We report the outage hours to give a more intuitive indicator. The measure of end-year rush to complete wind power facilities, rush, is defined as the capacity installed during December as a share of that year's total. We expect that the end-year installation rush affects electric reliability during the following year.
The notable prevalence of both wind and solar power in the northwestern grid renders it susceptible to the disruptive effects of the year-end installation rush in wind power. Given its high share of wind power, any concentrated surge in installations towards the end of the year intensifies the strain on the existing infrastructure.
Incentive structure led to rushes to install wind power before year end expiration. Use provincial electric reliability data to show effects of end-year installation rush. Find strong negative effects especially in Northwestern grid with high wind share. Reliability in urban areas is more affected than rural areas by installation rush.
The structure of wind-power incentives in China has led to the phenomenon of end-year rushes to install wind power (more details in Section 2 ). In this study, we examine how these end-year rushes of wind power installation may aggravate the shock of wind power penetration on electric reliability.
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Figure of 55 in 2024, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan based on data from GWEC, “Global Wind Statistics 2025, Status End of 2024”, unpublished document; figure of cation with REN21, April–May 2024.
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The notable prevalence of both wind and solar power in the northwestern grid renders it susceptible to the disruptive effects of the year-end installation rush in wind power.
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