This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou, journalist at The Beam, interviewed Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) since April 2007. The Global Wind Energy Council represents the major wind energy associations as well as the major companies involved in the global wind industry.
To kick off this cleantech news & views link drop, below is an awesome talk given by Envision Solar CEO Desmond Wheatley (…3 years ago). Chris wrote about it a bit on EV Obsession, but I just want to highlight that it’s one of the best talks on the topic of … [continued]
New figures released by the Global Wind Energy Council show that the global wind industry grew by 44% in 2014, installing over 51 GW and, according to the Global Wind Energy Council, acting as a “solid sign of the recovery of the industry after a rough patch in the past … [continued]
RenewEconomy. Today’s graph of the day comes from the Global Wind Energy Outlook released on Tuesday in Beijing by the Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace International. It shows that wind power could reach 2,000 GW by 2030, and supply up to 17-19 per cent of global electricity by that … [continued]
35,467 megawatts of new wind energy capacity were installed globally in 2013, up 12.5% from 2012, led primarily by China as the US and European industries stalled over policy uncertainty.
A new label, “WindMade,” certifies corporations and products made entirely using wind energy. WindMade is a global initiative founded by WWF, UN Global Compact, Bloomberg, The LEGO Group, and, of course, the Global Wind Energy Council and wind energy giant Vestas Wind System. The founders have not decided on the specific … [continued]
For the 5th year in a row, China has doubled its installed wind power capacity. Wind power capacity in the world grew 31% in 2009. The Global Wind Energy Council released a report on new global wind power statistics this week and these are some of its main findings. In … [continued]
