Even though it already surpasses all other onshore wind farms in the

world by some distance , the Gansu Wind Farm is actually still in construction , and isn ’ t even halfway to the 20,000MW capacity it plans to reach by 2020 . The facility is located in Gansu province , China , across two locations in desert areas near Jiuquin . A key player in China ’ s intensifying ‘ war on pollution ’, construction on the Gansu facility began in 2009 and the farm now boasts around 7,000 wind turbines and a nameplate capacity of 7.97GW . However , aside from producing huge volumes of renewable energy , the Chinese state will need to examine its supply chain since Interesting Engineering states that over 60 % of Gansu Wind Farm ’ s current capacity goes unused each year .

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