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From The Editor

Welcome to the new WWEA Quarterly

Bulletin! We are very proud that

we can present the first edition

of this new magazine. Every year,

four editions of the WWEA Quarterly Bulletin will be

published, presenting the latest trends and important

updates of the situation of wind power all over the

world.

WWEA with its today more than 500 members

in more than 100 countries represents one of the

broadest renewable energy networks of the world.

Through our members, we have direct access to first

hand information about wind energy utilization from

all the major and also smaller wind power markets

across the planet. We intend to make use of this vast

information and make it better accessible for you, the

readers of this bulletin. The WWEA Quarterly Bulletin

will be distributed to all WWEA members, and also non-

members can subscribe to it.

This first edition of WWEA Quarterly Bulletin will

presents some of the most interesting trends and key

developments of wind power:

- World market report: The overall size of the

market for wind turbines set a new record in the year

2011, reaching 239 Gigawatt, enough to cover 3 % of the

world’s electricity demand.

- Prospects of China’s and India’s wind market: The

two largest countries of the world represent also two of

the most dynamic wind markets. The experience from

these two countries can inspire other countries how to

develop national wind power strategies. Both countries

also play a key role in the industrial development

of wind power utilization, including manufacturing

capabilities.

- The status of small wind in the world: For the

first time, WWEA has gathered global statistics on the

utilization of small wind turbines. Small wind represents a

completely different segment of the wind power market,

facing already tremendous growth and until the year 2020,

a tenfold increase can be expected.

- Community power and local ownership models:

Approaches to include local population in wind farm

projects can not only ensure a high degree of social

acceptance. It can also make sure that a substantial

proportion of the economic benefits resulting from a wind

farm stay in the region where the project is located. The

WWEC2012 in Bonn (3-5 July 2012) will have a special focus

on such approaches.

- The perspective of a new wind turbine manufacturer

from a developing country: For WWEA, it has been a

special commitment since its foundation to foster new

markets, especially in the so-called developing countries.

In this context, we are very proud to present the winner of

the World Wind Energy Award 2011, SWEG from Egypt.

We hope that you will find the articles useful and

interesting to read. Please feel invited to let us know

your comments on this first issue, so that we can steadily

improve this quarterly publication.

Finally, I would like to thank all those who have

contributed to this first edition of the WWEA Quarterly

Bulletin, especially all to my colleagues of the editorial

team, the authors and to the team of CWEA, namely Mr.

Yu Guiyong and Mr. Jiang Kunpeng.

Stefan GsängerSecretary General of WWEA

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Editorial CommitteeEditor-in-Chief: Stefan Gsänger

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From the Editor03 Welcome Address by WWEA President

News Analysis04 No Evidence Found for "Wind Turbine Syndrome"

Global Market06 World Market Recovers and Sets a New Record

Country Focus08 2011 China Wind Power Development Status18 Main Points of Wind Power Planning in China for 2011-201520 The Situation of Wind Power in India24 Community Power Update North America 2012

Small Wind32 Small Wind World Report36 World Summit for Small Wind 2012 Highlights Key Markets and Technical Innovation

Events38 Brief Report on 3rd International Wind Conference and Exhibition (WE 20 by 2020)43 SWEG, the Winner of the World Wind Energy Award 2011

Contents

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It is with great pleasure that I express my

welcome to the new platform of WWEA, the

Quarterly Bulletin, which come into reality

by the joint efforts of several continents.

The initiative for the Quarterly Bulletin came

from WWEC 2011, at which some wise minds

expressed their wishes to build a closer bond

between WWEA members as well as promote

WWEA’s mission in a more extensive way. We do

hope this bulletin function as an important means of

exchange of information and ideas in the world of

wind energy.

For the past decade, WWEA has eye-witnessed

and paralleled the development of wind energy

worldwide. Thanks to the excellent work of the

board, the secretariat and all members, especially

the former presidents Dr. Preben Maegaard and

Dr. Anil Kane, today we are proud to say that

WWEA has made remarkable contributions to

more than a hundred local wind markets and

thousands of members by creating opportunities

to exchange information on scientific and technical

Welcome Address

advancements, initiate new cooperative relations and discuss

policy mechanisms fit for wind energy industry. Personally I

feel honored and obliged to be involved in the lofty work of

WWEA.

The world is now facing the great challenges of energy

shortage and climate change, and these challenges will

remain in the foreseeable future. The fast environmental

deterioration and endless natural disasters have evidenced

that human society has no way to follow the traditional route

of development, and has to renew concepts and accept

transformation. Only in this way can we hand over a better

world to our children with dignity. Fortunately, we have

wind, the inexhaustible resource given by nature, and wind

flies our visions high enough to see clearly a cleaner and

more prosperous future of the whole being on the planet. To

make this day happen as early as possible, what we need to

do now is to break the boundaries and support each other

by multilateral cooperation during the long journey of wind

energy development, and I do believe we will make it.

Prof. He Dexin

President of WWEA

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News Analysis ISSUE 1 March 2012

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health published recently

a scientific study on health impacts of wind turbines. The study was undertaken by a panel of independent experts “to identify any documented or potential health impacts of risks that may be associated with exposure to wind turbines, and, specifically, to facilitate discussion of wind turbines and public health based on scientific findings”.

No scientific evidence could be found

that the so called “wind turbine syndrome” exists. However, the authors suggests that negative attitude against wind turbines should be mitigated by best practices as successfully implemented in many parts of the world. Such best practices in wind farm planning should include proper siting, provision of information and community involvement, all of which can minimize negative impacts and maximize benefits from wind power.

Stefan Gsänger, WWEA Secretary General: “In most countries using wind power today, wind farms enjoy a very high degree of public support and it is often rather the local population that wants more wind power and pushes politicians to support it as well. Unfortunately there are some places where misleading and wrong information is spread, especially on health impacts of wind turbines.

According to the Massachusetts health study, people’s positive attitude towards wind farms in their neighborhood mainly depends on their level of information and involvement. Previous scientific studies have demonstrated that community-based wind farms lead to significantly higher level of social acceptance. Hence WWEA has identified community involvement as a key for the success of wind power and will organize the next World Wind Energy Conference with the special theme

No Evidence Found for "Wind Turbine Syndrome"Best practice and community involvement maximize wind power benefits◆World Wind Energy Association (WWEA)

The full report from Massachusetts can be found at: http://www.mass.gov/dep/energy/wind/impactstudy.htm

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“Community Power - Citizens’ Power” in order to discuss appropriate business models.”

Hon. Peter Rae AO, WWEA Special Ambassador External Relations: “Surveys worldwide show strong support for renewable energy development and, in particular, for wind power. In Australia a just published comprehensive multi state survey showed 80% public support for wind power. On the subject of health, the Australian Clean Energy Council has pointed to a statement just issued by the Climate and Health Alliance, a coalition representing groups such as the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Australian Psychological Society. This statement also underlined that renewable energy such as wind power provides a safe alternative to fossil fuels. A Parliamentary inquiry found no basis for a conclusion that adverse health impacts arise from wind turbine operation. The support for wind farms is enhanced where communities can rely upon the wind generators following the principles

of the ‘Guidelines for Sustainable Development of wind power’ which WWEA published more than six years ago."

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The world market for wind turbines set a new record in the year 2011 and reached a total size of 42 Gigawatt, after 37,6 Gigawatt in 2010.

According to the preliminary data gathered by WWEA and published on the occasion of the 3rd WE20 by 2020 conference in Coimbatore/India, the total capacity worldwide has come close to 239 Gigawatt, enough to cover 3 % of the world's electricity demand.

Amongst the individual countries, China kept its strong position and reached a similar market size like in the previous year 2010: China installed around 18 GW of new wind turbines within 2011, coming to a total capacity of 63 GW, more than one fourth of the global wind capacity. The second largest market for new wind turbines was again the USA with 6,8 GW, followed by India (2,7 GW), Germany (2 GW) and a surprisingly strong Canada with 1,3 GW of new installed capacity. Spain, France and Italy added each around 1 GW.

Many of the countries with high growth rates can also be found in Eastern and South Eastern Europe: Greece increased its capacity rom 1208 MW in 2010 to 1627 MW by end of 2011, Turkey from 1274 MW to 1799 MW, Poland from 1179 MW to 1616 MW, Romania from 591 MW to 826 MW, and the Ukraine almost doubled its wind capacity from

87 to 151 MW. Also several Latin American countries

have shown encouraging growth, e.g. Mexico which also almost doubled its wind capacity from 521 MW to 929 MW.

A strong increase in wind power utilization can be observed especially in the emerging markets. This opens new windows for further growth, as these countries do have an increasing need for electricity which can be matched by wind power in a very economic, safe and timely way. On the other hand, several of the major European markets showed stagnation or even decrease. The US market presented itself stronger than in 2010, however, the mid-term prospects are not very bright, due to a lack of clarity regarding the political support schemes. In Canada, especially Ontario with its Green Energy Act, adopted as a consequence of the WWEC2008, made sure that the country now finds itself as number five in terms of new capacity.

WWEA President Dr. He Dexin: “Wind power has become - as a low-cost, low-risk and non-polluting energy option - a pillar of the energy supply in many countries. These countries have been able to create new industries and hundreds of thousands of jobs. Other countries should learn from this experience and also set up the right policies. Especially to enable the poorest countries also

42 GW of new capacity in 2012, worldwide total capacity at 239 GWEmerging markets are taking the lead, stagnation in several industrialized countries

◆World Wind Energy Association (WWEA)

World Market Recovers and Sets a New Record

For more information please contact: World Wind Energy AssociationWWEA Head Office Charles-de-Gaulle-Str. 553113 BonnGermany

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to participate in and benefit from wind power utilization, the world community should create special financing tools and funds, such as the Global Green Climate Fund and a global feed-in tariff programme, as suggested by WWEA and the International Renewable Energy Alliance.”

