Wind Power Development in China: An Assessment of Provincial Policies

Xiaogang Zhang, Dong Wang, Yuanhao Liu and Hongtao Yi
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Xiaogang Zhang: School of Management, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Dong Wang: Economic and Trade Department, Henan Institute of Technology, Xinxiang 453000, China
Yuanhao Liu: School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Hongtao Yi: John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 8, 1-12

Abstract: Wind energy has become a fast growing industry in China in the last decade. The development of the wind energy industry presents interesting policy questions. In the context of China, in additional to national energy policies, provincial policies were designed and implemented to stimulate the growth of wind power. This paper examines factors, especially provincial wind energy policies, in driving the growth of wind power capacity in the Chinese provinces. Statistical analysis with a longitudinal data set for wind power capacity in Chinese provinces from 2001 to 2012 reveals that the adoption of wind energy policies and a general energy plan at the provincial level are having positive effects on the growth of wind capacity in Chinese provinces.

Keywords: wind power; policy designs; wind capacity; policy evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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