Category Archives: spotlight
Blowing hot and cold
Ethical Corporation Magazine
More commitment to wind power could mean hitting global emission targets. But it’s looking unlikely.
Unless market correction such as efficient carbon pricing and removal of fossil fuel subsidies are made now, the current opportunity to contain global warming will be missed, according to IEA projections.
However, governments continue to back the wrong horse. Subsidies to fossil fuels are now …
December 19, 2012 |
Posted in GWEC in press, spotlight
Waiting for a Miracle
COP18 Climate Change THE NEW ECONOMY
For most of the last two decades, frustrated climate campaigners have been saying that “the climate is changing faster than the pace of the climate negotiations”, or words to that effect. While we all hoped that that was not really true and that it would spur governments into action, it is …
December 14, 2012 |
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Consumer Demand For Climate Solutions Leads To Expansion Of WindMade Label
WindMade welcomes more renewables
Supported by UN Global Compact, WWF, GWEC and Vestas, WindMade announces development of new renewable energy label to recognize a wide variety of renewable energy sources
Doha, 4 December 2012. The WindMade organisation announced today the development of a new consumer label for companies and products made using renewable energy. This will be backed by the …
December 4, 2012 |
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GWEC Chairman Dr Klaus Rave was awarded for his life-long work for renewable energy
GWEC Chairman Dr Klaus Rave was awarded for his Life-long work for the promotion of renewable energy at the German Renewables 2012 conference in Hamburg on 22 November.
The decision of the jury was based on Rave’s “decades of outstanding professional and volunteer work to make renewable energy as a mainstream energy source in the German and European energy supplies.”
Dr …
December 4, 2012 |
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Hon. Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah at the launch of India Wind Energy Outlook
At Wind Power India on 28 November 2012 in Chennai
Farooq Abdullah, Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Steve Sawyer, GWEC Secretary General and Ramesh Kymal, Chairperson of Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association at the release of India Wind Energy Outlook 2012, at the inaugural session of Wind Power India 2012, in Chennai on Wednesday. (©The Hindu …
November 29, 2012 |
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MEDIA INVITATION: Release of the India Wind Energy Outlook 2012
Press Conference
28 November 2012, 3:00pm at Wind Power India, Chennai Trade Centre
What are the projections for wind power development in India up to 2030? What are the key drivers, challenges and bottlenecks in the Indian market? What’s the role for offshore wind in India?
The Indian Wind Energy Outlook provides an in-depth analyses of the current status …
November 28, 2012 |
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Global Wind Power Market Could Triple by 2020
New Global Wind Energy Outlook released today
Beijing, 14 November. Greenpeace International and the Global Wind Energy Council released their bi-annual report on the future of the wind industry in Beijing today. The fourth edition of the Global Wind Energy Outlook shows that wind power could supply up to 12% of global electricity by 2020, creating 1.4 million new jobs and …
November 14, 2012 |
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Media Invitation: Release of the Global Wind Energy Outlook 2012
Press Conference
14 November 2012, 10:00-11:30 at Kempiski Hotel, Room: Kaifeng, Beijing (50, Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, 100125 Beijing)
How will the wind industry look in 2020, 2030 and beyond? How much of the global electricity demand will it cover? How much CO² will be saved by wind power? How many people will be …
November 13, 2012 |
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Green light in South Africa
The REIPPP will be extended into a rolling procurement programme with an additional allocation of 1,470 MW for onshore wind by 2020
South African Department of Energy has announced that the South African Treasury has signed off on the PPAs for the first round wind projects (630 MW). Following several delays, the government …
October 31, 2012 |
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The growth of wind power is taking place against the backdrop of debate
Steve Sawyer in the Economist Global Energy Conversation
Due to both technology improvements and market forces, wind equipment costs have come down significantly in the past few years. This is making wind farms cost-competitive and allowing them to compete for market share against subsidised incumbents. Offshore wind is, in development terms, where onshore wind was 15 years ago – as it …
October 29, 2012 |
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Windaba 2013
Call for abstracts closes on 31 May!