In Worldwatch’s report about the growing use of wind power says as follows : + K& \: u9 r- l, y- \3 @
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Outside of Europe – where wind capacity rose 19% last year -- Asia experienced the strongest growth in wind power, adding nearly 3,680 megawatts of capacity. “India trailed only the United States and Germany by installing 1,840 megawatts of new capacity in 2006,” according to Vital Signs. In total installations, India is in fourth place globally (with 6,270 megawatts), behind Germany, Spain and the United States. 3 R' ^, G. G% s8 N9 h' \- s9 y3 h, q% O5 p) |
“China is rapidly catching up, however,” the report says. “It leads the world in the use of small wind turbines and ranks sixth overall for total wind power installations, not far behind Denmark. China added nearly 1,350 megawatts in 2006, thanks to a new renewable energy law, more than doubling its total capacity to 2,604 megawatts.” Citing reports by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the Worldwatch document added: “The [Chinese] government plans to redouble its wind capacity by 2010 – a target some experts believe will be greatly exceeded – and to install 30,000 megawatts of capacity by 2020.” * _8 L" K8 V. k5 b; a; y
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Globally, “Investments in new wind-power generating equipment exceeded $20 billion in 2006 and are projected to surpass $60 billion in 2016.” The GWEC forecasts that “with strong policies in place, global installed wind capacity will reach 135,000 megawatts by 2010 and could exceed 1 million megawatts by 2020.” + p* Y' Q" t7 s, q! y* d( p6 ?: ~( |. C/ H$ `' D V% G
世界观察研究所的报告中, 关于风力发电利用的增长如下：& {0 v0 s8 v8 ^8 Y
