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Steve Sawyer: No Debate
More than 97% of articles published in the peer reviewed literature supported the notion that human activity is causing climate change
The notion in the media (and hence, in public opinion) that there is a ‘scientific debate’ about whether or not human activity is changing the climate reminds me of an old campaign poster from Canada: “14% of Canadians …
May 17, 2013 |
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WindMade launches public consultation on product label
WindMade, the first global consumer label for companies using wind energy, launched the proposed WindMade Standard for Products and Services, setting out the technical requirements for the label to be used on individual products.
This draft will now enter a one-month public consultation period. The introduction of the WindMade Product Label has been eagerly awaited by market participants, …
May 6, 2013 |
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Steve Sawyer backs Economist’s editorial from yesterday:
Either governments are not serious about climate change or fossil-fuel firms are overvalued
“Sometimes I despair about ever making any progress on the climate issue. But when a formerly skeptical and very hard-nosed publication like the Economist comes up with an editorial like this, it seems we may have some hope after all. Many have been making …
May 3, 2013 |
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GWEC Global Wind Report – Annual Market Update released today
Wind power surges to new record
Brussels, 17 April 2013
The Global Wind Energy Council released its Annual Market Update today, with a comprehensive snapshot of the global wind industry at the end of 2012, along with a 5-year forecast out to 2017. Although policy uncertainty in the main OECD markets is a cause for concern, strong markets in China, India and …
April 17, 2013 |
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Launch of the Global Wind Report
MEDIA INVITATION: Press conference
Wednesday 17 April, 9:00-10:15
Passage room, Résidence Palace – International Press Centre, Rue de la Loi 155 C, Brussels
Current state of play of global wind industry and a five-year projection for the future
Where is the global industry headed? What are the prospects up to 2017?
The EU needs to more than double its installed wind power …
April 15, 2013 |
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Steve Sawyer @ Radio New Zealand National
Globally, subsidies should be evened out and made completely transparent
Steve Sawyer interviewed by Eric Frykburg
At a Wind Energy Conference in Wellington, New Zealand, Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of GWEC, says governments tell people not to emit greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), but the subsidies they pay to fossil fuels such as oil more than cancel this out. These …
March 26, 2013 |
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The Korean government has set an ambitious target of 2.5 GW over the next nine years for offshore wind power development
The government is aiming to set up a private-public partnership (PPP) to install about 500 turbines off the country’s West coast. Under the PPP, 100 MW of wind projects should be operational by 2013, a further 900 MW by 2016 and the final 1.5 GW by 2016. In addition, local governments are promoting another 4.5 GW of offshore wind projects …
March 15, 2013 |
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Japan to maintain feed-in tariff for wind at current level
Japan implemented a new feed-in tariff (FIT) system in July 2012. The FIT prices are re-estimated annually by the Ministry for Economy, Trade and Industry and METI’s cost estimation committee held its 3rd meeting on Tuesday this week defining new purchasing prices for the 2013 fiscal year. While the price for wind power remains unchanged, the price paid for solar …
March 14, 2013 |
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Governments are endangering European jobs and growth
EWEA’s Special statement on the European energy uncertainty crisis
The financial and economic crisis has provoked a wave of uncertainty across the European Union since 2010, with national Governments making damaging retroactive changes to policies and regulations for wind energy. This political uncertainty is deterring financiers and investors and has already caused job losses and negative financial result announcements.
The …
March 11, 2013 |
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Windaba 2013
Call for abstracts closes on 31 May!