WWEA Secretary General Stefan Gsänger: “Although we can observe a recovery of the overall market, the slow-down in some of the industrialized countries, in conjunction with uncertainties about future policies, is a matter of major concern. We call especially on the government of Spain to revise its recent suspension of the support schemes for renewable energy and to continue its leadership role in wind power deployment. Another crucial topic for the future success of wind power is public support. To maximize this, policies should ensure and enable community involvement so that local communities benefit directly from wind farms in their vicinity.”

In March 2012, WWEA will publish the World Wind Energy Report 2011, which will include complete statistical information, analyses of geographical and economic market trends and installation figures from more than 80 countries worldwide. It will be available for download at www.wwindea.org.

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250.000

300.000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

World Total Installed Capacity [MW]

CountryTotal Capacity

end of 2011 [MW]

Added Capacity 2011

[MW]

Total Capacity end 2010

[MW]

Added Capacity 2010

[MW]

Total Capacity end 2009

[MW]China * 62.733 18.000 44.733 18.928 25.810USA 46.919 6.810 40.180 5.600 35.159Germany 29.075 2.007 27.215 1.551 25.777Spain 21.673 1.050 20.676 1.515 18.865India * 15.800 2.700 13.065 1.258 11.807Italy * 6.747 950 5.797 950 4.850France 6.640 980 5.660 1.086 4.574United Kingdom 6.018 730 5.203 962 4.245Canada 5.265 1.267 4.008 690 3.319Portugal * 4.290 588 3.702 345 3.357Denmark 3.927 180 3.803 309 3.460Sweden 2.816 746 2.052 603 1.450Japan 2.501 167 2.334 251 2.083

Rest of the World* 24.200 6.000 18.201 3.191 15.010

Total* 238.604 42.175 196.629 37.642 159.766*- Preliminary Data © WWEA 2012

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2011 China Wind Power Development Status◆Chinese Wind Energy Association (CWEA)

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·The report was completed by Chinese Wind

Energy Association through investigation and

statistics of China wind power market in 2011,

from December, 2011 to March, 2012. To ensure

the accuracy of the information contained in

this report, the basic data and figures in this

report are taken from wind power equipment

manufacturers. Statistics have been verified

by the equipment manufacturers, the local

government agencies and the wind power

developers.

·The “installed wind capacity”in this report

refers to the wind farms which hoisting

engineering completed, different to the

capacity of gr id -connected and during

commissioning, as well as the capacity in

commercial operation.

·Concerning data error: Although these

statistics have been verified by the local DRCs

and developers, due to different time periods

and statistical specifications, this data is not

identical to that of developers and related

governmental departments.

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All rights reserved. No part of this report may be reproduced and in any form or by any means

without the prior written consent of the publishers. Any cites need to indicate the source of the

statistics. No part of this report may be truncated and modificated against to the original intention.

The information herein is taken from sources considered reliable, but its accuracy and authenticity

cannot be guaranteed.

The information in this report does not constitute the final operation recommendations regarding

investment, legal, accounting and / or taxation. Chinese Wind Energy Association is not liable for

any use of the information presented in this report.

Figure 1 2001-2011 China newly and total installed wind power capacity

In GeneralIn 2011, 11,409 new wind turbines were

installed which equaled to 17.6 GW and made the total installed capacity to 62.4 GW, the annual growth rate is 39.4% .

Regional StatusIn 2011, North China continued its leading

position in wind power growth and its total

wind power installed capacity achieved 20 GW, of which Inner Mongolia installed 17.6 GW, the biggest wind powered province in China. Hebei installed 2.18 GW in 2011 that make its total wind power installed capacity close to 7 GW and become the second biggest wind powered province. In addition, Shanxi also showed fast growth in the past year and had 933.6 MW newly installation. Due to the grid integration

Newly

Total

Source: CWEA

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Figure 2 2006-2011 China regional total installed wind power capacity

barrier, wind power growth in the all northeren china areas had slowed down compared to the previous years.

Meanwhile, other areas in China installed more wind power last year and the average growth rate in these areas surpassed 50%, especially in Southwest china like Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces, the annual growth rate achieved 129%. East China also had big

growth, in Shandong Province, 1.9 GW were added in 2011 and the total capacity up to 4.6 GW, which made Shandong overtake Jilin to become the 3rd largest province with wind power installation. The Central South China area with low wind speed also made a success in transferring from one or two pilot projects to commercial large-scale development.

Acknowledgement List Yu Yi Ma Xuemin Ma Yingying Wang Qing Wang Meng Wang Lei

Wang Zhongjiong Wang Yixuan Lu Miaomiao Tian Heng Tian Hongping Liu Li

Liu Si Liu Ling Liu Weihua Liu Chundong Liu Haitao Sun Honggang

Gong Dawei Cheng Hongbing Yang Ming Yan Chenmin Yu Qinkui Zhang Lei

Zhang Yunshui Zhang Wenzhong Li Zhao Du Baochun Yang Cheng Qiu Wei

Lu Nake Chen Hu Chen Xi Chen Lei Chen Xi Chen Wenjie

Chen Xiaoqian Meng Fanling Shang Luwei Zheng Beichao Zheng Chunliu Gong Jiahui

Shi Yongji Zu Dan Zhao Minghui Gao Hui Gao Feng Dong Zhaowei

Lu Yin Lu Yao Ju Chunlin

Source: CWEA

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No. Province2010

Total2011 New

2011

Total

1 Inner Mongolia 13858.0 3736.4 17594.4

2 Hebei 4794.0 2175.5 6969.5

3 Gansu 4944.0 465.2 5409.2

4 Liaoning 4066.9 1182.5 5249.3

5 Shandong 2637.8 1924.5 4562.3

6 Jilin 2940.9 622.5 3563.4

7 Heilong 2370.1 1075.8 3445.8

8 Ningxia 1182.7 1703.5 2886.2

9 Xinjiang 1363.6 952.5 2316.1

10 Jiangsu 1595.3 372.3 1967.6

11 Shanxi 947.5 933.6 1881.1

12 Guangdong 888.8 413.6 1302.4

13 Fujian 833.7 192.0 1025.7

14 Yunnan 430.5 501.8 932.3

15 Shaan Xi 177.0 320.5 497.5

16 Zhejiang 298.2 69.0 367.2

17 Shanghai 269.4 48.6 318.0

Table 1 2011 provincial newly and total installed wind power capacity (MW)

No. Province2010

Total2011 New

2011

Total

18 Henan 121.0 179.0 300.0

19 Anhui 148.5 148.5 297.0

20 Hainan 256.7 - 256.7

21 Tianjin 102.5 141.0 243.5

22 Guizhou 42.0 153.1 195.1

23 Hunan 97.3 88.0 185.3

24 Beijing 152.5 2.5 155.0

25 Jiangxi 84.0 49.5 133.5

26 Hubei 69.8 30.7 100.4

27 Guangxi 2.5 76.5 79.0

28 Qinghai 11.0 56.5 67.5

29 Chongqing 46.8 - 46.8

30 Sichuan 0.0 16.0 16.0

31 Hong Kong 0.8 - 0.8

Sum 44733.3 17630.9 62364.2

32 Taiwan 519 45 564

Total 45252.3 17675.9 62928.2

Source: CWEA

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Size of TurbinesThe average rated power of the new

turbines installed in 2011 was 1545.5 kW, 5.4% growth compared to 2010’s 1455.8 kW and the annual growth rate was 11% in the past 5 years. As late of the end of 2011, the accumulative installed average rated power became 1358.9 kW.

Among the newly installed wind turbines,

1.5 MW was most installed type and 74% of the newly installed wind turbines. 2 MW wind turbines’ market share increased from 11.4% in 2010 to 14.7% in 2011. 2.5 MW and above multi-MWs wind turbines’ market share achieve 3.5%, of which 24 units were 2.5 MW wind turbines, 123 units 3 MW turbines, one prototype of 3.6 MW, 5 MW and 6 MW was installed respectively.

1000, 1.2%

kW Class, 2.4%

1250, 1.3%

2100, 0.3%2300, 0.3%

2000, 14.7%

1650, 1.1% 1600,1.1%

1500,74.1%

2500 and above, 3.5%

1300, 0.1%1250, 2.2%1200, 0.0%1000, 0.9%

kW Class, 13.7%

1600, 0.3%1650, 1.1%

2000, 10.7% 2500 and above, 1.3%

2100, 0.2%2300, 0.1%

1500,69.4%

Source: CWEA Source: CWEA

Figure 3 Market share of different wind turbine size (kW) installed in 2011

Figure 4 1989—2011 average wind turbine size installed

Newly Total

Annual Average Turbine Size Comulative Average Turbine Size

Source: CWEA

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ManufacturersGoldwind installed 3600 MW in 2011 and

ranked No.1 with the market share of 20.4%, 0.7% increase compared to that of last year. Those ranked No.2 to No.5 were Sinovel, United Power, Mingyang and Dongfang. The new installations were 2939 MW, 2847 MW, 1177.5

MW and 946 MW respectively. The top 5 had taken 70% of the whole market, 5% growth; however, top 10 market share had decreased from 87.3% to 83.2% in 2011. There are 15 manufacturers who installed more than 300 MW annually, while there was only Goldwind with more than 300 MW five years ago.

