1.5 Gigawatt Wind Farm in China

Jiuquan city in the Gansu province of China will be getting 500 megawatts of wind power this year, with another gigawatt to come shortly after.  The total 1.5GW farm will reduce Chinas carbon emissions about 3.5 Gigatons a year while supplying over a million homes with clean renewable electricity.  This news follows shortly after news of about 2 more gigawatts of wind power planned for the Inner Mongolian region of China.  The China Huaneng Group will be building the wind farm which they hope will bring them up to their goal of having a 10 Gigawatt renewable energy portfolio by the end of 2010.