New Global Alliance calls for 100 Percent Renewable Energy – www.go100percent.org

San Francisco/ Hamburg, 17 April 2013:  A newly established global alliance of civil society organizations, academics, business associations and policy makers has called upon national legislators to commit to 100 percent renewable energy in the power, heating&cooling and transportation sector. At the Pathways To 100% Renewable Energy Conference, taking place in San Francisco, California today, the alliance launched a new international campaign that seeks to build political will among a critical mass of decision makers and set a required goal of 100% renewable energies. Among the founding partners of the new alliance are the World Future Council, Renewables 100 Policy Institute, World Wind Energy Association, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, DeENet and World Bioenergy Association.

“It is a fact that non-renewable energies will, by definition, run out. It is also a fact that in the meantime, dependence on these energy sources is causing multiple existential global crises. If human beings are to preserve modernity and planetary habitability, we must soon shift to 100% renewable energy in all sectors,” said Stefan Schurig, Director of Climate and Energy, World Future Council. In a joint statement the representatives of the new alliance also state that despite this basic logic, so far most political decision makers have taken measures nowhere near proportional to the problem. “One fundamental necessity to breaking the inertia should be a robust, global call for 100% renewable energy that creates urgently needed political will among legislators around the globe,” says Diane Moss, Founding Director of Renewables 100 Policy Institute.

“The technologies to harvest these energy sources already exist today, and they are already cost-competitive,” says Stefan Gsänger, Secretary General of World Wind Energy Association. “It is the responsibility of our generation to do whatever we can in order to switch as fast as possible to 100% renewable energy."

CISWIND2013 International Conference & Exhibition "Wind power in the CIS and Eastern Europe”

“Time for closer cooperation of the wind sector in the CIS countries”

Kiev/Bonn (WWEA/UWEA) – The key event in the wind energy industries of the CIS and Eastern Europe countries CISWIND2013 "Wind power in the CIS and Eastern Europe" took place on 28-29 March 2013 in the Conference Center at the National Sports Complex “Olimpiyskiy”, Kiev, Ukraine. Delegations from 15 countries participated in the conference and exhibition, including: Austria, Belarus, France, Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Ukraine.

CISWIND2013 is the largest international wind industry event in Ukraine and in the CIS countries. It brought together the market leaders, heads of the industry agencies, developers and equipment manufacturers, financiers and investors, top international wind experts and professional associations.

The key topics of CISWIND2013 included the analysis of the global and European wind markets, policies and legal frameworks for further wind development, investment attractiveness and peculiarities of financing wind farms in the CIS and Eastern Europe, technical aspects of grid connection, “green” tariff regulations and state support in view of recent legislative changes as well as the risk management in wind projects

Companies actively working in the field of wind energy and offering the full range of services - from wind measurements to manufacture of wind turbines and development of wind power projects - presented their products and services as well as new technologies at the trade show.

Programme for the World Summit for Small Wind WSSW2013 has been published

Bonn/Husum, 6 February (WWEA) – For the fourth time, WWEA, in cooperation with New Energy Husum, will hold the World Summit for Small Wind WSSW2013, from 21-22 March 2013. The WSSW2013 takes place on the occasion of the New Energy Fair Husum, the international trade fair for small wind and decentralized renewable energy.

An International Advisory Committee comprising experts from Australia, China, Ethiopia, Germany, and Mexico put together a high-quality programme with leading small wind experts from around the world: Speakers from Austria, Bangladesh, China, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Korea, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, and USA will present latest achievements and challenges of the small wind sector. Also the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA will present its activities in the field of small wind turbines.

The first day of the WSSW2013 will be dedicated to standards and certification, one of the most challenging topics for the small wind industry. The presentations will cover the current status of small wind certification and will be followed by an interactive panel discussion. The first day will also deal with technology and industrial strategies as well as hybrid systems.

On the second day, speakers will present the most important markets for small wind and discuss the related policies and regulations which enable the rapid growth of the small wind sector. Presentations will cover markets in industrialized as well as in developing and emerging countries, for grid-connected as well as for off grid applications. The second day will also conclude with a panel discussion which will involve the audience.  

The full programme of the WSSW2013 is available Click here

Registration for WSSW2013 is now open Click here

More information is also available on the event website Click here

Interested in becoming a WSSW sponsor or an exhibitor at New Energy Husum? Please contact:
Mr Martin Freese

Phone: +49 4841 902 498

WWEA Press Release

New emerging market for wind power:
WWEA supports Israel and the Israeli Wind Energy Association in its work of structuring the wind market

Bonn/Tel-Aviv (WWEA), 4 January 2013 – The Middle East countries offer excellent opportunities for harvesting domestic and environmental-friendly wind power. In particular Israel, blessed with renewable energy resources, has recently made important steps for a substantial growth of wind power utilization within the country. The Israeli Wind Energy market is now well on track, as the Inter-Ministry committee has published a request for proposals for the allocation of land for wind farms, due on 20 January 2013. The work of the Inter-Ministry committee, along with efforts of setting up the zoning regulations by the ministry of interior, and the availability of a feed-in tariff, all pave the way for the wind market of Israel to emerge.

WWEA President He Dexin: "WWEA trusts the potential of wind energy in Israel and the region to be substantial. We congratulate the country on the important decisions that have already been taken and we are willing to provide our support to the country as well as to our member, the Israeli Wind Energy Association, in their efforts in structuring the local market."

Gadi Hareli, CEO of the Israeli Wind Energy Association: "Today, there are over 2'000 MW of accumulated requests for wind farms in Israel that will need to be processed by the authorities in the near future. The Israel Wind Energy Conference which will take place in Tel-Aviv on 29 January, with local and international participants, will be an excellent opportunity to explore this new emerging market."

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