During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period and beyond, it is inevitable for wind power to accelerate the development of quality improvement. For this reason, it is necessary to sort out the "13th Five-Year Plan" on the basis of ensuring the implementation of the medium and long-term development goals of the industry, as soon as possible to clarify the next course of action for all parties.

      With the end of 2020, the "13th Five-Year Plan" has come to a successful conclusion. In the past five years, in the face of the turmoil of the international situation and the sudden arrival of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China has always been the most dynamic major economy in the world, and its economic and social development has maintained a stable and orderly trend. This is especially true for the wind power industry. In the past five years, the market scale has continued to expand steadily, and the development layout optimization has achieved remarkable results. The onshore, offshore, and overseas troikas have worked together, innovation has become the main driver of industrial progress, the cost of electricity has continued to decline, and the overall market competitiveness has been greatly improved. In 2020, the raging new crown pneumonia epidemic has comprehensively tested the resilience of the wind power industry; and the new high of 71.67 million kilowatts of new grid-connected installed capacity each year also well proves the huge potential for the improvement of the supply capacity of the wind power industry chain. As the closing year, 2020 will surely become a very important node in the history of the wind power industry due to its particularity. It was in this year that the "doubling" of the annual wind power development scale became the national will for the first time.

      On September 22, 2020, President Xi Jinping announced at the United Nations General Assembly that China will increase its nationally determined contributions, adopt more effective policies and measures, strive to reach its peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 . Since then, President Xi Jinping has reiterated the "30 · 60 target" on other international occasions several times, and proposed that by 2030, the total installed capacity of wind power and solar power will reach 1.2 billion kilowatts or more. Public opinion generally believes that, as the main force to promote the achievement of the "30 · 60 target", the wind power industry will enter a new stage of accelerated development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. Minimum requirements for strategic objectives. In supporting the acceleration of development, the entire wind power industry chain already has sufficient innovation and supply capabilities. The most important thing is how governments at all levels can improve corresponding support mechanisms at the policy level as soon as possible. In this issue of "Cover Story", we will systematically summarize the development of wind power during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, and invite relevant persons in charge of enterprises in the industry to interpret and forecast the industry trend in the next five years. With the strong support of the state and the joint efforts of the whole industry, during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, my country's wind power industry has achieved steady and orderly development, and the level of various core evaluation indicators has been steadily improved. "Wind Energy" magazine selected representative indicators from the list to detail the achievements of my country's wind power development during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period.

      01. Global leader in installed capacity

      In the past five years, my country's installed wind power capacity has continued to lead the world, and the pace of development has been more stable than that during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period. The steady increase in market size has also become the biggest foundation and driving force for industrial progress.

      At the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan", my country's wind power development ushered in a climax. In 2020, the newly-added grid-connected installed capacity of wind power is 71.67 million kilowatts, which shows that the mature industrial chain that has been cultivated over the years is sufficient to provide solid support for the implementation of my country's "30·60 target".

      02, the cost continues to fall

      Currently, the cost of electricity per kilowatt hour for new onshore wind power projects in my country's "Three Norths" region can reach 0.16 yuan/kWh, and in the southern region of the Middle East, it can reach 0.34 yuan/kWh. Most of the newly built onshore wind power projects have the conditions for parity to go online. Achieving parity on the Internet is a key step for my country's wind power and other clean energy sources to become the main energy source.

In 2019, the average installation cost of onshore wind power in my country was 7,906 yuan/kW, a decrease of 13% from 2015. In 2019, my country's onshore wind level standardization cost per kilowatt hour was 0.3 yuan/kWh, a 30% decrease from 2015.

      03. Significant improvement in utilization level

      During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, thanks to the continuous improvement in the grid-connected consumption situation, the average utilization hours of wind power across the country have continued to increase, and the wind curtailment rate has continued to decline.

      04. Continuous optimization of industrial layout

      During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the state has made great efforts to promote the optimization of the layout of the wind power industry, and the results have been obvious. The focus of wind power development is rapidly shifting to the southern region of the Middle East, and the proportion of new wind power installed in this region is gradually increasing.

2011-2019 "Three Norths" and the proportion of new wind power installed capacity in the south of the Middle East

      05. Improve the industrial chain and increase international competitiveness

      During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, an industrial chain covering wind power development and construction, equipment manufacturing, technology research and development, testing and certification, and supporting services has further matured. my country has become the world's largest wind power equipment manufacturing base. While meeting the domestic market, wind power equipment It is also exported to 34 countries and regions. Blade manufacturers such as Sinoma Blade and Ailang Wind Power supply blades for domestic and foreign wind power enterprises. NGC has become the world's largest supplier of wind power gearboxes, with an international market share of 23.72% in 2019.

      The supply potential of the industrial chain is huge, and the production bases of complete machine manufacturing enterprises are all over the country, and they have strong supply capabilities.

      Among the top fifteen wind power manufacturers with new installed capacity of global wind power in 2019, China occupies eight seats. At the end of 2020, my country's wind power complete machine manufacturers have exported a total of about 2,730 wind turbines, with a (shipping) capacity close to 6.4 million kilowatts.

The production and testing capabilities of components have been continuously improved. Actively participate in the activities of international organizations such as the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

      06. Economic and social benefits appear

      During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, my country’s wind power generated a total of 1,733 billion kWh, which is equivalent to the power generation of the three largest hydropower stations in the world-the Three Gorges Hydropower Station in the past five years. Tree. From 2016 to 2020, my country's wind power project construction investment will be 611.6 billion yuan. In 2020, the total number of employees in my country's wind power industry will be approximately 550,000.

      07. Innovation is everywhere

      my country's wind turbines continue to go up and down, and the industrial layout continues to be optimized, mainly due to the innovation of technology and management.