Connotation of Wind Power Related Policies and Practices in Foreign Countries

Major wind policies in a narrow sense,including general target,priority dispatching and purchase,feed-in tariff,cost sharing mechanism and technical standards,and major wind policies in a general sense,including construction of flexible generation plants,ancillary service,demand-side management and power grid construction are systematically analyzed.Emphasis is given to the main ideas and practices in maintaining incentives while strengthening industrial regulations for wind power.Finally some suggestions are put forward for the improvement of wind power policies in China.