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The increasing demand for environment-friendly and energy-efficient wind power generation is forcing China and South Korea to invest in offshore wind farms. Photo: Renewable Power News

China and South Korea’s planned investment in offshore wind farms, amounting to close to $25 billion in the near future, could also affect on rare earths production.

The increasing demand for environment-friendly and energy-efficient power generation is forcing China and South Korea to invest in offshore wind farms.

The steel-making industries of both countries need huge amounts of power to fire up their factories.

Rare earths industry pundits said the extent of these projects, which could produce close to 33 gigawatts of electricity by 2019 to 2020, would further push the demand for rare earths in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Oceanpowermagazine.net reported that “the South Korean government has joined the frenzy regarding offshore wind development in the Asia-Pacific region. On the heels of China’s big investment announcement in offshore wind energy capacity, the South Koreans, who currently import 97 percent of their energy needs, will invest $9 billion U.S. dollars to develop a 2.5 gigawatt offshore wind turbine generator farm by 2019, the largest in the country.

“This is not just about providing much-needed domestic energy production. The South Korean government is leading the project and is planning to procure turbines from eight local suppliers. The intent is to also build capacity in the wind turbine business, taking on Europe, the U.S. and China. The South Koreans will spend about $1 billion U.S. this year on feed in tariffs to support solar, wind and other renewable energy projects.”

The Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper, The People’s Daily, reported that China plans to increase installed capacity of its offshore wind power sector to 30 gigawatts by 2020 with investments of almost $16 billion in U.S. dollars.

China is new to the offshore smnall wind turbines market with only 142,500 kilowatts of installed capacity at the end of 2010, the result of only one project, the Shanghai Donghai Bridge.

The various and extensive use of permanent magnets in electronic gadgets, radars, hybrid cars, energy efficient solar panels and wind turbines will continuously push the demand and price for rare earths in 2012, IBTimes.com earlier reported.

This is the assessment of U.S. rare earths producer Molycorp CEO Mike Smith in a dialogue with company shareholders led by Baron Capital Chairman and CEO Ron Baron.

“We’re talking double-digit compounded annual growth rates for the foreseeable future. Nobody knows when that’s going to stop so that’s a huge growth market for us. Those magnets are going to be used in hybrid and electric cars.

“They’re already used in today’s cars. When you look at the windmill  power business, the wind turbines that are being converted are using permanent magnet generators so they can be more efficient and reliable than the old inductive coil gear-box type systems. So those are the huge, huge growth areas, but as long as you and I need gasoline we still have to have rare earths,” Smith said during the event aired over CNBC.

Smith noted that the current supply constraints, with about 95 percent of world’s su

The current level of wind turbines, is based on the principles of helicopter propeller developed, and is actively running propeller aircraft, propeller above the formation of a vacuum, so that following the formation of compressed air, to overcome the weight of the aircraft after the aircraft to increase flight, the aircraft must be propeller reach a certain length and speed, the center of the compressed air does not cause rapid spread outward to generate sufficient buoyancy, the propeller can only reduce the length of a certain quality of the propeller to increase the rotation speed of the requirements, so the propeller made into thin air.
Levels of wind turbine blades is a passive operation, the blade can only work to the wind, horizontal wind turbine blades made of thin, the wind force on the blade of a small, wind force less than 10% utilized , the wind can not take full advantage of the wind wasted resources.
I designed this offset, big-leaf structure, leaf made into round, square, oval and so the status quo, this leaves a wide blade to increase the width of the structure to improve the ability to catch the wind, the leaves from the vertical axis can also be added to increase long-distance torque, adjust the blade angle can be run automatically adjust the rotation speed, the wind energy conversion rate limitations, as well as start and low wind speed, fully aerodynamic. Significantly reduced leaf length, shorter, and significantly reduce the weight greatly efficient use of wind energy, and maximize torque, which in the same industry is a world first. The curved shape of the blade can be used, which can increase blade strength, but also can improve the ability to block the wind turbine generator , can significantly improve power generation efficiency. The blades used in power generators benefit from the theoretically calculated 6-10 m long blades can stimulate MW-class small wind turbines, and small footprint, height 10 – 30 meters, and can be 2-3 units and machine use, acting in all directions, conversion rate, start fast, fans of high concentration, easy to manage and maintain.
Offset, big-leaf structure can be carried out in the breeze start, do not tail the reorientation, simple structure, easy maintenance, power generation, high efficiency, easy-to-manufacturing process, low rpm, the center of gravity down, safety, low running costs, easy maintenance, no noise pollution and other significant features

