New Energy Husum 2010 -- the leading fair for small wind turbines – presents:
1st World Summit for Small-scaled Wind Turbines

Bonn/Husum – Anyone who wants to know about small wind turbines cannot miss either the New Energy Husum trade fair (18-21 March 2010) nor the 1st World Summit for Small-scaled Wind Turbines: With already over 50 confirmed exhibitors from the small wind turbine sector of eleven nations, and several lecture, discussion and presentation events on all four days of the fair, this year’s New Energy has already become the world’s leading small wind turbine event.

Husum is simultaneously hosting the first ever 1st World Summit for Small-scaled Wind Turbines on 18 and 19 March. The programme, developed in collaboration with the World Wind Energy Association, WWEA, and supported by the German Wind Energy Association, BWE, has set new benchmarks in several respects:

Bonn/Freiburg/London/Reykjavik/Stockholm – The International Renewable Energy Alliance (REN Alliance) calls for renewables to be at the forefront of the post-2012 climate action regime. The REN Alliance COP 15 Policy Statement insists that the Kyoto mechanisms become more straightforward for project development and the programmatic approaches are centred on progressing renewable energy systems.

The press conference can be watched on the UNFCCC website.

At their press conference, REN Alliance partners are delivering key messages of the Policy Statement:

• The President of the World Bioenergy Association, Mr Kent Nyström, said that “Renewables are the least cost energy solution for climate change mitigation”.
• Dr Dave Renne, Vice President of the International Solar Energy Society, said that “the CDM must be targeted towards renewable energy projects”.
• The Executive Director of the International Hydropower Association, Richard M. Taylor, said that “strategic actions must deliver the transition to a renewable economy”.
• To deliver the above, Mr Stefan Gsänger, Secretary General of the World Wind Energy Association, explained that the REN Alliance calls for a Global Fund for Renewable Energy Investment that mobilizes investment in an effective and efficient way.

WWEA launches Working Group on Community Power –

Decentralised investment and participation of local communities is key for utilisation of wind energy on a large scale and for effective climate change mitigation

Bonn/Toronto (WWEA) – The World Wind Energy Association has started a new working group on Community Power. The working group was launched in Toronto on the occasion of the 1st Annual OSEA Community Power Conference. Already shortly after its creation, the working group has encountered major interest from all over the world, comprising of organisations from all continents. Kristopher Stevens, Executive Director of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association OSEA (Toronto, Canada), was appointed as coordinator of the working group.

The WWEA Community Power working group will enhance international exchange of information and experiences, act as focal point for new partnerships and finally will enable WWEA in formulating its policies with regard to community based and decentralised ownership models.

Bonn (WWEA) – WWEA is pleased to announce that Ms Zhiyan Song has recently joined the WWEA team in Bonn as Marketing and Public Relations Officer. Ms Song will be working to further expand the association and to increase the outreach of WWEA. She brings with her sound experience in the wind energy industry, in marketing as well as in government.