WWEA @ COP29: pushes to develop 100% renewable energy strategy beyond tripling renewables

White paper on community energy benefits was launched by IRENA with support from WWEA

#WWEAwebinar on 29 October: Small Wind in Practice

What The Industry Provides to Make it Work

“Mills to Megawatts: A Journey of Wind Energy across Europe”: A Joint Wind History Archive Project

WWEA at WindEnergy Hamburg

WWEA prepares for several activities on the occasion of the fair.

Global100RE General Assembly elects new executive committee 

Platform underlines the need to target 100% renewables globally

WWEA has launched a new website: Wide range of global wind power statistics accessible

WWEA intensifies collaboration with IRENA

WWEA Secretary General Stefan Gsänger chairs the Empowering People working group, WWEA Vice President Monica Oliphant continues as a member of the Steering Group

+++ 116 Gigawatt added in 2023 equaling 12,5% growth +++ China installed around 75 Gigawatt, two thirds of new capacity +++ Wind power generates 10% of global electricity 

WWEA welcomes new member ENERCON

The World Wind Energy Association is pleased to announce that German wind turbine manufacturer ENERCON has joined the Association as a Corporate Member.

Free Webinar from WWEA: Repowering

Date and time: 1 February 2024, 14:00-16:00 h Central European Time

Additional Momentum for Windpower in 2023: 38% more new installations in first half of 2023 compared to 2022 / 100 Gigawatt added between June 2022 and June 2023, reaching 976 GW / Annual growth rate at 11,4% / At least additional 110 Gigawatt new installations are expected for the full year / A total capacity of 1 million Megawatt by end of 2023

Mankind has been making use of the power of the wind for thousands of years. The first machines driven by wind in forms of wind mills were invented more than 1000 years ago, potentially even much earlier.

Following an invitation from the International Renewable Energy Agency to provide input for the 2024-2025 Work Programme, WWEA has submitted comments.

On the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference SB58 currently taking place in Bonn, the Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform and its members call on the world community to focus on 100% renewable energy as the primary tool that alone can ensure sustainable development, help achieve SDG goal 7 and provide effective climate change mitigation.

Wind Power Installations 2022 Stay Below Expectations: Delays across the globe result in the lowest growth since 2019 / 88,6 Gigawatt of additional capacity added in 2022, equaling a growth rate of 10,5%, after 13,4% in 2021/ Global wind power capacity stands at 934 Gigawatt – 1000 Gigawatt expected to be exceeded in 2023

The days of lamenting that too few women are involved in the energy transition must be over. In the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the share of women in community energy entities is only 29 percent. Surveys in Japan and in other jurisdictions have shown similar or even lower shares of women.

The World Wind Energy Association and ANEV welcome the presence of delegates from almost 30 countries attending this Conference, on wind, solar, and all other renewable energy technologies.

WorldREnewDay 2022 – Renewables4Climate Renewables4Peace

Join us on 25 June in Celebrating Renewable Energies for Contributing to a Climate Friendly, to a Peaceful World!

The WWEA Small Wind Section has appointed Mike Bergey and Frits Ogg as cochairs during its latest meeting in March. The members of the section have welcomed having two co-chairs from different continents and backgrounds to reinforce the work of the WWEA on topics such as small & medium wind, distributed wind, rural electrification, and hybrid systems.

World Market for Wind Power Saw Another Record Year in 2021: 97,3 Gigawatt of New Capacity Added

Total Global Capacity reached 840 Gigawatt

With the ongoing war in Ukraine, more and more areas in the country are cut off the electricity supply, including hospitals and other places which urgently require access to power.

Renewable energies avoid the need for imported energy sources

Governments should phase out fossil and nuclear sources as soon as possible for a peaceful, a free, a prosperous renewable energy world

WWEC2022 will discuss how Europe and other world regions can achieve a truly sustainable energy supply

Abstracts for presentation to be submitted by 1 February

On the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26, WWEA has published the Wind Power Planning and Permitting Index which indicates the performance of countries regarding the duration and reliability of planning and permitting processes of wind farms.

Above all, women like Greta Thunberg or Luisa Neubauer, as initiators of the Fridays for Future movement, have given important impetus to climate protection in the past months and years. Such a high participation of women in the community energy in North Rhine-Westphalia is not yet widely visible.

On 1 July 2001, a group of wind energy supporters from around the world met in Copenhagen in order to prepare the 1st World Wind Energy Conference which was scheduled to take place one year later in Berlin. At that meeting, the participants from around the world voiced their support to create an international association dedicated to the promotion of wind power and connecting the wind energy community around the world.

The World Wind Energy Conference 2022 at Palacongressi di Rimini Conference Center

WWEA has chosen Rimini’s Conference Centre to host the annual WWEC conference to be held from 28 to 30 June 2022.

19th World Wind Energy Conference WWEC2021 “Powering the World with Wind and Sun" / Hosted by WWEA and TERI – 26-28 November 2021 / www.wwec2021.org

New study of Russian wind power market shows:

Russia has made important progress. Time to accelerate wind power deployment.

Renewables are Ready to Deliver a Renewable World:

Time for Action for 100% Renewable Energy Globally