Recently, the largest domestic unit capacity of 3 MW dual-blade wind turbines dual-use land and sea in the north of the country in the Zhang Research and Test Center success of wind power lifting, power is 2 times the unit commonly used in China, marking China’s high-power wind turbine technology leaf blades from three to two changes in China’s new energy to accelerate the upgrading of equipment to promote advanced new energy technologies will play a positive role.

Chang is located in the north abutment, the wind resource-rich area of ​​wind speed and stability in the territory of China Wind Power Research Institute National Research and Test Center Test Base project was completed by the end of December last year and put into operation, mainly for wind turbines manufacturers performance test test. The successful lifting of the 3 MW dual-blade wind turbine dual-use land and sea for the wind power industry in Guangdong Ming Yang Group in cooperation with the German aerodyn GmbH, for the weather conditions and wind resources in China’s state development and design, successfully developed the Ming Yang SCD Series ultra-compact large fan.

According to the Energy Office Zhangbei new staff, this dual-fan dual-blade wind turbine land and sea, the drive chain from the main bearing, two-speed planetary gears and the wind  generator components, is the largest power of two-blade fan. Products certified by GL Germany and China Jianheng Certification Center, especially its single power output up to 3 MW or more, will make it more suitable for offshore wind farm construction.

But the development, we also see problems: First, the level of wind power technology is not particularly high. Although the world’s top ten wind power companies, the number of China’s enterprises to reach three or four, but that is measured from the output on. Judge the real from the brand up, we is not world class. Several of China’s wind power generator business: as represented by Goldwind, Dongfang Electric, Shanghai Electric, China and other sharp shorter development time, has not been a test of time, so accidents will inevitably occur, such as the emergence of Jiuquan wind power net thing so the unit off. Really good model to be able to withstand the test, the brand usually after 20 years of tough training, and in China, three to five years wanted to go to the world, this is too hasty. Second, as the representative of wind power in Inner Mongolia, “abandoning the wind,” a serious problem. As the need for central heating in Inner Mongolia during the winter, so winter 2010 “give style” to reach 60 billion kWh in 2011 is 80 million degrees may be the future is likely to have more and more. To solve this problem, I think the price of wind power can be broken down into three parts – the peak, peak and trough levels. Low when the price is lower, the use of low power, the electric boiler heating or electrical soil to heating. This wind power companies can be maintained, in profit, while not increasing the burden on ordinary people. In the peak when the price is slightly higher, when the peak level and the same as the original, so the overall average price is still the same. Grid will not prejudice the interests of the company, wind power companies will profit better than the original. This will reduce losses, and can solve network problems. Just as a matter of policy, the development also requires a process.

At present, China’s wind turbine generator industry is trying to develop a new offshore market. Although China’s offshore wind power generating capacity in both installed capacity and not as European companies, but in general the road is good. This is because the load centers in the southeast coast, and our development in this area costs (machinery costs and labor costs) are lower than abroad, is competitive. In addition, China is now manufacturing the ship, the ability of specialized equipment have reached a certain level, so the prospects for offshore development well in the future will be 6 MW of large-scale units to the offshore development.

Today, China’s wind power installed capacity has reached the world’s first combined wind power development in all aspects, which are harbingers of a turning point for China’s wind generators industry era. During this period, changes in the way of our development, re-installed from the original light weight power steering power to the main battery installed both; doubled from one year into a stable development, increased steadily each year. 2011 will be a turning point for the wind power industry. “Twelve Five” period, China’s rapid development of wind power will shift from the sound and rapid development, turning smooth and sustainable development.