No. Manufacturers Capacity Share

1 Goldwind 3600.0 20.4%

2 Sinovel 2939.0 16.7%

3 United Power 2847.0 16.1%

4 Mingyang 1177.5 6.7%

5 Dongfang 946.0 5.4%

6 XEMC-Wind 712.5 4.0%

7 SEWIND 708.1 4.0%

8 Vestas 661.9 3.8%

9 CCWE 625.5 3.5%

10 CSR 451.2 2.6%

11 GE 408.5 2.3%

12 CSIC-Haizhuang 396.0 2.2%


13 Windey 375.0 2.1%

14 Gamesa 361.6 2.1%

15 Envision 348.0 2.0%

16 Yinxing 221.0 1.3%

17 SANY 179.5 1.0%

18 Xuji 166.0 0.9%

19 HEAG 151.0 0.9%

20 Suzlon 96.2 0.5%

Other 259.4 1.5%

Total 17630.9 100.0%

Source: CWEA

Table 2 Top 20 manufacturers by new installation in 2011 (MW)

CSIC-Haizhuang, 396.0, 2.2%

Goldwind, 3600.0, 20.4%

Sinovel, 2939.0, 16.7%

United Power, 2847.0, 16.1%

Mingyang, 1177.5, 6.7%

Dongfang, 946.0, 5.4%

XEMC-Wind, 712.5, 4.0%

SEWIND, 708.1, 4.0%

Vestas, 661.9, 3.8%

CCWE, 625.5, 3.5%

CSR, 451.2, 2.6%

GE, 408.5, 2.3%

Total, 259.4, 1.5%

Windey, 375.0, 2.1%Gamesa, 361.6, 2.1%Envision, 348.0, 2.0% Yinxing, 221.0, 1.3%

SANY, 179.5, 1.0%

Xuji, 166.0, 0.9%

HEAG,151.0, 0.9%

Suzlon, 96.2, 0.5%

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With the fast growth of China wind power installation, there are four Chinese wind turbine manufacturers entered global top 10 in 2011 in terms of newly installed capacity, namely Goldwind, Sinovel, United Power and Mingyang. And Dongfang, XEMC and SEWIND are also among the top 15 in 2011. In the

meantime, Chinese manufacturers were also expanding international business. In 2011, China has exported 220 MW wind turbines, almost 15 times bigger than that of 2010, and the leading enterprise Goldwind exported 124 wind turbines to the USA, Ecuador and Ethiopia which equaled to 189 MW.


1 Sinovel 12977.0 20.8%

2 Goldwind 12678.9 20.3%

3 Dongfang 6898.0 11.1%

4 United Power 5282.0 8.5%

5 Vestas 3565.5 5.7%

6 Mingyang 3123.0 5.0%

7 Gamesa 2785.9 4.5%

8 XEMC-Wind 1801.5 2.9%

9 SEWIND 1781.5 2.9%

10 GE 1575.5 2.5%

11 CCWE 1308.0 2.1%


12 Windey 1098.0 1.8%

13 CSR 916.5 1.5%

14 Suzlon 901.3 1.4%

15 CSIC Haizhuang 875.3 1.4%

16 Envision 748.5 1.2%

17 Nordex 574.2 0.9%

18 Yinxing 473.0 0.8%

19 HEAG 446.1 0.7%

20 China Energine 355.2 0.6%

Other 2199.5 3.5%

Total 62364.2 100.0%

Source: CWEA

Table 3 Top 20 manufacturers by total installation in 2011 (MW)

Sinovel, 12977.0, 20.8%

Goldwind, 12678.9, 20.3%

Dongfang,6898.0,11.1%United Power, 5282.0, 8.5%

Vestas, 3565.5, 5.7%

Mingyang, 3123.0, 5.0%

Gamesa, 2785.9, 4.5%

XEMC-Wind, 1801.5, 2.9%

SEWIND, 1781.5, 2.9%

GE, 1575.5, 2.5%

CCWE, 1308.0, 2.1%Windey, 1098.0, 1.8%

Other, 2199.5, 3.5%

CSR, 916.5, 1.5%Suzlon, 901.3, 1.4%CSIC Haizhuang, 875.3, 1.4%Envision, 748.5, 1.2% Nordex, 574.2, 0.9%

Yinxing, 473.0, 0.8%

HEAG, 446.1, 0.7%China Energine, 355.2, 0.6%

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Table 5 Top 10 China wind developers by total installation in 2011 (MW)

No. Developers Capacity Share

1 Guodian Group 12861.3 20.6%

2 Huaneng Group 8578.0 13.8%

3 Datang Group 8007.1 12.8%

4 Huadian Group 3829.9 6.1%

5 Guohua Group 3440.1 5.5%

6 China Power Investment Group 2944.9 4.7%

7 CGN Wind 2891.5 4.6%

8 China Resource Power 1773.4 2.8%

9 Jingneng 1686.3 2.7%

10 Suntien Green Power 1278.6 2.1%

Other 15073.4 24.2%

Total 62364.2 100.0%

Other, 4202.9, 23.9%

Guodian Group, 3860.5, 21.9%

Datang Group,

2235.1,12.7%

Huaneng Group,

2229.0,12.6%Guohua Group, 1094.5 , 6.2%

Huadian Group, 1104.0, 6.3%

China Power Investment Group, 866.3, 4.9%

China Resource Power, 796.1, 4.5%

CGN Wind, 527.0, 3.0%

Jingneng, 372.0, 2.1%

Suntien, 343.6, 1.9%

Other, 15073.4, 24.2%

Guodian Group, 12861.3, 20.6%

Huaneng Group,

8578.0, 13.8%

Datang Group, 8007.1, 12.8%

Huadian Group, 3829.9, 6.1%

Guohua Group, 3440.1, 5.5%

China Power Investment Group, 2944.9, 4.7%

CGN Wind, 2891.5, 4.6%

China Resource Powe, 1773.4, 2.8%

Jingneng, 1686.3, 2.7%

Suntien Green Power, 1278.6, 2.1%

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Table 4 Top 10 China wind developers by new installation in 2011 (MW)

No. Developers Capacity Share

1 Guodian Group 3860.5 21.9%

2 Datang Group 2235.1 12.7%

3 Huaneng Group 2229.0 12.6%

4 Huadian Group 1104.0 6.3%

5 Guohua Group 1094.5 6.2%

6 China Power Investment Group 866.3 4.9%

7 China Resource Power 796.1 4.5%

8 CGN Wind 527.0 3.0%

9 Jingneng 372.0 2.1%

10 Suntien Green Power 343.6 1.9%

Other 4202.9 23.9%

Total 17630.9 100.0%

Source: CWEA Source: CWEA

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The Chinese government has formulated the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015)

of national economy development, in which wind power is one of the industry developments to be encouraged. During the 11th Five-Year Plan (2005-2010) wind power in China experienced a high growth, the installed capacity increased from 1.3GW in 2005 to 44.7GW in 2010, eventually eight times more than the original planning target of 5GW. The electricity generated by wind in 2010 reached 50TWh, equivalent to 16 million tons of standard coal. This is a great achievement, however, new problems emerged: The installed wind capacity in commercial operation was 30GW, and power grid connection, transmission and consumption of wind generated electricity have become the new constraints.

Driven by the rapidly growing and huge wind farm market, the local wind power equipment manufacturing industry was established. MW-class wind turbine become mainstream, to meet the needs of the domestic wind farm construction, and the price of wind turbines dropped significantly,

MAIN POINTS OF WIND POWER PLANNING IN CHINA FOR 2011-2015◆Shi Pengfei , CWEA

while the product quality still needs to be improved.

In the next five years, the Chinese wind industry is expected to get into the large-scale development of a stable and healthy stage,making an important contribution to the requirement of the Chinese government: The proportion of non fossil energy in the national primary energy consumption will reach 11.4% .

The main points of the wind power development plan are as follows:

Considerations of the Development

·The wind power industry should become well integrated and develop in a well-coordinated way, continuing to promote the large-scale development of wind power in China.

·A complete wind power equipment manufacturing chain should be established, and the competitiveness of the complete wind industry should be improved.

·The construction of power transmission lines for wind power bases should be accelerated, and power grid and operation systems suitable for wind power development

should be established, and it should be made sure that the electricity generated by wind can be fed into power grid and a safe operation of the grid can be guaranteed at the same time.

General development targets, to be achieved by end of the year 2015:

·Eight 10GW scale wind power bases will be formed.

·The cumulative wind power installed capacity will reach 100GW.

·Wind generated electricity will reach 190TWh, equivalent to 60 million tons of standard coal.

Planning principles

·Integrated and coordinated comprehensive planning approaches should be developed: As the fundamental basis for the development of wind power, it should include construction layout, technical equipment, industrial system, etc.

·The national plan contains regional distribution and guiding the local development. The provincial planning should be the specific implementation plan of the national plan.

·The focus should be on the coordination of wind projects and

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power grid development planning.·The national plan has the

regulatory capacity for project approval and construction. All planned wind power projects should be included according to their annual and regional distribution. The projects not included in the planning and in the annual development program would not eligible to obtain the national price and financial support schemes.

Planning layout and focus of construction areas

·Speed up the construction of the 10GW scale wind power bases which are located in Xinjiang, Gansu, west of Inner Mongolia, east of Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu province and region. The cumulative installed capacity of such centralized wind projects should reach 70 GW by 2015.

·Actively promote the dispersed inland wind energy utilization. According to local conditions, the construction of small and medium-sized wind power projects in the following areas are to be encouraged: hills, valleys and lakes area in Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, where wind energy resources are relatively rich and close to the electricity consumption centers, and where the wind turbines can easily be connected to the local power grid, . The cumulative installed capacity of such decentralized wind projects should reach 30 GW by 2015.

·Accelerate the offshore wind power development. The construction

of demonstration projects will drive the progress of offshore wind technology and equipment and will lead to the implementation of resource assessment, of a marine hydro-geological survey, and to preparatory work for the construction of offshore wind farms. Amongst the 2015 target of 100GW, offshore wind power will be 5GW.

