International competitiveness of China's wind turbine manufacturing industry and implications for future development

During 2010 and 2011, China had been the largest producer of wind turbines in the world for two consecutive years. How China can transform from being the largest producer to being the strongest producer of wind turbines is currently a great concern in the industry. The purpose of this paper is to di...

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Published in:Renewable & sustainable energy reviews 2012-08, Vol.16 (6), p.3903-3909
Main Author: Zhang, Sufang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
business enterprises
China
Clean energy
Energy
Evaluation index
Exact sciences and technology
Industrial international competitiveness
manufacturing
Mathematical models
Renewable energy
Sustainable development
Transforms
Wind turbine manufacturing
Wind turbines
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Summary:During 2010 and 2011, China had been the largest producer of wind turbines in the world for two consecutive years. How China can transform from being the largest producer to being the strongest producer of wind turbines is currently a great concern in the industry. The purpose of this paper is to discuss this issue from the perspective of the international competitiveness of China's wind turbine manufacturing industry. Firstly, the paper establishes a model for evaluating the international competitiveness of wind turbine manufacturing industry, which consists of five first-level indexes and 10 second-level indexes. Then, the paper uses these indexes to evaluate the international competitiveness of six leading wind turbine companies in the world—Vestas (Denmark), Gamesa (Germany), GE Wind (the USA), Nordex (Spain), Suzlon (India) and Sinovel (China). The result shows that the international competitiveness of the Chinese wind turbine company, Sinovel, ranked the fifth, lagging behind Vestas, Gamesa, GE Wind and Suzlon. Finally, the paper makes in-depth analysis on the major factors that hamper the international competitiveness of China's wind turbine manufacturing industry and provides implications for future development of the industry.
ISSN:1364-0321
1879-0690
DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.006