELECTRICITY PRICESENERGY LOSSESENERGY MIXENERGY PRODUCTIONENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SOURCEENERGY STRUCTUREFOSSILFOSSIL FUELSGASGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITYGREEN CREDITGRID CONNECTIONGRID CONNECTIONSGRID INTEGRATIONHISTORICAL METEOROLOGICAL DATAHYDROPOWERLARGE WIND FARMSMEAN WIND SPEEDMETEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATIONMETEOROLOGICAL DATAMODERN WIND TURBINENATIONAL GRIDOCEANSOFFSHORE SITESOFFSHORE TURBINESOFFSHORE WINDOFFSHORE WIND CAPACITYOFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENTOFFSHORE WIND ENERGYOFFSHORE WIND FARM DEVELOPMENTOFFSHORE WIND FARMSOILONSHORE WINDPILOT PROJECTSPOWER COSTSPOWER DEMANDPOWER ENGINEERINGPOWER PRICESPOWER PRODUCTIONPOWER SECTORPOWER STATIONSPOWER SUPPLYPRIMARY ENERGYPRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTIONRENEWABLE ELECTRICITYRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENTRENEWABLE ENERGY FUNDRENEWABLE ENERGY POLICYRENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTIONSCIENTIFIC INFORMATIONSMALL HYDROPOWERTARIFF STRUCTURESTRANSMISSION SYSTEMTURBINE DESIGNTURBINE GENERATORTURBINE MANUFACTURERSTURBULENCEVOLTAGEWAKE EFFECTWINDWIND DATAWIND DEVELOPERSWIND DEVELOPMENTWIND DEVELOPMENTSWIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENTWIND ENERGY INDUSTRYWIND ENERGY PROJECTSWIND ENERGY RESOURCESWIND FARMWIND INDUSTRYWIND MEASUREMENTSWIND POTENTIALWIND POWERWIND POWER CAPACITYWIND POWER DEVELOPMENTWIND POWER GENERATIONWIND POWER INDUSTRYWIND POWER TECHNOLOGYWIND PROJECTSWIND REGIMEWIND RESOURCEWIND RESOURCESWIND SPEEDWIND SPEED MEASUREMENTSWIND SPEEDSWIND TURBINEWIND TURBINE MANUFACTURERSWIND TURBINESWINDSWorld Bank10.1596/2861