Written on 28 December 2009 for Reuters

This article made public our total wind turbine installation, estimated to be 15.5GW at the end of June 2009. This article also quoted our analysis that China continues to be the world's fastest-growing wind energy market this year.

This opinion piece, written in the midst of the Copenhagen climate negotiations, argued that these negotiations were going to fail because of a Prisoners Dilenma-type situation. Mr. Joy argues that a power vaccum has reduced potential for the climate negotiations to deliver a new binding multinational treaty, both now and one year from now. However, he also says that the way forward was for the United States to increase its credibility on the issue by unilaterally passing comprehensive carbon regulations, and also by stepping up investments in low-carbon technologies. This would give the US negotiation team the credibility to extract concessions from other developing countries down the road.

Written by Emma Graham-Harrison on 26 November 2009 for Reuters

This article was written in the aftermath of China's announcement to cut carbon intensity by 40% from 2005 levels by 2020. But in an analysis of the details stemming from this announcement, Chris Raczkowski pointed out that after targets have been been established, the real difficult work will be to ensure those targets are carried out, especially in China. "I think the question that will immediately follow is the favorite three initials that the United States keeps talking about - M, R, and V - how China is going to measure, report, and verify these cuts." He also said it was highly unlikely that Beijing will allow foreign inspectors check its progress, and the government has said this measure is still voluntary, bringing into question how much affect it will have long-term.

In this article, director of research and advisory Sebastian Meyer commented on the recently eliminated domestic manufacturing requirement for Chinese wind producers. He said that “China realizes now that the big prize is the international market, not the domestic one, and so they will have to respond to international criticism.” He also said that wind manufacturing companies are using China hub for their global supply chain anyway, with domestic products helping to keep prices down. Mr. Meyer’s analysis was also backed up with comments from Paolo Soares, chief executive of Suzlon China, and Jens Olsen, chief executive of Nordex China.

In this article, director of research and advisory Sebastian Meyer says that while there are significant problems in the growth of China’s wind energy market, most notably grid connection and in terms of actual electrical production, continuous improvement is improving fast. “There is no one throwing money away on wind farm development in China, but they may not have the best expertise in siting, installing or maintaining turbines and there are big problems in obtaining grid connections.” He also said it very difficult to say whether or not Chinese domestic turbines have lower quality standards than their international counterparts, based on due diligence carried out by the Azure wind team.