Localization of Wind Power Equipment Brings Rapid Improvement of Domestic Wind Power Technology

The localization of wind power equipment has led to a rapid increase in domestic wind power technology and operation quality. At present, domestic wind turbines generally adopt the mainstream technology of the world today, and the world's leading 3MW turbines and offshore wind power projects have settled in China. The unit kilowatt price has dropped from about 7,000 yuan in the early period of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period to less than 4,000 yuan, a drop of 40%.

The rapid development of wind power has benefited from the market-oriented operation mode. Before 2005, domestic wind power was dominated by the power sector, there was no market competition, and electricity prices were high and development was slow. In recent years, the country has organized a total of five concession project tenders, through a concession tender for a total of 49 wind farm projects, with a total installed capacity of 8.8 million kilowatts. The market-oriented operation mechanism of wind power not only attracted a large amount of capital into the field of fan manufacturing, but also enabled wind turbine manufacturers to achieve full competition in technology, quality and cost control, and to promote the rapid improvement of domestic wind power technology and management level. In 2009, the National Development and Reform Commission promulgated the four-level benchmark price for wind power sub-regionally based on resource status, which allows investors to further improve the accuracy of economic feasibility assessment of wind farm construction projects.