Buerjin County, located in northwest Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, is longitude 86°54′ east and latitude 47°44′ north. Located in the valley wind zone of Eltrix River, one of the nine biggest wind zones in Xinjiang, it connects to Habahe County on the west and to Jeminay County on the south, and it is 620km from Urumqi. The region has continental climate in the cold region of the North Temperate Zone. The fluvial plain between two mountains has an altitude of 450~650m. The climate here is dry with less rain and big temperature difference between daytime and night.

Buerjin County depends on hydropower generation and its key power source is Tuohongtai Hydropower Station, whose existing installed capacity approximates to 20MW. In 1996, Buerjin County Hydropower Company introduced 7×150kW wind turbine generator systems (WTGSs) under the assistance of the Sino-German “ELDORADO program” and built the first wind power-hydropower complementary system in China. After the system was put into operation, a subject team for observation and study of wind power-hydropower complementary system was organized, which drew the following conclusions on the basis of field observation, test and theoretical analysis: “The wind resource and water resource in Altay Prefecture have strong mutual complementarity. Moreover, Altay Prefecture is equipped with big hydropower installed capacity, of which, three hydropower stations are equipped with regulating reservoir of big capacity. As a result, it is technically and economically feasible to break the tradition restrictions in the region and build the hydropower-wind power complementary system when the installed capacity of wind power far exceeds 10% of the grid capacity.” Up to now, the system has operated in safety for nearly ten years, effectively relieving the problem that the hydropower capacity in Buerjin County is insufficient in winter.

In recent years, Xinjiang has witnessed rapid development in its economic building and its power demand has gradually increased. To make full use of the local geographic advantages, and regulate and optimize the energy structure in Buerjin, the government offers full support to Buerjin wind power generation project.