This is surprising. See:

http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Wind-Overtakes-Nuclear-to-Become-Chinas-3rd-Largest-Energy-Source.html

QUOTE:

"In 2012 wind power generation totalled 100.4 billion kilowatt hours, an
increase of 0.5% from the years before, and enough to send it past nuclear
power generation."

Some problems:

"Curtailment is also another major barrier in the wind energy sector,
whereby the electricity generated at wind farms is not purchased by grid
companies because it is more expensive than other electricity from other
sources. CWEA states that in 2012 around 20 billion kWh of wind generated
electricity was wasted due to curtailment."

- Jed

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