Measures to realize the plan

·Establishment of a system to appraise the renewable energy development targets.

- Renewable energy development has to be included in the economic and social development planning of all local governments.

- Large-scale energy production and consumption enterprises have to take into account the social implications and ensure social responsibility of renewable energy development.

- The National Energy Administration will be in charge of the establishment of the responsibility assessment and information disclosure system.

·Implementation of a renewable energy electricity mandatory market share system.

- For power grid enterprises, a certain quantity of electricity generated by non-hydro renewable energy has to be purchased annually.

- For large-scale power generation companies, the proportion of the investment in renewable energy power generation projects has to be identified.

- For provincial governments, a certain quantity of electricity generated by renewable energy has to be identified annually.

- A quota assessment and trading system for electricity generated by renewable energy will be developed.

·Improve renewable energy pricing and taxation policies

- A price formation mechanism for those energies will be established which reflects the external costs of the scarcity of resources and their damage to the environment, and which also fully reflects the social and environmental value of renewable energy.

- In accordance with the principle of renewable energy development and economic rationality, the pricing mechanism for renewable energy products will be improved.

- The standard of subsidies to grid enterprises, to compensate additional costs due to renewable energy power grid connection and operation, will be determined in a reasonable way.

·Improve the renewable energy industry system

- Establishment of a national renewable energy center as well as national renewable energy R & D institutions and supporting enterprises to establish a center of innovation.

- Perfecting the systems of standards, testing and certification of renewable energy products and equipment, as well as of the related qualification management system and quality evaluation system.

- Implementation of wind power and solar power forecasting systems to improve power grid dispatching.

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Wind Energy Scenario

Wind power has been the poster child of India’s renewable energy programme. Data released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy shows that between 1990 and 2011 about 13,000 MW wind power capacity was added in India, propelling it to fifth position among the wind power producing countries. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has set a target of adding 15,000 MW of new wind power capacity during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17).

The potential States for development

THE SITUATION OF WIND POWER IN INDIA◆Anil Kane & Anagha Bhambri,India

of wind power include Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. Besides this, wind assessment is also underway in Uttarakhand; the State recently got its first wind power plant installed.

Indian Wind Energy Association has estimated the Indian Wind Energy potential far more than 100 Gigawatt, recent studies see it even at 2000 to 3000 Gigawatt.

Offshore: Apart from this, the offshore wind power potential has not yet been measured. The sites that qualify for prospective offshore wind farming are the Gulf of Mannar

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Table 1 Details of Cumulative Grid-Interactive Renewable Power Installed Capacity (in MW)

as on 31.1.2012 (Source: MNRE)

Renewable Energy

Programme / SystemsTarget for 2011-12

Achievement during the

month of Jan. 2012

Total achievement during

2011-12

Cumulative achievement up

to 31.01.2012 (in MW)

GRID-INTERACTIVE POWER (CAPACITIES IN MW)

Wind Power 2400 101.00 2023.00 16,179.00

Small Hydro Power 350 48.00 as257.50 3300.13

Biomass Power 460

25.00 145.50 1142.60

Bagasse Cogeneration 20.00 285.00 1952.53

Waste to Power

-Urban 251.20 1.20 20.20

-Industrial - - 53.46

Solar Power (SPV) 200 291.60 445.55 481.48

Total 3435 485.60 3157.75 23129.40

in southern tip and coastal areas of Gujarat. In a recent development, Suzlon has firmed up plans to set up an offshore wind power plant in Gujarat.

Technology-wise: Over the years, India has experienced a gradual shift to bigger wind turbines as a result of improved infrastructure and better economics. The average size of a wind turbine has increased from 0.77 MW in 2004 to 1.12 MW in 2009 and the MW-class turbines now comprise over half of the new wind power capacity installed in the country. This development is also leading many wind farm owners to consider re-powering of old wind power plants as an option to maximize utilization of available resource potential on land. Since most of the Class I sites have been explored, developers are left with putting up wind farms in Class II and Class III sites. Designing a wind project on such sites and achieving higher generation remains a challenge. Besides, acquisition of private land, obtaining forest clearances, development of infrastructure on complex terrains, implementation of evacuation infrastructure,

identification of new sites for development and scheduling and forecasting generations are some of the challenges faced by this sector in India.

Manufacturing segment: The favourable policy framework coupled with low manpower cost, raw material availability, and vast market potential resulted in significant growth of wind turbine manufacturing in the country. The presence of a number of WTG manufacturers, ranging from international WTG manufacturers like Vestas and Enercon, GE, Goldwind, Sinovel etc. and emergence of domestic wind turbine manufacturers such as Suzlon and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd helped accelerate growth of the wind sector. The country presently has a manufacturing capacity of 10,000 MW between 18 manufacturers. However, most of the critical components such as control systems, generators and gearboxes are still imported by a majority of manufacturers.

Policy Framework: So far only 16,179 MW has been installed in the country. The main contribution in this has come from private sector players. The growth in the

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wind energy sector has been possible due to continuous Union and State government support, preferential feed-in tariff and tax sops. Some of the recently launched incentives by the Government of India such as the Generation-Based Incentive, Renewable Energy Certificates and new guidelines for setting preferential tariffs are attracting investment from global and local independent power producers. To simplify its existing tax regime, the government has introduced the Goods and Service Tax (GST) and the Direct Tax Code (DTC) Bill 2010. Both the DTC Bill and GST will become applicable from April 2012.

The support schemes for wind energy provided for at the Central government and State level are mentioned below:

1. Central GovernmentGeneration-based Incentive (GBI) –

Initially implemented in June 2008 and then

re-launched in December 2009 by the Union government for grid-connected wind power projects, GBI provides a benefit of INR 0.50 per unit, with a cap of approximately $33,000 per MW a year, totalling $1,38,000 per MW over 10 years of a project’s life. The scheme, being implemented through IREDA ( Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency), is over and above the tariff approved by respective SERC and will be disbursed on a half-yearly basis. Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) – The trading of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), one of the key growth drivers for the renewable energy industry, started in India in March 2011. The RECs were introduced to enable all States to buy a certain proportion of their total power purchase from renewable resources. While the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has stipulated floor and forbearance price for non-solar RECs and solar RECs, respectively, the real price of an REC

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is determined at the power exchanges. To be eligible for trading RECs, a RE generator must sell its power to the host distribution utility or licensee at average power procurement cost.

2. State GovernmentsElectricity tax exemptionEnabling utilities to a) Purchase wind

power; b) Power wheeling and banking facilities

Wind Energy LegislationThe Electricity Act, 2003 was instrumental

in the development of renewable energy. It repealed all the earlier electricity acts of 1910, 1948 and 1998 and further defined the role of regulatory commissions in terms of pricing, competition and transparency. The Act provides for several enabling provisions to promote power generation from renewable energy sources such as:

Section 61 (h) – It provides for the framework for tariff determination and lays out directions for the formulation of the National Tariff Policy.

Section 86 (1)(e) – It mandates SERCs to specify a percentage of RE power to be procured for consumption, and provide suitable measures for grid connectivity.

National Electricity Policy 2005Some of the provisions which are used to

promote power generation from Renewable energy sources are:

Open Access: As per the Electricity Act 2003, anybody can have an “open access” to grid for exchange of power with payment of necessary charge for use of the grid infrastructure. In the case of wind power, the power can be wheeled for own consumption and sold to another consumer.

Banking: Since power generation from wind energy is variable, there is mismatch in generation and consumption if the power is used for self consumption or sold to any

consumer other than the utility. In such a scenario, the energy generated from the wind project is “banked” with the utility and used whenever the consumption is more than the generation. Mechanisms for treatment of such banked energy differ in every State, with the banking period extending from 1 month to 1 year. At the end of the banking period the full or part of the surplus energy is considered as sale to the utility.

Indian Electricity

Grid Code

The Union Government adopted the Indian Electricity Grid Code (IEGC) in May 2010 to provide for detailed guidelines on the role of various players involved in the operation of a power system. For the promotion of wind power, IEGC 2010 has made forecasting and scheduling of wind and solar power generation mandatory with effect from January 2012.

In addition to this, IEGC 2010 incorporates special provision for managing generation from variable sources like wind and solar power while ensuring grid security.

Small Wind Turbines

The government of India also has a Small Wind Energy and Hybrid Systems Programme in place since 1994. The programme implementation was extended in April 2010 to the financial year 2011-12. The government set a target of installing 500 kW aero-generated/wind-solar hybrid systems and 25 water pumping windmills with estimated budget of INR 50 million over 2010-12.

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Community wind energy as found in continental Europe represents an extremely small niche market in North America, despite more than a

decade of effort by proponents in Canada and the USA.

Community wind represents less than 2% of the nearly 47,000 MW of wind in the USA, and an even smaller percentage of the slightly more than 5,000 MW of wind in Canada.

If we define community solar photovoltaics (solar PV) as including residential, governmental, and non-profit ownership, some two-thirds of the nearly 4,000 MW of solar PV developed in the USA qualify as “community solar”.

Until Ontario, Canada, launched its Feed-in Tariff Program, most if not all of Canada’s solar PV was community-owned. However, since 2006 the percentage of locally owned solar PV has decreased dramatically in Canada.

Encouragingly, there are several thousand megawatts of community-owned renewables at various stages of development in North America.

This analysis considers only wind and solar PV. There is very little biogas generation in either Canada or the USA.

Community power can refer to projects of any size. Though often small, they can be quite large.

Community Power Update North America 2012◆Paul Gipe1 for WWEA

What is “Community Power” in North America?

The definition of what constitutes community power in North America varies widely. It is easier to define what it is not than what it is.

To most, community power projects are not large central-station power plants developed and owned by remote corporate entities, traditional electric utilities or their subsidiaries.

