Policy Support and Effectiveness Analysis of Wind Power Concession in China

Wind power concession refers to the way of selection of the owner of concession - the concessionaire by bidding, which is mainly carried out by local government with wind resources or its authorized company to delimit a wind resource district with commercial development value. In this paper, strong supporting degree and low effectiveness of the concrete terms of current Chinese policies, laws and regulation directly related to the wind power concession will be discussed and analyzed. By describing and evaluating the situation of policies related to wind power development, it is found that the absence of special wind power law and supplemented laws have become the main obstacles hindering the development of wind power in China. The suggestions to enhance the feasibility of wind power project will be put forward.