Northwest China leverages wind power

Emerging landscape: Wind turbines at a wind farm in the Serra da Capelada, Spain. Hami aims to become a research, manufacturing and distribution centre for energy equipment, not only for Xinjiang, but for all of the western part of China. — Reuters

BEIJING: With rapidly expanding wind manufacturing capacity backed by abundant natural resources, Hami in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is poised to become a cornerstone in China’s renewable energy (RE) landscape.

At Sany RE’s megawatt-grade smart wind power equipment industry park in Barkol Kazakh autonomous county, Hami, two high-capacity production lines run at full speed.