In contrast, community power projects are typically characterized by small, distributed projects often connected at distribution voltages and owned in part or predominantly by people living in the community or the surrounding area where the project is located.

It is important to note that while community power projects in North America are typically small by North American standards, community power should not be relegated to a “small project ghetto”. As seen in Europe, community power can refer to projects of any size. Though often small, they can be quite large.

Growth of Wind & Solar in North America

The commercial development of wind

MAIN POINTS OF THE WIND POWER PLANNING IN CHINA FOR 2011-2015Shi Pengfei

1 606 Hillcrest Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93305 USA, www.wind-works.org, [email protected].

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began in the USA during the early 1980s after the California wind rush from 1981 to 1985, however, nearly two decades passed before substantial growth resumed

By the year 2000 there were only 2,600 MW of wind capacity installed in the USA. Through the first decade of the 21st century, wind grew relatively steadily, reaching nearly 47,000 MW by the end of 2011.

Canadian development of wind energy didn’t begin in earnest until 2006 when there was 1,500 MW of cumulative capacity in service.

As in the USA, growth of wind energy in Canada has been relatively steady since 2006, reaching 5,300 MW by the end of 2011.

Development of solar PV has lagged far behind that of wind energy. Nevertheless, by

Wind Development in the USA

Wind Development in Canada

Paul Gipe, wind-works.org


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the end of 2011 there was nearly 4,000 MW of solar PV capacity operating in the USA, and more than 500 MW operating in Canada.

California accounts for nearly two-fifths and New Jersey accounts for one-quarter of solar PV capacity in the USA.

Ontario accounts for more than 80% of all solar PV in Canada.

Community Wind in North America

The seminal research on community wind development in the USA was conducted by Mark Bolanger for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories (LBNL) in 2001. The report

focused on how community wind was being developed in Europe and described various approaches to its implementation in the USA. Since then, Bolanger has tracked community wind development in the USA and his data appears in annual assessments of wind growth in the USA by LBNL.

The most recent assessment by LBNL on wind development in the USA is for 2010. Bolanger calculated that only 2% of the 40,000 MW in operation at the end of 2010, or 715 MW, was community-owned.

Bolanger defines community wind as projects using turbines over 100 kW in size and completely or partly owned by towns,

2 Community Wind Power Ownership Schemes in Europe and their Relevance to the United States by Mark Bolanger, LBNL, 2001, http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/EMS/reports/48357.pdf.

Table1. Community Wind in the USA 2010

Newly Installed Total

MW % MW

Community 91 2 715

Publicly-owned Utility 152 3

Investor-Owned Utility 602 12

Independent Power Producer 4268 83

Total 5,113 40,180

Source: Mark Bolanger, LBNL

eetd.lbl.gov/EA/EMP/reports/lbnl-4820e.pdf

Solar PV Development in North America


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schools, commercial customers, or farmers, but excluding publicly owned or municipal utilities.

Windustry’s Lisa Daniels, argues that community wind should include municipal and publicly-owned utilities as they are owned “by the people”. If these utilities are included, the total of community-owned wind reaches 5% of cumulative wind capacity in the USA.

In addition, there are between 100 and 150 MW of small wind turbines that may be in service in the USA. Because most if not all small wind turbines are used in applications that might qualify as community power, small wind

turbines could add from one-quarter to one-half percent of total installed wind capacity represented by community wind in the USA.

Comparable data for small wind turbines

Table 2. Community Solar in North America Residential & Other 2012

Total Residential & Other

MW % MW

California 1474 63 929

New Jersey 564 25 141

Rest of Us 1,812 75 1,359

Total 3,850 63 2,429

Table 3. Community Solar in North America

MW

Garfield Community Airport Solar Array Colorado 0.86

SolarShare WaterView Ontario 0.43

SunSmart Utah 0.10

FKEC Simple Solar Program Florida 0.10

Clean Energy Collective Colorado 0.08

Oregon Solar Pioneer Oregon 0.06

Ellensburg Community Solar Project Washington 0.04

Oregon Solar Pioneer Oregon 0.03

Ellensburg Community Solar Project Washington 0.02

University Park Community Solar Maryland 0.02

Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church Ontario 0.02

United Power Sol Partners Colorado 0.01

Total 1.77

Projects 10 kW

Adapted from http://www.newrules.org/sites/newrules.org/files/communitysolarpower2.pdf

Table 4. Ontario Feed-in Tariff Operational Community Power Projects

02-Mar-2012 Operational

Units MWBiogas 3 1

Biogas on Farm 3 1Biomass 0 0Landfill 0 0

Solar PV Rooftop 4 1Solar PV Groundmounted 1 0

Hydro 0 0Wind on Land 1 1

Wind Off-Shore 0 0Total 12 4

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in Canada doesn’t exist.There is even less community wind in

Canada than in the USA. There is essentially one community-owned wind turbine in Canada, the 600 kW WindShare turbine developed by the Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative. Thus, only 0.01% of wind capacity in Canada meets the traditional definition of community wind.

Community Solar PV in North America

Solar PV is even more modular than wind energy and is well suited to extremely small projects in distributed applications, such as on residential rooftops. Historically, most solar PV in North America has been installed on residential rooftops. However, that has begun to change as solar PV has become more cost-effective.

Under California’s Solar Initiative, two-thirds of solar PV has been installed on residential rooftops. This portion of the market owned locally will undergo dramatic change in the next two to three years as massive central-station solar PV power plants are brought on line in California.

In contrast to California, New Jersey’s solar program has always been oriented toward commercial development, and residential applications are merely a byproduct. In New

Jersey only 25% of solar PV capacity has been installed on residential rooftops.

The market for solar PV outside New Jersey and California is primarily residential rooftops. That is expected to change.

It is likely that two-thirds of all the solar PV in the USA has been installed on residential rooftops and would qualify as locally-owned and, therefore, as community solar.

Of the nearly 4,000 MW of solar PV installed in the USA by the end of 2011, only 2 MW was collectively or cooperatively owned. This represents less than 1% of total installed US solar PV capacity.

While Ontario, Canada has the most favorable policy environment for community solar in North America, very little has been installed since the province’s Feed-in Tariff program went into effect in late 2010.

Currently only 4 MW of the solar PV developed in Ontario, or less than 1% of total solar PV installed in Canada, qualifies for the province’s definition of community power.

Near-Term Prospects for Community Power in North America

Though community wind, and to a lesser extent community solar, has lagged behind that of community ownership in Germany, there are

Table 5. Ontario Aboriginal and Community Adder

Aboriginal Community

1.28935 1.2666 1.28935 1.2666

€/kWh $CAD/kWh USD/kWh €/kWh $CAD/kWh USD/kWh

Wind 0.012 0.015 0.015 0.008 0.010 0.010

PV Groundmounted 0.012 0.015 0.015 0.008 0.010 0.010

Hydro 0.007 0.009 0.009 0.005 0.006 0.006

Biogas 0.005 0.006 0.006 0.003 0.004 0.004

Biomass 0.005 0.006 0.006 0.003 0.004 0.004

Landifill Gas 0.005 0.006 0.006 0.003 0.004 0.004

http://www.powerauthority.on.ca/fit/Storage.asp?StorageID=10143

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prospects that it could increase markedly in the next few years.

Ontario has the most favorable policy environment for community power in North America. It is the only jurisdiction in North America with a comprehensive feed-in tariff policy like that in Germany, and it is one of only two jurisdictions in North America that has a specific policy for community ownership.

Ontario’s policy has specific provisions for community-owned projects and for projects owned by aboriginal Canadians or métis

Individual farmers, community groups, cooperatives, and other “local” owners qualify

for a “bonus payment” under Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff Program of $0.01/kWh for wind energy. Locally-owned projects using other technologies also receive a bonus payment based on their productivity relative to that of wind energy. Aboriginal wind projects receive a bonus payment of $0.015/kWh. The Ontario program was specifically designed to boost participation in renewable energy by aboriginal groups in Ontario and also boost their economic development. The Ontario program is the only one of its kind in North America.

The Ontario program apportions the bonus payment based on the amount of local

Table 6. Percent of Adder Relative to the Percentage of Local Controls

50 to 100 percent control eligible for the full price adder

40 to 49 percent control eligible for 80 to 99 percent of the price adder



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Table 7. Ontario Feed-in Tariff Community & Aboriginal Applications

02-Mar-2012 Aboriginal Community

MW MW

Biogas 0 20

Biogas on Farm 0 5

Biomass 101 29

Landfill 0 10

Solar PV Rooftop 5 11

Solar PV Groundmounted 115 632

Hydro 144 10

Wind on Land 1,344 1,137

Wind Off-Shore 0 0

Total 1,709 1,854

https://fit.powerauthority.on.ca/sites/defautl/files/Bi-Weekly%20FIT%20and%20microFIT%20Report%20March%20

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Table 8. Nova Scotia ComFIT Contracts

18-Mar-2012 Project MW

Bowater Biomass CHP 3.3

Fundy Tidal Tidal 2.0

Fundy Tidal Tidal 0.5

Cape Breton University Wind 5.4

Celtic Current Wind 0.9

Colchester-Cumberland Wind Field Wind 0.1

Celtic Current Wind 2.0

Colchester-Cumberland Wind Field Wind 0.1

Halifax Regional Water Commission Wind 4.6

Halifax Regional Water Commission Wind 11.5

Lemoine Development Assoc. Wind 3.5

Millbrook First Nation Band Wind 6.0

Municipality of the District of Chester Wind 2.3

Northumberland Wind Field Wind 0.1

Scotian Wind Wind 2.0

Town of New Glasgow Wind 0.1

Watts Wind Energy Wind 4.0



Total 19 54.7

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ownership. Local ownership of more than 50% qualifies the project for the full bonus payment.

