China Targets Cut in Wind-, Solar-Power Blocked From Grid Access
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China set three-year targets for allowing more wind and solar power onto the power grid after the rapid addition of panels and windmills forced some electricity distributors to partly block that energy from flowing into their systems.
The curtailment rate for wind power should be held to less than 10 percent next year and to about 5 percent by 2020, from an estimated 12 percent this year, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration said, according to a document posted on the Sichuan Energy Regulatory Office website Friday. The rate for solar should be held below 5 percent from 2018 to 2020.