In the next 5 to 10 years, in response to the momentum of the wind power industry, all levels of government, industry, power companies, including banks, all parties should actively prepare for and reduce incidents, reduce adverse effects. In addition, industrial development, wind power does not only consider the assessment of capacity installed. Power is effective in improving the hardware, the strength of our country must also develop soft power. Of course, this is also a wide range of issues related to business interests, the market, experience, and other government officials, the degree of attention. Overall, wind turbines manufacturer development is unstoppable, and the coordination of interests of all parties will take some time.

Foreign media on Monday published an article saying that China wind power installed capacity is now up to 42.3GW (GW 1 GW = 10 GW = 1000 MW), more than the U.S. 40.2GW, the world’s wind power capacity than any other country. At the same time, China’s hydropower installed capacity of 2010 also increased by 5.3%, accounted for almost a year to add capacity global hydropower installed capacity in half.

The article said that in the hydro and wind power generation in China has become the world leader in well-deserved. Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency) released data show that in 2010 China’s new wind power capacity up to 16.5GW, while in the preceding three years, China’s annual wind power capacity increased almost close to 100%. China’s current total capacity of wind power and hydroelectric power phase is almost flat.

In contrast, the 2010 U.S. new windmill power installed capacity is only about 2009 new wind power installed capacity by about half. Leading U.S. wind power capacity growth is mainly due to the decline of some conservative Republican lawmakers that the reason for the development of clean energy is doubtful that these members that the use of traditional coal and oil power will not lead to global climate change, refused to support Obama Clean energy bill.

However, the EU’s efforts to promote clean energy was not affected. New EU member states in 2010 wind power installed capacity of 9.3GW, an increase of basically flat with last year. EU member states have installed wind power capacity up to 84.1GW, the world’s largest area of ​​wind power installed capacity.

From a global perspective, in 2010 the world’s new wind power installed capacity of 35.5GW, with a growth of 22.5% compared to last year, showing the development of clean energy has been recognized more and more countries.

China Renewable Energy Association Committee and the Vestas wind began a joint study on evaluation system in November 2009. At that time, the rapid development of wind power in China, just five or six years across the West on decades of wind power development, and the development process highlights a range of issues that industry is an urgent need to establish a recognized, effective evaluation system to ensure that wind power in China’s sustained and healthy development. In the China Renewable Energy Association and Vestas Commission Dexin, president of China Tang Male joint promotion, the two sides began the evaluation system of China’s wind power generators research.

Vestas China President Tang Male said: “The wind turbines of the quality, safety and other issues has become China’s largest wind power industry, Concerned, is totally dependent on the strength of passive adjustment regulations, or industry participants spontaneously towards It has a recognized right to adjust the direction, we should consider, we believe that an objective and fair evaluation system has the role of escort, the first out of the self-discipline, self-reliance first, whoever has a competitive advantage, Vista Sri Lanka is willing to own, frankly the first step. ”

He Dexin, Chinese Wind Energy Association, said: “The objective, professional, accurate, transparent evaluation system to help transform development ideas, to enhance the management level, and actively respond to China’s wind power equipment wind turbine generator sector of the duplication and product quality, improve the tender evaluation to guide developers to choose the right equipment, and improve the safe operation of wind power capacity to support and jointly promote China’s wind power industry, health and sustainable development. “

October 24, METI Resources and Energy Agency in Fukushima Prefecture to promote the introduction of renewable energy contact was announced that the waters in Fukushima offshore wind power generation experiments.

It is reported that, Resources and Energy Agency is expected in three to four years, at sea, floating-body set up six wind generator , power generation and so on to verify. The Department said that the future will expand to 100 or so, industrialization, into a “sea of ​​the world’s first wind power base.”

It is reported that the pilot program for five years. Experimental set windmill generator output power of 2000 kilowatts each block-level, site locations may be selected in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, and Hirono-cho area. Resources and Energy Agency will survey at the end of 2012 costs 12.5 billion yen (about 1.05 billion yuan) included in the 2011 3rd revised Budget.