By early March 2012, Ontario had received applications for nearly 3,600 MW of renewable capacity from more than 400 community and aboriginal projects, roughly split between the two categories.

Community power and aboriginal projects account for 4% of all applications in Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff Program, 17% of all capacity applying for contracts, and 18% of all contracts awarded.

Despite the promise, however, no projects have yet entered operation.

One 4-MW wind project of two turbines on a 3-acre (1-ha) site on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is expected to enter commercial service sometime in April. The pioneering project developed by the M’Chigeeng First

Nation, has been dubbed the Mother Earth Renewable Energy Project.

Nova Scotia, one of Canada’s Maritime provinces, has implemented a feed-in tariff program solely for community-owned renewables, what it calls ComFIT.

Considering the program’s strict requirements, ComFIT has awarded a surprising number of contracts since its launch in 2011. While some may argue over defining “community-owned” renewables to include a biomass combined heat & power plant at a pulp mill, there are now nearly 60 MW of contracts awarded.

Millbrook First Nation of Truro, Nova Scotia has won a contract for 6 MW project consisting of three turbines with a German engineering and development company, Juwi. The German firm has been active in building

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community-owned or regionally-owned wind, solar, and biogas projects in Germany.

In neighboring Quebec, a small community in the Lac St. Jean region north of the provincial capital of Quebec City has won a 25 MW contract to build a locally-owned wind plant, Val-Éo, scheduled for completion in 2015.

In the USA, the state of Minnesota has had the only policy specifically designed for community ownership. Its C-BED, or Community-Based Energy Development has resulted in the most community wind in operation in both the USA and North America.

While Minnesota’s neighbor has no specific policy for community wind, Wisconsin’s first community wind project came on line in early 2012. The Cashton Greens Wind Farm was developed for the Organic Valley cooperative and Gundersen Health System. Organic Valley

is the largest farmer-owned cooperative of organic growers in the USA. The two-turbine, 5-MW project is a first for Wisconsin.

Conclusion

Currently community power represents an extremely small portion of the new renewables developed in North America. Nevertheless, several thousand megawatts of newly contracted capacity are now on the books, mostly in the Canadian province of Ontario. How much of that will be built is unknown.

Even where the policy environment is supportive--and much of North America has no formal support for community power--it remains extremely difficult, for a host of reasons, to bring community-owned or locally-owned projects to fruition.

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What is small wind? Where is the boundary between small wind and large wind? The de�inition of small wind is the utmost urgent matter to be discussed and agreed upon in the industry. The word ‘small’ in the wind industry has been and remains vague and ever-changing. The lack of a credible unanimous de�inition and casual practice of the industry has formed a term that describes wind turbines with a rated capacity of 6 watt to as large as 300 kW.

Small wind was originally de�ined by

Small Wind World ReportPublished by WWEA in March 2012� World Wind Energy Association (WWEA)

its characteristic to produce small amount of electricity for house appliances or to cover various household-based electricity demand. One single 40 inch LED television on the market today consumes approximately 200 W. Assuming that a battery can completely �latten off the �luctuation in supply and demand, it is estimated that an 180 W turbine can suf�iciently sustain the television to be turned on for 4 hours per day. (The 180 W turbine is assumed to be installed on a site with an average annual wind speed of 5 m/s.) An average American family uses 11’496 kWh of electricity yearly. Under the same assumptions,

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a 10 kW turbine is needed to cover the full consumption. In comparison, a European household demands a 4 kW turbine while a Chinese household requires as small as a 1 kW turbine. If it is to say that small wind is to supply the small consumption of households, the issue of whether a 100 kW turbine may be categorized as small wind needs to be brought onto the debate table.

Currently in the world, individual countries are setting up their own de�inition of small wind while conducting market research, drafting renewable energy laws and providing �inancial aid. The discrepancy of the upper capacity limit of small wind ranges between 15 kW to 100 kW. The general trend of today`s upper limit capacity leans towards 100 kW. This is largely caused by the establishment of the IEC61400-2 small wind standard.

Summary and Statistics

As of the end of 2010, the world cumulative installed small wind systems have reached 672’564 units. Being the overwhelming

leader of the industry, China overshadows all other major markets, the USA and the UK, with its cumulative installed units of over 450’000. REEEP estimates, however, that approximately 250’000 of the 450’000 turbines continue to produce electricity in China and the rest have been retired given that China’s �irst establishment of the small wind market was in the early 1980s.

The total installed capacity around the world has reached 372,3 MW as of the end of 2010. The United States is responsible for approximately 50 % of the installed capacity with a total of 179 MW. The accomplishment of the United States is attributed to the vast market supported by nearly 30 different types of renewable energy policies and �inancial aid of small wind projects from all levels of government.

Small wind is �inding applications increasingly for on-grid power generation rather off-grid applications. Over the past decade, higher capacity SWTs (capacities between 10 kW and 100 kW) are driving the demand in the western markets. In 2009,

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approximately 34,4 MW of SWTs sold globally were grid-tied making up 82 % of the total market, leaving 7,6 MW of off-grid systems.

Despite the large demand for SWTs observed in developed Western countries, the market remains fragile up to date. Sales and production are still dependent on government incentives in the form of supportive policies or �inancial aid programmes, and only few countries offer suf�icient support schemes. Fully competitive small wind markets are rather found in the developing countries where off-grid and mini grid application prevails. Small wind, in areas where electricity grid cannot reach, is often economically feasible without additional political support and poses a true rationale in substituting the existing expensive and environmentally damaging diesel generation.

Although rural residents of countries like the USA, China, and Cuba have been utilising the power generation abilities of wind since the 1960s with small wind turbines (SWTs),

the global industrialisation of small wind energy has demonstrated remarkable growth only in the past decade. As of the end of 2009, a cumulative total of 521’102 SWTs were installed, 415’874 of which were installed that year. Within the year 2010, the total cumulative installed units of small wind continue to demonstrate a 28% growth. Generating a total of over 182 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in annual energy production worldwide, the small wind market reached over 215million USD of sales revenue in 2009.

The small wind industries in China, the USA, and the UK have emerged as the largest markets, with China as the overwhelming leader in manufacturing and installation. Numerous other countries have entered the market, amounting to approximately 334 small wind manufacturers based in over 30 countries as of the end of 2011.

The �ive biggest countries (Canada, China, Germany the UK and the USA) account for over 50 % of the small wind manufacturers.

Figure 3 Small Wind Manufactures Wordwide Distribution by 2011

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By the end of 2011, there are over 330 small wind manufacturers in the world offering one-piece commercialized generation systems and an estimate of over 300 �irms supplying parts, technology, consulting and sales services. A global distribution of small wind manufacturers can be found in the �igure below. The details of the manufacturers can be found in the WWEA Small Wind Manufacturer Catalogue published in the Small Wind World Report 2012.

Based on the world distribution of turbine manufacturers, the development of small wind remains clustered around the developed countries in North America and Europe. Developing countries continue to demonstrate relatively slow progress. It is obvious from the map that the tremendous wind resources of Africa, Southeast Asia and South America, where many regions are ideally suited for small wind application, have not been cultivated. Due to frequently obsolete and de�icient grid systems of the above regions, small wind systems have tremendous potential

in supplying off-grid and mini-grid electricity to the local residences.

The small wind industry has demonstrated remarkable growth in the past decade as consumer interest was increasing and start-up companies were entering the manufacturing and distribution sector. More than 120 new small wind manufacturers were established between 2000 and 2010 worldwide. China alone sold a total of 90’000 units of SWTs in 2009 and 100’000 in 2010, exhibiting an 11 % growth. The UK market saw a denotes a 25 % growth by sales revenue during 2009 and an impressive 65 % growth in installed capacity during 2010 to 14,23 MW. Canada sold 3,0 MW of small wind installations in 2009, a 32 % growth from 2008, while the USA installed capacity grew by 18 % from 2008. Despite the remarkable growth worldwide, the small wind industry remains relatively small that the market behaviour depends more heavily on individual product, management, and capitalization than on global or national trends.

Figure 4 Small Wind Manufactures Map Distribution Worldwide

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Small wind is getting more and more attention all over the world, and some markets have reached remarkable sizes. The World Wind Energy

Association, in cooperation with New Energy Husum, the German Small Wind Association BVKW and the German Wind Energy Association BWE, were invited to the 3rd World Summit for Small wind, taking place in Husum, Germany, from 15-16 March 2012.

WSSW2012 took place during the trade fair New Energy where 300 exhibitors presented all types of renewable energy equipment, amongst them 70 exhibitors from the small wind industry. Up to 20 000 visitors visited the trade fair. With this huge public attention, New Energy fair was the perfect location for the 3rd World Summit for Small Wind.

WSSW2012 covered two main areas, “Markets around the World” and “New standards for innovation”.

On day 1, speakers from all over the world presented the most interesting markets for small wind turbines. Experts from Canada,

World Summit for Small Wind 2012 Highlights Key Markets and Technical Innovation

China, Denmark, Germany, India, Poland, South Korea, Spain, the UK, USA and Zimbabwe presented current status, prospects and key challenges for small wind in their home countries.

As a highlight of the WSSW2012, WWEA launched the first edition of the Small Wind World Report 2012. Some of the key findings of the report were:

- Almost 700 000 small wind turbines have been installed worldwide.

- China is by far the largest market for small wind, with 450 000 installed units, followed by USA.

- There are more than 330 companies manufacturing small wind turbines, disseminated over more than 40 countries, and most of them in China, USA, Germany, Canada and the UK.

The first day ended with a panel discussion that identified the most promising key markets for small wind.

