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Article: WIND ENERGY CAN SERVE AS MAJOR POWER SOURCE FOR CHINA: REPORT.
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- November 7, 2005
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BEIJING, Nov 7 Asia Pulse - Wind energy has the potential to become China's third major power supply by 2020, with an expected installed capacity of 40 million kilowatts, said an industrial report released on Sunday.
The capacity figure doubles that of a government plan in 2004.
The report, jointly released on the eve of the Beijing International Renewable Energy Conference by the China Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA), Greenpeace and the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), said the capacity can satisfy the power demand of 80 million people with an estimated production of 80 billion kwh.
It can also help reduce the emission ...