Legal basis: Article 15 of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Wind Power Development and Construction, in order to link local planning and project construction with national planning, according to the project approval management authority, the wind farm project approved by the provincial government investment department must be carried out in accordance with the wind farm project construction plan and annual development plan after being reported to the the State Council energy department for the record.
"Interim Measures for the Administration of Wind Power Development and Construction" Article 16 Wind farm projects shall be approved by the State Council and provincial government investment authorities respectively in accordance with the project approval management authority stipulated by the State Council. The wind farm project approved by the competent investment department of the State Council shall be submitted to the competent investment department of the State Council for approval according to the project approval procedure after the preliminary examination of the project application report by the competent energy department of the local provincial government. If the project unit belongs to a central enterprise, the group company to which it belongs shall also submit an application for project approval to the competent investment department of the State Council.
Article 17 of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Wind Power Development and Construction shall follow the principle of saving, intensive and rational utilization of land resources, implement the construction scheme and conditions in accordance with the requirements of relevant laws, regulations and technical specifications, prepare the project application report, and handle the supporting documents required for project approval.
Article 18 in the Interim Measures for the Administration of Wind Power Development and Construction, the application report of wind farm project shall reach the depth of feasibility study, and the following documents shall be attached: (1) The project is included in the basic documents of the national or provincial (autonomous regions and municipalities) wind farm project construction plan and annual development plan; (two) the approval document of the preliminary work of the project development, or the project concession agreement, or the bid-winning notice of the concession project; (three) the feasibility study report of the project and its technical review opinions; (4) Pre-examination opinions on project land issued by the land management department; (five) the environmental impact assessment reply issued by the environmental protection management department; (6) The filing letter of safety pre-evaluation report of wind farm project issued by the safety production supervision and management department; (seven) the opinions issued by the power grid enterprises on the operation of wind farms connected to the grid, or the coordination opinions of the energy authorities of the government at or above the provincial level on the grid-connected projects. (eight) the financial institutions agree to issue project financing loans; (9) Other documents that should be submitted according to relevant laws and regulations.
"Interim Measures for the Administration of Wind Power Development and Construction" Article 19 The construction of wind farm projects can only be started after approval. If the construction has not started within 2 years after the approval of the project, the original project approval authority may recover the project according to the regulations. The start of the wind farm project is marked by the infrastructure construction of the first wind turbine.
Article 7 of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Construction Land and Environmental Protection of Wind Farm Projects stipulates that when the project construction unit declares the approved project, it must attach the pre-trial opinions of the provincial land and resources management department; Without pre-examination opinions or unqualified pre-examination, the construction project shall not be approved.
Interim Measures for the Administration of Construction Land and Environmental Protection of Wind Farm Projects Article 8 After the wind farm project is approved, the project construction unit shall apply for land use according to law. Involving agricultural land and collective land, agricultural land conversion and land expropriation procedures shall be handled according to law.