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Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the development and utilization of renewable energy have become an important choice for global energy transformation. Wind energy is an important renewable energy source that can be continuously developed and utilized. This chapter introduces the development status of wind power in the world and China from five aspects: wind energy resources, wind energy market, wind energy industry, wind energy technology, and wind energy policy and analyzes the development trend of them.

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He, D.X., Li, Y. (2020). Overview of Worldwide Wind Power Industry. In: Strategies of Sustainable Development in China’s Wind Power Industry. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9516-1_2

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