In Worldwatch’s report about the growing use of wind power says as follows : $ r2 o3 K( u9 _. _
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Outside of Europe – where wind capacity rose 19% last year -- Asia experienced the strongest growth in wind power, adding nearly 3,680 megawatts of capacity. “India trailed only the United States and Germany by installing 1,840 megawatts of new capacity in 2006,” according to Vital Signs. In total installations, India is in fourth place globally (with 6,270 megawatts), behind Germany, Spain and the United States. + R( F7 O/ t6 K: T9 r# P
|* E( e5 K/ ^7 R7 ?“China is rapidly catching up, however,” the report says. “It leads the world in the use of small wind turbines and ranks sixth overall for total wind power installations, not far behind Denmark. China added nearly 1,350 megawatts in 2006, thanks to a new renewable energy law, more than doubling its total capacity to 2,604 megawatts.” Citing reports by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the Worldwatch document added: “The [Chinese] government plans to redouble its wind capacity by 2010 – a target some experts believe will be greatly exceeded – and to install 30,000 megawatts of capacity by 2020.” - h8 `' I0 m- O8 }* g4 ]1 z& B( V1 ]) t6 y7 h, u
Globally, “Investments in new wind-power generating equipment exceeded $20 billion in 2006 and are projected to surpass $60 billion in 2016.” The GWEC forecasts that “with strong policies in place, global installed wind capacity will reach 135,000 megawatts by 2010 and could exceed 1 million megawatts by 2020.” , R; E0 Y# C4 ^ 2 t, E/ I) X: m9 G# Q8 C4 \世界观察研究所的报告中, 关于风力发电利用的增长如下：& B" c) ]. F6 X6 d
2 o) a9 b. @+ n/ y( q- a, P去年欧洲的风力发电量增加了19%，除此之外，亚洲是风力发电增长最快的地区，容量增加了近368万千瓦（3，680百万瓦）。《地球生命体征》指出：“2006年，印度的新装机容量增加了184万千瓦，仅次于美国和德国。”其总装机容量（627万千瓦）居世界第四位，排在德国、西班牙和美国之后。 3 L* ~" z$ ^& L. { 3 N% M& b/ a9 }, E6 w9 E“但是，中国正在快速赶上，”报告还说。“中国在小型风力发电的利用上处于世界领先地位，风力发电总装机容量位居世界第六，稍落后于丹麦。2006年，由于新可再生能源法的出台，中国的装机容量增加了近135万千瓦，翻了一番还多，总容量达到260.4万千瓦，”世界观察研究所援引全球风能理事会（GWEC）的报告说。它又补充说：“（中国）政府计划到2010年把风力发电容量再翻一番（一些专家认为届时将远远超过这个目标），到2020年总装机容量达到3，000万千瓦。” ) I/ j+ q" J3 f& R2 _0 S, r - ]7 K0 n8 j& \. W4 i全球的“新风力发电设备投资2006年超过200亿美元，到2016年将超过600亿美元，”GWEC预测，“随着强有力的政策到位，全球风力发电装机容量到2010年将达到1.35亿千瓦，到2020年将超过10亿千瓦。”4 f2 N9 W9 S( P# ~# _: i( a x
