---- Windenergieanlagen whirl Strom an einem Offshore-windpark von China Huaneng Gruppe in Jinshan Grafschaft zu generieren, Wenchang City, South China Hai
--FILE--Wind turbines whirl to generate electricity at an offshore wind farm of China Huaneng Group in Jinshan county, Wenchang city, south Chinas Hainan province, 8 July 2014. China slashed its forecasts for offshore wind power by 60 percent, an acknowledgment that installations are being held up by the cost and complexity of the technology. The nation is expected to install about 2, 000 megawatts of capacity by 2015 and 10, 000 megawatts by 2020, the National Energy Administration estimates. That¯s less than the ambition in 2011 to generate 5, 000 megawatts of power from offshore turbines by 2015 and 30, 000 megawatts by 2020, enough for 32 million homes. The estimates if they hold true would mark the first time China has missed one of its goals for renewable energy and is a setback for the $15 billion industry, which is seeking to produce a clean supply of electricity from one of nature¯s most reliable energy sources.