In Europe, offshore wind has been popular. Because far more shallow waters, so widely used in Europe to the windmill base fixed to the seabed directly implantation-type wind power. By contrast, Japan’s use of the floating-body wind, the wind turbines is fixed to the seabed by chains. For far less shallow waters of Japan, this is one more appropriate way of generating electricity.

The leading power and automation technology group ABB in the Oct. 21 opening of the 2011 Beijing International Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition was first introduced for wind turbine control system design and protection system, while also fully demonstrated at the exhibition site for ABB wind energy industry offers a variety of solutions and wide range of products, ranging from fans and network components supply to send the entire wind power industry chain, showing the ABB fan components industry as a leading supplier of technical strength.

ABB in the show debut of the wind power generator system design for fan control and protection system as a whole program, this program uses ABB high reliability, flexible, scalable AC500 PLC control, the capacity for different wind power equipment to provide customized solutions and control systems. ABB recently released for harsh environments AC500-XC will also be unveiled at the scene. AC500-XC for extreme conditions, at -30 ° C to 70 ° C and an altitude of 4,000 meters between the place can work, have a strong tolerance of harmful gases and salt spray.

ABB wind power business in North Asia, said head of Jari Tukia: “ABB has a fan for 30 years the field of power system applications and experience and deep understanding of wind power can provide coverage to the whole industry process services. Meanwhile, ABB has been working close to customers and market, its advanced technology and combination of different parts of the customer experience, has introduced more in line with customer demand for products and solutions in this exhibition, we demonstrate a variety of advanced technologies using wind power solutions designed to help customers meet the challenge to consolidate ABB in China and the world leading supplier of wind power market position. ”

As most wind farms in remote areas with harsh natural conditions, so the wind farm on the compact equipment, security, stability and other aspects of electrical equipment requirements beyond the general requirements. The exhibition brings together ABB wind power industry for tailored products and solutions. For example, for the transformer needs to be placed in the cabin and tower windmills generator barrel installation conditions such as limited occasions and applications, ABB has developed a wind farm specifically dedicated Slender distribution transformers, with a thin body design, fully sealed structure, good seismic performance features; PCS 6000 Wind-specific converter, it is designed for ABB pioneered offshore wind power converter technology; ABB low voltage products, including circuit breakers, contactors, etc. have been widely used in wind turbine main circuit and control the loop. ABB is also developing wind energy in this show can be applied to the current mainstream of the wind industry’s double-fed wind turbine generators and permanent magnet generators.

Lightning is a wind farm is facing a major threat. In response to the fan facing the threat of lightning, to reduce the power grid disturbances and the normal operation of the fan circuit fault breaking, ABB exhibited special surge protection solutions, and a circuit breaker and the contactor with the use of low-voltage protection and breaking solution the program. These solutions can effectively protect the electrical transmission of all equipment, including generators, converters, contactors and circuit breakers and other work, to maximize the entire life cycle turbine power generation.

ABB is among the Global 500 list of the power and automation technology leader in the field. ABB is committed to helping the power utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and has 130,000 employees. ABB in China, including R & D, wind turbines manufacturers , sales and engineering services, a full range of business activities, with 17,000 employees, 31 local businesses and 80 cities across the country sales and service network.

“Build offshore wind farm is definitely not the fan will simply move offshore land”, the Belgian wind developer C-power NV Chief Executive Officer Philip Martens Sifei this description of offshore wind power.

As early as 2008, China National Offshore Oil Corporation has purchased a Gold Wind Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Golden Wind Technology”) produced 1.5 MW permanent magnet direct drive wind turbine, in the Bohai Bay, and establish a set of offshore wind turbines, saying that it is offshore wind power stations.

The wind farm is located 70 km offshore Bohai Suizhong 36-1. Wind turbines was installed in a field 30 m water depth tube rack. Laying of a 5 km long submarine cable to the center platform Suizhong 36-1, making the offshore wind power station of the electricity used by the offshore oil platforms.

“Doing well maintained unit cases, more than 90% utilization rate should be no problem. First half of 2011, unit availability was stable at 95%. In fact, there are some small the problem. “China Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd., general manager of new energy development projects Hao Jun told the” China Newsweek “, his department is responsible for the installation of offshore wind turbine generator construction and other related work. Establish China’s first deep-sea offshore wind turbine, for them is a rare experience.