Day 2 was dedicated to “New standards for innovation”: The day started with a keynote address on general challenges that the small wind industry faces all over the world. The

3rd World Summit for Small Wind WSSW2012 highlights key markets, technical innovations and main challenges for small wind WWEA’s Small Wind World Report will be launched: 700 000 small wind turbines have been installed worldwide

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small wind industry needs appropriate technical, economic and social standards in order to foster innovation, increase confidence of investors, consumers and governments into this still young technology. Hence technical standards and certification schemes from different parts of the world were presented, amongst them the international consumer label as promoted by the International Energy Agency.

Also resource assessment as well as approaches for establishing local small wind manufacturing in order to maximize local benefits were presented.

The second day concluded with a panel discussion and the guiding question: “What are the main challenges for small wind? Do current standards enhance innovation?”

For general requests, please contact: World Wind Energy AssociationWWEA Head Office Charles-de-Gaulle-Str. 553113 BonnGermany

Tel. +49-228-369 40-80Fax +49-228-369 40-84www.WWindEA.org

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With increasing debate on Climate Change and

Energy Security related issues, wind energy has emerged as one of the most promising energy resource. It is

time that the national governments recognize this and set ambitious targets to enable faster deployment as well as more efficient harnessing of wind energy. Since, the year 2010, Indian Wind Power Association is organizing this WE20 by 2020 Conference and Exhibition series with

the single objective to find technical, financial, commercial, policy and regulatory solutions to achieve 20% grid penetration (at least in local grids) in India by 2020 by drawing in the best of the best from India and the World to deliberate and discuss the involved issues. This means that

Brief Report on 3rd International Wind Conference and Exhibition (WE 20 by 2020)Exhibition - 5th to 7th February, 2011, Conference 6th and 7th February 2012at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India organized by Indian Wind Power Association and World Wind Energy Association

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annual Wind Energy installations have to escalate to 5,000 MW to reach this target, from the present additions of about 2,500 MW per year. From this year, World Wind Energy Association, Bonn, Germany with members in more than 100 countries and which organizes various continental, national and regional wind energy events is also joining us in this crusade.

WE20 by 2020 series is a knowledge based conference aiming to find technical, commercial, policy, regulatory and administrative solutions to help achieve 20% grid penetration in India by year 2020 by calling in International and domestic experts, delegates and the audience. Association has earlier organized two international conferences in 2010 and 2011 at New Delhi. This third conference was organized at a time when Wind Energy Development in the country is again at crossroads – more than 16000 MW capacity has been achieved, new larger and efficient wind turbines are being offered, Individual Power Producers are showing interest in large utility scale wind farms and policy and regulatory framework has evolved to include Renewable Energy Certificate. Wind Energy has emerged as a mainstream option but we have many challenges. To address these challenges WE20 by 2020 series is being organized every year and the proceedings are being followed with the concerned Departments/Ministries regularly. This year the 3rd International Wind Conference and Exhibition (WE 20 by 2020) was organized at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu,

India. The Exhibition was for 3 days from 5th to 7th February, 2011and the Conference was for 2 days on 6th and 7th February 2012.

Delegates

Event witnessed unprecedented response from stakeholders representing the delegates from different areas like, Wind power generators, Wind turbine manufacturers, field workers from wind farm sites, utilities, Officials from Ministry of New and renewable Energy, National Load Dispatch centre. Southern Regional Load Dispatch Centre, Research and Development consultants, Tamilnadu Electricity Board, Tamilnadu Electricity Development Agency, Maharashtra Electricity Development Agency, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency, Centre for Wind Energy Development, Consultants, private sector, energy companies, technology providers, service providers, students of management and energy subjects, Bankers & Insurance sectors etc.

We thank all of them for their participation and support that enabled us in coming out with Major Findings that will help in up-scaling wind energy. We also thank all the eminent speakers, leading experts and exhibitors, whose participation and inputs supported us in our endeavour of mainstreaming the wind power.

The delegation from China (Shanghai Electric Wind Power Equipment Co. Limited) also took part in the conference. World Wind Energy Association was represented by Dr.

Anil Kane, President Emeritus and Mr. Stefan Gsaenger, Secretary General, who also deliberated on various subjects in the conference.

Exhibition

50 well laid and Pompously decorated Stalls of the WTG manufacturers, ancillary equipments, service providers, IPP’s, National Load Despatch Centre, C-WET etc. at the exhibition hall witnessed hundreds of thousands visitors all the days. The event was covered by the print and television media extensively. The live report of the exhibition and speeches at the conference was also appearing on www.energetica-india.net all the 3 days. The was also a Energy Bus of Tamilnadu energy development Agency attracting large crowds showing the various types of renewable energy. The complete nacelle mounted on 64 wheeled trailer was the centre of attraction for all visitors. A paper presentation show by the students of various institutes was also the part of the Exhibition showcasing encouragement of the budding talent in the field of wind energy.

A large number of B to B meetings and B to C meetings were also witnessed at the exhibition and during free hours at the meeting rooms at the venue. The overwhelming response received from the wind power community reiterated the significance of up scaling and mainstreaming wind energy for Energy Security, Climate Change and Economic Development. It also showcased that the strides

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made in this sector have surpassed predictions.

Indian Wind Power Association is indeed proud for the over whelming response received from the investors in the wind power industry. We thank Hon. Minister MNRE and Government Officials, our all sponsors, supporters, stall holders, delegates, organizing committee members and CODISSIA Trade Centre staff Codissians for making this event a success and memorable.

Happenings

In a largely attended function, the exhibition was inaugurated by DR. A.V. Varadharajan,eminent Industrialist & Chairman, Sandfits Foundaries, Coimbatore on 5th February 2012 at 10.00 am in the presence of Mr.R.Palanisami,Chairman,Exhibitions committee,who made such wonderful &successful get up of this fair. 50 stalls –Around 25,000 visitors –A grand success.

Hon. Minister, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah launched the 2 MW nacelle of Gamesa on 5th February 2012 at 7.00 pm at the exhibition site in the presence of our great sponsor Mr.Ramesh Kymal,CMD,Gamesa. A beautiful cultural dance Programme by school and college girls was also organized by Air Vice Marshal(Retd) Mr Seshachari after the launch of the nacelle. The remarkable point of this Exhibition and Conference was that this event was managed by the future energy managers, guided by their Professors like Dr.M.Arasu,Dr.

K.K Sasi,Mr.Selva kumar,Wing Cmdr(Retd) Kuber Kemkar and the students of the Energy Degree and Management subjects taking part. PSG Polytechnic College, Coimbatore, Amrita University and Park College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore did a wonderful job of the event management. This gave them the chance of learning by doing it remarkably well. Congrats youngsters !

Mr. Rajsekhar Budhavarapu, Country Manager- India, GL Garrad Hassan was the Convenor behind the success of the Conference with Dr. R. Venkatesh, President, EPCOS, Nashik relentlessly organising and managing the show all round. Appreciable task. Mr. Jami Hossian, Chief Mentor and Founder, WinDForce Management was the Programme Advisor, well done. Dr.Rishi Muni Dwivedi, Secretary General,Mr. G.V. Srinivasan, Chief Executive, IWPA and Mr.Shankar,Executive took care of arranging for the Session Chairmen, speakers and stalls. A job done well.

Conference Inauguration by the Patron of Wind Power

In a colourful function attended by a large gathering of around 650 delegates & 200 intellectuals & dignitaries, the Conference was inaugurated by Hon Minister of New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah on 6th February 2012 at 9.00 am. Prof. K. Kasthoorirangaian, Chairman, IWPA and Vice president, World Wind Energy association welcomed Hon. Minister and the elite audience and called for India to forge

ahead to attain 20 % wind penetration by 2020.This needs encouragement from the Government by continuing both the Accelerated Depreciation and Generation Based Incentive, provide the evacuation infrastructure and ensure timely payment to the generators from the Utilities. Mr. Mathias Steck, Senior Vice President & Head of APAC region, GL Garrad Hassan presented a year wise growth graph upto 2020 & challenges to be met in the Key Note Address to the Conference.

Hon‘ble Dr Farookh Abdullah, Hon. Minister, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India inaugurated the Conference and told that the wind energy sector should look for Indian Machines and Indigenisation by focussing on research and Certification by Centre for Wind Energy Technology is must for quality import and expediting the process of certification needed. He invited the Association to come to Delhi and convince the Ministry about their demands and in turn he will take up the matter with the Ministry of Finance for fulfilling the demands of the wind power generators and also to facilitate the wind mill installations in forest areas by faster permissions.

Contextual Presentation on WE 20 by 2020 was made by Mr. Sunil Kumar, Director - Energy and Utilities, Price water house Coopers followed by Mr. Rajsekhar Budhavarapu, Country Manager- India, GL Garrad Hassan presenting the concept of WE 20 by 2020 Conference and Exhibition. Mr. Stefan Gsäenger, Secretary General, WWEA presented vote of thanks for

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the inaugural Session and informed that the whole world wind power installed capacity has reached to 240 GW out of which 43 GW was added in 2011. India has positioned itself at no. 3 just behind China that has added 20 GW and US with 6.8 GW.

The Topics

WE 20 by 2020 was an effort to provide a forum for international discussion on wind energy. Accordingly, the conference was carefully divided into twelve sessions in 2 parallel Channels and an inaugural and a concluding session covering all the areas of wind power industry. 58 speakers from all over world deliberated on various subjects in the Conference. The speakers included

the experts in various fields and who and who in the wind power industry from India, China, Germany, U.S.A and U.K. The presence of 625 delegates made the conference lively with their Questions to & discussions with Speakers showing their eagerness to know more and more on various aspects of wind energy. The two day conference deliberated on the vital issues of WTG Technology, Need for project due diligence, Power evacuation & large scale integration of WE in grid, Adequacy assessment of existing technical & policy regulatory framework, Asset management, Indian Grid Code IEGC 2010, Wind Forecasting and IEGC 2010 code, Scope & Prospects of Repowering & Action Plan ahead, Financing Wind Power Projects, Critical techno-economic

issues to be considered in design, implementation and operation of wind farms, Role and Scope for Wind IPPs ahead, Assessment of the Indian REC mechanism and prospects ahead.

