Taiwan's installed wind power capacity is expected to increase to 980,000 kilowatts by 2010, under a new government policy to develop green energy, the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said Friday. The capacity will continue to rise over the next 15 years, to reach 1.48 million kilowatts by 2015 and 3 million kilowatts by 2025, the CEPD said. In 2008, installed wind power capacity in Taiwan reached 358,000 kilowatts, making the country the world's 23rd largest producer of wind power, according to the CEPD. The council noted that wind power is one of the most important types of renewable energy and that its development is encouraged by many countries around the world. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has predicted that the world's total power generation capacity will jump from 18.9 trillion kilowatt-hour (kwh) in 2006 to 25 trillion kwh by 2015, with the annual growth rate registering 3.1 percent. The total renewable energy generation capacity, meanwhile, is likely to increase at an annual rate of 4.1 percent, rising from 3.47 trillion kwh in 2006 to 4.97 trillion kwh in 2015, according to the IEA. 