Global Utilization and Development of Wind Energy

Abstract

Wind energy is an important strategic energy over the world. Wind power is a useful form of energy conversed from wind energy. The main conversion of wind energy is using wind turbines to make electricity. Generally, studies focus on the specific technology of wind energy. There is, however, little qualitative information on status of wind energy utilization and development. This research tended to focus on systematic analysis of global utilization and development of wind energy, rather than on particular technology. The results shown that from 1997 to 2010, the global cumulative installed wind turbine capacity is exponential growth with years. The top eleven wind energy utilization countries account for 87.7% of total. The global utilization of wind energy increased 24.6% in 2010. The highest increasing country is Romania with an increasing rate of 264.3%. The cumulative installed wind turbine capacity has increased by 73.2% in China, which is the largest cumulative installed wind turbine capacity country. US increased by 14.5% in 2010 as the second cumulative installed wind turbine capacity country.