A closer look at developments shows that wind energy continues its impressive trajectory since the 1970s, steadily contributing to the increase of the percentage of renewable energy worldwide.
Wind is a consolidated industry in more and more countries, and investors are still confident.
We could conclude on this positive note at last week’s Executive Committee meeting, after having listened to the presentations by members of the IEA Wind Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP).
About 90% of global wind energy is produced by the 25 countries and sponsors that are members of the IEA Wind TCP.
𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:
𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦: Windpower has cut 104 billion pounds in energy costs since 2010, study finds.
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: Auctions for offshore sites are expected in 2026.
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: One of the fastest growing wind-countries, and wind has become a significant pillar of the electricity production, covering 15% of demand. Domestic industries supply 75% of the components of wind installations. Wind and solar have overtaken coal.
𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 are areas of growing concern to the wind industries and innovative solutions are needed. In Finland, there are considerations about building radars on top of wind turbines.
Results from 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 of wind show, that wind farms account for only 3-4% of non-natural death of red kites (LIFE EuroKite). Meanwhile, based on research, regulations to protect bats from wind turbines are being implemented in Canada due to high numbers of fatalities.
The Executive Committee elected a new chair and three new vice chairs along with re-electing three vice chairs resulting in the following 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦:
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫: Birte Holst Joergensen Holst Jørgensen (Denmark)
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬: Ignacio Marti Perez Marti (Denmark), Ryan Kilpatrick (Canada), Stephan Barth (Germany), Ruud Oerlemans (Netherlands), Ignacio Cruz (Spain), Andreas Gustafsson (Sweden), Katja Maus (Switzerland).
𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞: https://iea-wind.org/
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