The Speakers

The Session Chairman cum Moderator and speakers for various sessions includes- Dr. S. Gomathinayagam, ED, C-WET, Nitin Bhate, GE, Ravindra Utgikar, Suzlon Energy, M.P. Ramakumar, Regen Powertech, Jami Hossain, WinDForce Management Services, M. K. De, Consolidated Energy Consultants, Erik Tuexen, GL Garrad Hassan, Dr. V. Bakthavatsalam, U.S. Hydro Power, Mr. V.K.Agrawal, NLDC, POSOCO, Dr. K. Balaraman, PRDC, A. D. Thirumoorthy,

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TANGEDCO, Vikram Kailash, Mytrah Energy, Avinash Rao, CLP, Sunil Jain, Green Infra, Vibhash Garg, PricewaterhouseCooper, Shruti Bhatia, Vestas, Praveen Kakulte, Enercon, P. Rajenthiran Gamesa, Sankalp Sharma, WindForce Management Daniel Dexter, CLP, Daniel Maunsell, G L Garrad Hassan, Dr. Ravi Segal, GE Energy, C.R. Srinivas, Mytrah Energy, Rajeev B Samant, Tata Power, Jeremy Parkes, GL Garrad Hassan, Rupesh Singh, WindForce, Dr Anil Kane, President Emeritus, WWEA, President, InWEA, New Delhi, D. A. F. Wilkinson, Gamesa, Amit Kansal, Vestas, A. A. Khatana, IREDA, Srinivas Sista, Greenco, Vivek Sharma, CRISIL, Dilip Nigam, Director, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India, Narayan Kumar Ramakrishnan, Greenko, S. N. Roy, Techno-Electric(Simran Wind project), Dr. V. B. Rao, Suzlon, Glen

Reccani, Acciona Energy, Deepak Sharma, IL&FS, K.V.S. Subrahmanyam, MSPL, Balaji Velury, SLRDC-POSOCO, Shantanu Jaiswal, Bloomberg, Umesh Aggarwal, PricewaterhouseCoopers, G.N. Kamath, Karma Energy.

The institutional partners for the event were the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Centre for Wind Energy Technology, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency, World Wind Energy Technology Platform, Maharashtra Energy Development Agency and Tamilnadu Energy Development Agency.

The event was sponsored by Suzlon, Gamesa, Mytrah Energy, Enercon, Regen, Vestas, CLP, GE Energy, Leitner Shriram, GE Energy, Siemens, Techno Electric(Simran Wind project), IL & FS renewable Energy, and supported by Indo Wind Energy, WinDForce,TUV Rheinland,

India and Tata Power. PricewaterhouseCoopers was the Knowledge Partner with EQ International, Energetica India, Power Insight and Global Energia as Media Partners. Le Meridien and Vivanta by Taj surya took care of the guests by being the Hospitality Partner.

Enthused by the response of the delegates and the speakers, like last year, we are also bringing out the “Major Findings” of all the deliberations. We are sure that these Major Findings will act like a guiding force for the continuing efforts for the development of wind power in India and the world.

The major findings of the Conference will be sent to all the concerned Departments and the Ministries and the follow up will be made to see the 20 % Wind Energy by the year 2020.

WWEC2012 "Community Power –

Citizens’ Power”, Bonn, Germany, 3-5

July 2012

The World Wind Energy Association,

in cooperation with the German Wind

Energy Association and supported

by a large number of international

organizations, will organize its 11th

World Wind Energy Conference in Bonn

(Germany) under the theme “Community

Power - Citizens’ Power” from 3-5 July

2012. The conference will especially

focus on how community-based wind

farms can contribute to a faster wind

energy deployment all over the world.

Deadline for the submission of abstracts

will be 15 February 2012.

For more information on WWEC2012

please visit: wwwwwec2012.net

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Elsewedy Electric has become a significant contributor to the economic growth in Egypt through its

development into a well-established group with extensive holdings, both locally and beyond borders in several other Middle Eastern & African countries. With more than 10,000 employees working in 30 production facilities located in 14 countries around the world, Elsewedy is exporting a wide range of high quality and safe products to more than 110 countries worldwide. With the establishment of SWEG –Elsewedy for Wind Energy Generation, and the acquisition of MTOI – M.Torres Olvega Industrial, Elsewedy Electric has become the first major wind turbine manufacturer in Egypt, the Arab World and Africa.( For more information please visit www.elsewedy.com.)

SWEG, the winner of the WWEA Award 2011, is offering all integrated Wind Energy Solutions. SWEG is supplying the TWT wind turbines with M.Torres technology. The gearless TWT wind turbine represents a unique contribution to the wind

SWEG, the Winner of the World Wind Energy Award 2011◆Faisal Eissa, Managing Director, SWEG,Egypt

energy industry in terms of reliability, robustness and high performance with low maintenance costs, at the forefront of technology. SWEG is offering Turnkey Solutions & EPC. Integrating and utilizing all capacities within Elsewedy Electric, SWEG provides specialized and complete services to the wind energy sector. SWEG is operating and servicing all wind energy components, and is also active in the Wind farm Co-Development. SWEG explores Development & IPP business opportunities to support clients and ensure successful projects. The company is currently offering a “TWT1.65 MW” Turbine and will launch the newly developed “TWT 2.5

MW” turbine in 2013.In 2010 the consortium of SWEG

and TERNA ENERGY (Greece) was pre-qualified out from 34 applicants with nine other consortia for the BOO project in Gabal el Zeit – Eastern Desert nearby the Red Sea. Based on TERNA ENERGY’s experience on the whole wind farm value chain, and SWEG’s own expertise in WTGs and BOP matter’s and equipment, the companies will jointly Design, Develop, Invest, Built and Operate the project.

The contract will include the right to sell the electricity to the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company(EETC) for a period of 20-25 years. It is expected that the first

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request for proposals will be issued Beginning Q2 in 2012.

SWEG also has its own plans to develop its private wind farm in the range of 120 MW in Egypt. The Egyptian market is expecting a change in the regulations that will allow the private sector to invest in their own wind farms.

In 2011 SWEG has delivered the first 8 units of the TWT 1.65 MW to Dernah in the Eastern Region – Al Fatayeh. Beginning January 2011 the shipment, including sets of blades and towers, have arrived in Dernah – Benghazi Ports. From there it was transported directly to the site as the starting point of Libya’s first wind energy project.

Once construction is complete, the Dernah wind farm will have a total of 60 MW with 37 units TWT 1.65 MW direct drive. The rotor diameter is 82 meters (LM blades) with a hub height of 71 meters. The towers are planned to be delivered from SIAG Elsewedy Towers (SET), a joint venture

between Elsewedy Electric and SIAG Schaaf Industrie AG. The TWT multipole wind turbine represents a unique contribution to the wind energy industry in terms of reliability, robustness and high performance with low maintenance costs, at the forefront of technology.

The Public Electricity Works Company (PEWCO), the state utility, awarded the EPC (engineer, procure and construct) contract to SWEG – Elsewedy for Wind Energy Generation. It includes the Supply and installation, startup and Operation & Maintenance of the WTG (Wind Turbine Generator) and the BoP(Balance of Plant). After the changes in the political situation,

SWEG is expecting the completion of the Dernah project during 2012/2013.

In October last year SWEG signed a 25 MW Project in Bulgaria. Wind project developer Double Energy 2 in Bulgaria and SWEG has signed a contract for Co-development and construction of a wind farm in the region of Omurtag, Bulgaria.

The Turbines will be used are fifteen TWT 1.65 MW and an option for two of the new developed TWT 2.5 MW model to deliver 24.75 MW of wind energy to the grid.

Double Energy 2 received the construction permit and SWEG expects the construction to start in mid-2012, the complete wind farm is planned to go online in mid-2014.

In Ghana the Volta River Authority (VRA) invited sealed Tenders from eligible and qualified Tenderers as partners in a Joint Venture (JV) arrangement to develop and implement a Wind Energy Project in Ghana of 50 – 75 MW. SWEG is awarded to enter into Joint Venture agreement with VRA in order to lead the effort to undertake the following activities: Wind Resource Assessment, EPC, Finance support and Operation & Maintenance. Completion of the project is expected to be 2013 – 2014.

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WWEC2012

BONN, GERMANY3 – 5 JULY 2012

11th World Wind Energy Conference and Renewable Energy Exhibition:

Community power - citizens‘ power

EUROSOLARThe European Associationfor Renewable Energy

Ministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

Deutschland|

EREF

More information: www.wwec2012.net

Supporting organizations (as of 01 March 2012) Media Partners

WWEC2012 Fair:

Your exhibition stand and sponsoring opportunitiesThe 11th World Wind Energy Conference & Renewable Energy Exhibition WWEC2012 is aimed at presenting, exchanging and dis-cussing the latest knowledge on the state of wind energy utilization, turbine technologies, and renewable energies in general.

WWEC2012 will profile the special topic „Community Power – Citizens‘ Power“, referring to the development and ownership of renewable energy projects by local citizens and communities; inclu-ding farmers and landowners, cooperatives, municipalities, local and regional utilities, as well as other partners.

The WWEC2012 venue will held in the former home of the German Parliament - where the world‘s first feed-in law was enacted in 1991; where the first governmental internati-onal conference for renewable energy Renewables 2004 was held; and where the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA was founded in 2009.

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