Denmark - Wind power ambition boosted to half of power needs

The increased wind energy target is part of a more ambitious 2020 emissions-reduction plan for a 40% cut in CO2 compared to 1990 levels

EU free movement of electricity: Connecting Europe facilitated

Did you know that wind power is one of the most powerful tools in the box when it comes to meeting the EU’s climate targets, and that it has been so since the beginning of EU climate targets?

Today it has a total installed wind tubines capacity of 5,204 MW (2010 figures) which accounts for 6% of the EU’s total wind farm capacity - the sector is beginning to catch up with its European cousins

EWEA Blog: Newly initiated offshore wind power project in UK

A new offshore wind energy project, West of Duddon Sands, is to have a capacity of 389 MW — enough to meet the electricity consumption of 300,000 households in the UK

EWEA Blog: EU energy import bill amounted to €355 billion in 2010

Wind power is predicted to shave €23.9 billion off the amount Europe pays for electricity, rising to €51 billion by 2030

According to a Renewable Energy World article wind power and other renewables are set to see their contribution to the country’s electricity supply increase from eight per cent to 16 per cent by 2020

Exhibition Ticker - EWEA OFFSHORE 2011

The world's largest offshore wind energy event / 29 November – 1 December 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

EWEA Blog - Chinese competition powers progress on true challenges to wind energy

And it’s not just the Chinese wind power sector that is expanding on the global stage, but South Korea, Japan and others

While the BBC mentions that offshore wind power is currently an expensive way of producing electricity, EWEA believes that offshore wind energy will become much more cost effective and efficient in the years ahead

Japan - All wind turbines still standing after March 11th 2011 earthquake and tsunami

Yoshinori Ueda from the Japan Wind Energy Association confirmed that none of Japan’s 1,798 wind turbines were heavily damaged

EWEA - Wind power has positive effects on marine life

A new study has found that many species of marine life can benefit from the presence of an offshore wind farm once it has been constructed

Alone in 2010 alone the world installed almost 50% more new wind energy capacity (38.3 GW) in comparison to newly installed nuclear capacity in the last decade (26.1 GW)

EWEA: EU wind power will triple by 2020

As of 30 June 2011, there are 1,247 offshore wind turbines fully grid connected in Europe. They have a total wind energy capacity of 3,294 MW and are in 49 wind farm plants spread between nine countries

This week: EWEA: The world's largest offshore wind energy event

Early bird registration deadline extended to 26 July

Going back to 1997, when the EC first talked about targets for renewable energy, set a non-binding goal of 40 GW of wind power by 2010. This target was exceeded by more than double

Exhibition Ticker - EWEA 2013 Annual Event

4 - 7 February in Vienna, Austria

Belgium’s Thornton Bank wind farm once fully completed will have a total installed capacity of 325 MW which will provide enough electricity to power 600,000 households with renewable energy

Hungary - Wind energy sector on its back foot

Among the EU-27 Hungary comes last in terms of renewable electricity targets

One of the most interesting news items in the past week was a report that energy-challenged China is planning to rapidly boost its offshore wind energy sector to 30 GW by 2020

The new research to be published next month shows how wind energy can contribute very substantially to achieving the EU's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by the middle of the century

45% by 2030 is a new initiative to achieve a 45% binding target for renewable energy in the EU by 2030 – the only way that we will avoid the most serious effects of climate change in the not-too-distant future

EWEA OFFSHORE 2011 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION: Conference registration now open

* The world's largest offshore wind energy event * 29 November – 1 December 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Exhibition Ticker - EWEA 2012 Annual Event

Monday 16 – Thursday 19 April 2012 | Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) is the voice of the wind turbines and wind farm industry, actively promoting the utilization of wind power in Europe and worldwide since 1982

With Global Wind Day just around the corner, it is high time to tell you all about events in Brussels that will be taking place as part of our annual celebration of wind power

European Wind Energy Association fully supports a 45% renewable energy target for 2030. 400 billion Euro need to be invested in new wind power generation over the next two decades

The evidence points to this: not only is onshore wind power cheaper than nuclear, its costs will decrease over the coming years, whereas the costs of nuclear will not

The US wind energy industry is expected to experience the second highest rate of revenue growth between 2010 and 2016. 9.3 gigawatts (GW) of new wind farm capacity was installed in the EU last year