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What Does It Take To Build A Wind Turbine Industry?

In less than 10 years, firms in China, India and South Korea progressed from no wind turbine manufacturing experience to state-of-the-art wind turbine systems. Consider this: Goldwind from China installed 2,727 MW in 2009, a 140% increase on 2008 that saw its international market share rise to 7.2%. The Indian company Suzlon owns 9% of the global market share. What policies led to such robust domestic wind power development?

The International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) Cleantech Investment Program recently hosted Dr. Joanna Lewis, a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, to share research on the strategies used by wind power technology companies in China, India and South Korea to develop wind turbine technology. infoDev found lessons to be learnt from the different strategies used by the companies to bring wind energy to scale in their regions. See attached link for the full story.

http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/what-does-it-take-build-wind-turbine-industry

Learn more: Climate Technology Program