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Gansu Wind Farm , Gansu Location : China Capacity : 6,000MW In 2012 , Gansu ’ s
1 capacity surpassed the total windgenerated-electricity produced by all of the United Kingdom , and it ’ s just the largest of six megawind farms currently under construction throughout China . The project will produce a massive 20,000MW of power by 2020 and will cost nearly $ 20 billion to build . Turbines are going up at an astronomical rate of 35 per day across the three areas that make up the power base . Developers on the project include Huaneng and Datang .
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Gansu Wind Farm , Gansu Location : China Capacity : 6,000MW In 2012 , Gansu ’ s

1 capacity surpassed the total windgenerated-electricity produced by all of the United Kingdom , and it ’ s just the largest of six megawind farms currently under construction throughout China . The project will produce a massive 20,000MW of power by 2020 and will cost nearly $ 20 billion to build . Turbines are going up at an astronomical rate of 35 per day across the three areas that make up the power base . Developers on the project include Huaneng and Datang .

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