Constraints on the effective utilization of wind power in China: An illustration from the northeast China grid

Xiaoli Zhao, Sufang Zhang, Rui Yang and Mei Wang

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012, vol. 16, issue 7, 4508-4514

Abstract: Even though China's wind power industry has experienced a rapid growth since the beginning of this century, the utilization of wind power is still worrisome. In 2010, about 30% of China's total installed capacity could not get access to the grid. And about 10% of China's total wind power generation was curtailed. The problem of wind power curtailment is more prominent in Northeast-China region. The main particularity of Northeast China Grid is as follows: during the long heating period in winter, combined heat and power thermal plants need to modify the turbine generator's output to meet the heating demand and thus the thermal power peak regulation capacity is reduced, as a result the barriers of wind power consumption are increased. This paper provides a new perspective of the constraints on the effective utilization of wind power in the Northeast China Grid. We argue that there are two categories of constrained factors: structural factor and operational factor. The former includes grid structure, wind source structure, power source structure, and market structure. The latter includes power price mechanism, dispatch mode arrangement, wind power integration codes, and wind power forecast. At last, we make policy recommendations: promote the coordination between wind farm investment and grid construction, strengthen interprovincial power trade mechanism, implement flexible pricing mechanisms as well as improve current dispatch mode, etc.

Keywords: Wind power; China; Ineffective utilization; Northeast grid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.04.029

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