By Angelika Pullen, Communications Director, GWEC
A consumer label for wind power called WindMade could soon be coming to the market, to show consumers which companies and products use wind energy. This is an idea that was first announced in January this year, and after many months of hard work and anticipation, new details were made public on Global Wind Day (15 June).
During a media briefing in New York City, the WindMade consortium, which consists of Vestas, GWEC, WWF, Bloomberg, LEGO and the UN Global Compact, presented the first proposed technical standard for the WindMade label for companies. This standard contains the main requirements that a company has to fulfil in order to apply for using the label. continue reading »
By Alexander Zirkel, BWE
Berlin. The Global Wind Day 2011 comes to Germany in a time of great change in its energy policy. After the terrible incidences in Fukushima, Japan, the German federal government wants the definite ending of the use of nuclear energy in Germany until 2022. Therefore a massive extension of renewable energy within the next few years is more then necessary.
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A 45% renewable energy target for 2030 would create the future policy-stability the green energy sector the needs, was one of the main messages emerging from last night’s public debate on EU energy policy post-2020.
New energy policies must be drawn-up today, and not in 2020 when the current targets expire, Josche Muth, Secretary General of the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) said at the debate organised by the European Wind Energy Association. The call was backed by Claude Turmes, MEP, who said that renewables are becoming a mainstream source of electricity faster than was forseen. continue reading »
Vedadillo windfarm in Navarre, Spain
Global Wind Day took place yesterday with events from wind farm open days to exhibition launches in Belgium to Berlin. While more events are set to happen this weekend (find out more here), here are a few photos of some of the Global Wind Day events yesterday…
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At a cinema in the heart of London’s West End, a short film on the potential of renewable energy was screened for the first time on Global Wind Day, 15 June. British TV personality Bill Oddie presented the film, which aims to tell the public about the environmental and economic benefits of wind and other renewables.
“The goal was to normalise renewable energy”, he said.
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