China is looking to use off shore wind farms to help power the country … with a significant part of the population on the eastern shore this may prove to better than bringing coal generated power in from the west of China.
China will " … bring online … its first offshore wind farm, a 102-megawatt array located in the Yangtze River delta …"
"… latest in a series of moves … to pad its lead as the world’s largest market for wind power. …"
" … Azure International predicts that China will install 514 megawatts of offshore wind over the next three to four years. By 2010, … expected to invest $100 billion to install up to 30,000 megawatts …"
Via: SmartPlanet LINK