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Wind Goes Global Giga
China — Chaozhou, in the
Guangdong province of China, intends to install a
43.3 gigawatt wind farm in the Taiwan Straits about 100 km off the
coast. According to the city’s five-year plan, work should start
before 2025. “The area has unique topographical features that mean
wind will be strong enough to run the turbines 3,800 to 4,300 hours a
year, or 43% to 49% of the time, an unusually high utilization rate,”
IEEFA writes. There are no cost estimates yet.
About 17 gigawatts of offshore wind
capacity were added in China last year, creating the largest fleet of
wind turbines in the world. Up to 2019, China had an installed
capacity of over 210 gigawatts of wind power. We can expect more as
utilities and local governments continue to pursue ambitious renewable
buildout plans. Costs continue to fall as compared with fossil fuel
alternatives. China has a plan to cut emissions to zero by 2060.
Philippines — The
Department of Energy of the Philippines has announced that 40
offshore wind service contracts with a potential capacity of 30
gigawatts have been issued. “We have issued the offshore wind service
contracts to about 20 offshore wind developers, and this involves
around 40 offshore wind contracts with an equivalent of about 30 GW of
potential capacity, only for offshore wind,” Energy Assistant
Secretary Mylene Capongcol said.
Morocco — Adani is in
talks to build
wind and solar generation plants in Morocco to supply electricity
and emissions-free fuel to Europe. Two 5-gigawatt stages are proposed
to supply local power, export electricity directly to Europe, and
produce green hydrogen.
Morocco already has about 2.8 gigawatts
of wind and solar installed. Adani’s project would be almost equal to
Morocco’s existing installed energy generation capacity!
It is good news for the planet as wind
goes global giga!
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