China's ambitious goals to produce up to 14% of its primary energy from renewable resources by 2030 may be achievable if the country invests more heavily in wind-generated technology, according to researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University in Beijing. Wind power could generate 20% of China's primary energy if it improves its quality of wind turbines and increases the flexibility of the nation's coal fleet, they said. Suggestions include abolishing must-run quotas for coal and the expansion of energy-storage technology.
China's ambitious goals to produce 20% of its primary energy from renewable resources by 2030 may be achievable if the country invests more heavily in wind-generated technology, according to researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University in Beijing. Wind power could generate up to 14% of China's primary energy if it improves its quality of wind turbines and increases the flexibility of the nation's coal fleet, they said. Suggestions include abolishing must-run quotas for coal and the expansion of energy-storage technology.