Overall review of wind power development in Inner Mongolia: Status quo, barriers and solutions

Inner Mongolia is one of the main wind power bases of China accounting for nearly 30% wind capacity of the country. But its wind power available hours are lower than the national average, and issues of integration and consumption of wind energy become a problem, causing for transmission line construction or grid security consideration. Wind power development in Inner Mongolia including status quo, barriers and solutions are researched, and this paper analyzed the development issues of Inner Mongolia from aspects of technology and mechanism, and put forward orderly development solutions for Inner Mongolia wind power in corresponding. Crown Copyright (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.