China plans "at least" 60GW of wind by 2020

ETA: This link is far better than the first one I posted (bottom of page). It is the source for the blurb below and faar more informative:
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/24978/


"China has a big vision for wind, and appears to be wasting no time in making that vision a reality. The country recently installed its first offshore wind farm, a 102-megawatt system in the Yangtze River delta (near Shanghai slated) called the Shanghai Donghai Bridge to come online this month–but judging from the fact that Chinese officials have announced plans to request bids for three to four such large-scale offshore wind power projects, clearly this will not be the last.

Technology Review reports that the new wind-farm on the tidal flats outside Shanghai posed an engineering challenge to developers, thanks to muddy sea floors and shifting sandbars. However, it looks as if this hard-won engineering know-how will soon come in handy, as China is looking to develop the 100 to 200 gigawatts of wind energy potential available in extensive tidal flats, particularly in the coastal province of Jiangsu Province–one of six regional wind power development centers designated by Beijing last year. Each site is slated to receive at least 10 gigawatts of wind power by 2020."
http://www.earthtechling.com/2010/04/chinas-first-off-shore-wind-farm-energizes-shanghai/

They also plan to have 70 GW of nuclear by the same time frame: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x244096

Who knew, nuclear and wind can coexist.

Rec/unrec is for bad posts. kristopher actually made a good post. *sigh*

It wasn't me, I assure you.