Wind farm systems

Wind farm-siting systems

Several advanced wind farm-siting systems following several years of research

The Research Center for Wind Resources at Sun Yat-Sen University in southern China has developed several advanced wind farm-siting systems following several years of research. The new systems are the Regional Wind Resource Information System, the Integrated Wind Farm Siting System and the CFD Wind Farm Siting System.

The center's Dr. Zeng Xuelan said that the systems allow the best sites for wind turbines to be easily located and thus substantially increase their efficiency. The center's systems are also said to be highly cost-effective when compared to foreign ones. Zeng's center has been making considerable efforts to put its research results into practice and is seeking to actively participate in the development of China's wind farm industry.

China has rich wind power resources, with an estimated potential volume of several hundred million kilowatts. Since 2000, China has achieved an average annual growth of 52 percent in the sector, bringing its installed capacity to over 12 million kilowatts, ranking it fourth in the world.