Hao Jun appears in, the wind turbine construction and management is entirely in accordance with the specifications of a field. The old vessels, although reducing the project cost in the cost of shipping vessels, but estimates put the unit on a lot of maintenance.

According to Goldwind introduction, the unit can be seen as China started the construction of offshore wind power, based on experience in installation and operation of this unit, the equipment manufacturing and offshore wind power project is concerned, will be a big wealth of experience.

In Shanghai, offshore wind power and wind power industrial chain Conference and Expo, Siemens, Vestas, REpower and other international offshore windmill power giant wind turbine design, are designed to add convenience to reach the fan unit and maintenance staff can In the above room and board design, and some also set up a platform calling for the aircraft.

“As the sea and on land vary widely, maintaining offshore wind turbines subject to many restrictions.” Siemens Wind Power Offshore Wind Power Asia Pacific managing director business that stand as offshore wind turbine, complex environment, many vessels will be sent to the maintenance personnel when the fan is very difficult. Maintenance personnel will be sent to fans draw a line back, could not be completed in a short time, so it is necessary to design the unit so that the area dedicated maintenance staff accommodation.

Shanghai Donghai Wind Power Co., Ltd. Vice President Zhang Kaihua said, “In our view, be able to do onshore wind, offshore wind power will not do. To make offshore wind power, wind power does not do much because of offshore wind power is not just design of wind turbine test, the construction of wind farms, equipment, etc. are all special requirements. ”

July 2010, Shanghai Donghai Bridge 100 MW offshore wind power generators demonstration project was formally put into operation. The project is known as Asia’s first offshore wind farm, the operator is Wind Power Co., Ltd. Shanghai East China Sea. Recently, the project’s second phase – Donghai Bridge Offshore Wind Farm Phase II (expansion) project has been completed tender by Shanghai Electric won the bid and offer 3.6MW wind turbine.

The wind power industry is lashing out at Florida Republican Cliff Stearns over comments the Ocala congressman made about the country’s competitiveness with China wind generator when it comes to renewable energy manufacturing. In a recent interview with NPR, Stearns said that U.S. “can’t compete with China to make solar panels and wind turbines,” so the country should instead invest in other developing technologies.

Stearns clarified his remarks in a follow-up statement, saying that the U.S. can’t compete with China’s “low labor costs, its access to raw materials, its lack of environmental and safety regulations in manufacturing, and the burdensome regulations imposed by the Obama Administration.”

“China and developing countries have clear advantages in small wind turbines certain products — how many TVs, computers or T-shirts are made in the United States?” said Stearns. “Just like solar panels, they’re made overseas because it’s more economical — and making solar power and other renewables more economical will allow them to flourish in our nation.”

President Obama addressed Stearns’ remarks during an Oct. 6 press conference, without explicitly mentioning the congressman by name:

I heard there was a Republican member of Congress who’s engaging in oversight on this, and despite the fact that all of them in the past have been supportive of this loan guarantee program, he concluded, “You know what? We can’t compete against China when it comes to solar energy.” Well, you know what? I don’t buy that.

The American Wind Energy Association, a self-described “lobbying force for wind development and voice for wind manufacturers in the United States,” is also speaking out against Stearns’ comments. Association President Denise Bode told The Hill that Stearns “misunderstands that wind energy is an American wind turbines manufacturers success story” and has been “one of the fastest-growing U.S. manufacturing sectors” during the recession.

Much of the success of wind energy, however, is dependent upon policies on both the federal and state levels. For wind turbine manufacturing to even come close to rivaling China, it must get some help from lawmakers like Stearns, who doesn’t seem likely to budge.

As the chair of an energy and commerce subcommittee, Stearns is currently hosting a series of hearings centered on failed solar-power start-up Solyndra, which went bankrupt last month despite receiving $535 million in taxpayer-funded loan guarantees from the Obama administration.

Though Stearns has claimed he doesn’t believe in federal spending for any industry, Stearns himself welcomed a federally funded green jobs effort in his own district last year.from:floridaindependent  .com