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Updated Tuesday, June 8, 2010 11:36 am TWN, Bloomberg

China to boost offshore wind power development efforts to meet demand

SHANGHAI -- China, the world's second-largest oil user, plans to step up efforts to tap offshore wind energy to meet demand from the country's eastern coast. A lack of experience in installation and high costs have constrained its development in China for now, Wang Jun, director of renewable energy at the National Energy Administration, said yesterday at a conference in Shanghai.

China, the world's biggest polluter, wants at least 15 percent of its energy to come from renewable sources by 2020 as it seeks to reduce reliance on coal and oil. The nation has enough wind-energy potential to generate seven times its current power consumption, Michael McElroy, a researcher at Harvard University, said in a report in September last year.

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