Assistant Professor Gabriel Chan of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs has co-authored a new paper on China’s wind power sector, published recently in Environmental Research Letters. Chan works in the School's Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy area, and his research focuses on policies to stimulate innovation in energy technologies and mitigate global climate change in the United States, China, and internationally.

In ''Why is China’s wind power generation not living up to its potential?'' Chan and his co-authors examine the paradox of China’s wind power investment.

While China has the world’s largest installed base of wind power capacity by a factor of two, it generates significantly less electricity per installation compared to the United States and other advanced nations. Chan and his colleagues have examined several factors in China’s wind power infrastructure, from the height and placement of turbines to delays in grid connection to find the reasons for China’s under-performing wind sector.