Make full use of wind power

Grid dispatching institutions are urged to try their best to guarantee full consumption of wind power, Shanghai Securities News reported Wednesday, citing a statement from China's energy regulator.

The statement, issued by the National Energy Administration, focused on implementation details on wind power forecast and gird coordinated operation.

Industry insiders pointed out the implementation of the regulation combined with a series of relevant measures will play a positive role in stabilizing the integration of wind power into the grid, which is beneficial to both wind power enterprises and grid enterprises.

Last July, the administration required all wind power farms that were integrated to the grid should the wind power forecasting system and the power production reporting mechanism.

According to the new regulation, the China Meteorological Administration should provide wind power enterprises with predictions of wind distributions free of charge. In accordance, the enterprises should be responsible for the forecasting of generated power.

As for the grid dispatching institutions, the regulation requires that they establish a comprehensive forecasting system covering the whole dispatching area, forecast wind power and analyze related statistics.