Bonn, 17 April 2012 (WWEA/BWE) - The programme of the forthcoming 11th World Wind Energy Conference 2012 has been published today: The WWEC2012 will discuss all aspects of wind power utilization in 40 sessions. 200 speakers from all over the world, leading experts in their fields, will contribute to a top-class wind event. In accordance with the main topic of the WWEC2012 "Community Power - Citizens' Power", the main focus will be on decentralized ownership models. Next to many sessions presenting community power best practice examples and favorable policies, there will be technical sessions and sessions about economic aspects of wind power.
Also many side events and special fora will be organized in cooperation with leading international organizations, including IRENA, Deutsche Welle, the World Future Council, WCRE, Eurosolar, ISEP Japan, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Heinrich Böll Foundation, OSEA, Windustry, and more.
WWEA President Prof. He Dexin: "This year’s World Wind Energy Conference 2012 will focus on Community Power, and some pioneer countries will contribute valuable experience. In 2002, one year after the establishment of WWEA, the first WWEC was held in Germany. It is with special meaning that WWEC is going to be held in Germany again a decade later. In cooperation with the German Wind Energy Association, and with the support of the German government and of many international organizations, WWEA will maintain a friendly cooperative relationship with all renewable energy societies worldwide, and work together for coping with climate change, energy problems and protecting the environment."
BWE President Hermann Albers: "The energy transformation is on its right way in Germany. But it is not all about a technological or ecological change – first and foremost the transformation of the energy system will have an impact on society. Thus, it requires social acceptance and participation. Hence, the theme of this year’s World Wind Energy Conference 2012 “Community Power – Citizens’ Power” will send the right message. Particularly in Germany the first pioneers recognized the potential of renewables and that wind for instance could be a local and clean alternative compared to the centralized nuclear power."
The latest WWEC2012 brochure including the full programme is attached. More information on: www.wwec2012.net
Every year, four editions of the new WWEA Quarterly Bulletin will be published, presenting the latest trends and important updates of the situation of wind power all over the world. The WWEA Quarterly Bulletin will be distributed to all WWEA members for free, and also non- members can subscribe to it.
India's onshore wind potential re-assessed: Up to 3000 GW instead of 100 GW
Monday, 26 March 2012
India's onshore wind potential re-assessed: Up to 3000 GW instead of 100 GW
Further countries should re-assess and update their wind potential data
Bonn/New Delhi, 26 March 2012 (WWEA) – Scientific and research work carried out by Indian wind industry expert Jami Hossain has inspired scientists at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (LBNL) to challenge assessments of the Chennai based government agency, Center for Wind Energy Technology (CWET), on the potential for windfarms in India.
Jami Hossain in his paper, published in the international renewable
energy journal Renewable Energy [1], presented his findings on the
assessment for potential for windfarms using Geographical Information
System Platform (GIS Platform). In this paper, Hossain pointed out that
the potential for wind energy utilization with the prevalent
technologies is far in excess of the potential claimed to have been
assessed by CWET (initially at 49'000 MW and later at 102'000 MW) [2].
Hossain assessed the potential at around 2000 GW, which has now been
confirmed by the LBNL study which sees the total onshore wind potential
of India between 2000 and 3000 GW.
WWEA releases Small Wind World Report 2012 - World market for small wind turbines sees dynamic growth and total capacity reaches 440 MW
- More than 330 manufacturers of small wind turbines can be found in 40 countries all over the world
- More supportive policies could boost the small wind market
Husum/Bonn, 15 March 2012 (WWEA) – On the occasion of
the 3rd World Summit for Small Wind during the New Energy fair in Husum
(Germany), WWEA released today the first Small Wind World Report. For
the first time, data about the status of small wind turbines all over
the world has been gathered and published.
The total number of small wind turbines installed all over the world
reached 656'000 units as of the end of 2010, after 521'000 in 2009 and
460'000 in 2008. These small wind turbines represent a total capacity of
around 440 MW (end of 2010), compared with a total capacity of 240 GW
of large wind turbines.
World Market recovers and sets a new record: 42 GW of new capacity in 2011, total at 239 GW
Tuesday, 07 February 2012
World Market for Wind Turbines recovers and sets a new record: 42 GW of new capacity in 2011, worldwide total capacity at 239 GW
Emerging markets are taking the lead, stagnation in several industrialized countries
Bonn/Comibatore (WWEA), 7 February 2012 – The world market for wind turbines set a new record in the year 2011 and reached a total size of 42 Gigawatt, after 37,6 Gigawatt in 2010. According to the preliminary data gathered by WWEA and published on the occasion of the 3rd WE20 by 2020 conference in Coimbatore/India, the total capacity worldwide has come close to 239 Gigawatt, enough to cover 3 % of the world's electricity demand.
"Citizen Power" Conference to be held in Historic Chamber Where World's 1st Feed-in Law Was Enacted
Monday, 09 January 2012
"Citizen Power" Conference to be held in Historic Chamber Where World's First Feed-in Law Was Enacted
11th World Wind Energy Conference WWEC2012 "Community Power - Citizens' Power" Set for 3-5 July 2012 in Bonn, Germany
51% of German Renewables Now Owned by Its Own Citizens
By Paul Gipe
Germany, a country where 51% of the renewable energy generation is owned by its own citizens, will be hosting an international conference on community power 3-5 July, 2012 in Bonn, the former capital.
The conference will be held in the historic chamber where the world's first feed-in law was enacted, the former home of the Bundestag, Germany's parliament. The Stromeinspeisungsgesetz, literally the "law on feeding in electricity" (to the grid) was introduced by conservative Bavarian farmers frustrated with their utility's intransigence to connecting their small hydro plants with the grid.
The "feed-in" law was passed overwhelmingly by the conservative government of Helmut Kohl, and quickly ushered in a revolution in the way electricity was generated in Germany, spreading rapidly from Bavaria in the south all the way to the Danish border in the north.
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