9th World Wind Energy Conference 2010
Large Scale Integration of Wind Power
Istanbul, Turkey – 15-17 June 2010

The World Wind Energy Association WWEA and Eurosolar Turkey welcome the presence of those 400 participants attending this conference and 1000 visitors attending the exhibition, from wind and all other renewable energy technologies. The conference covered all aspects of wind utilisation, related policies, manufacturing, development, operation as well as economic and social issues, with a special focus on large-scale integration of wind power and integrated renewable energy solutions such as hybrid systems.

Especially against the background of the disaster of the ongoing oil spill in the Mexican Gulf and the apparent inability of the responsible industries and governments to stop it, the Conference calls for an immediate switch away from such polluting and limited fossil energy resources to renewable energies. 

Istanbul/Bonn (WWEA) – On the occasion of the 9th World Wind Energy Conference 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey, the Board of the World Wind Energy Association has decided to give the World Wind Energy Award 2010 to the Founding Member States of the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA and hand it over to IRENA’s Interim Director General, Ms Hélène Pelosse.

The World Wind Energy Award has been given to recognise all Founding Members for the founding of IRENA. The creation of IRENA can be seen as the most important decision ever taken on the global level in favour of renewable energy. The founding of IRENA sent out a very strong signal to the world community that renewable energy will have to play and will play a key role in the future energy supply all over the world. With the Award, WWEA would also like to indicate that WWEA is committed to work closely with IRENA and will continue to give its full support.

World Wind Energy Report 2009
Executive Summary 

• Worldwide capacity reached 159’213 MW, out of which 38'312 MW were added in 2009.
  
• Wind power showed a growth rate of 31,7 %, the highest rate since 2001.
  
• The trend continued that wind capacity doubles every three years.
  
• All wind turbines installed by the end of 2009 worldwide are generating 340 TWh per annum, equivalent to the total electricity demand of Italy, the seventh largest economy of the world, and equalling 2 % of global electricity consumption.
  
• The wind sector in 2009 had a turnover of 50 billion €.
  
• The wind sector employed 550’000 persons worldwide. In the year 2012, the wind industry is expected for the first time to offer 1 million jobs.
  
• China continued its role as the locomotive of the international wind industry and added 13’800 MW within one year – as the biggest market for new turbines –, more than doubling the installations for the fourth year in a row. 
• The USA maintained its number one position in terms of total installed capacity and China became number two in total capacity, only slightly ahead of Germany, both of them with around 26’000 Megawatt of wind capacity installed. 
• Asia accounted for the largest share of new installations (40,4 %), followed by North America (28,4 %) and Europe fell back to the third place (27,3 %).
  
• Latin America showed encouraging growth and more than doubled its installations, mainly due to Brazil and Mexico.
  
• A total wind capacity of 200’000 Megawatt will be exceeded within the year 2010.
  
• Based on accelerated development and further improved policies, WWEA increases its predictions and sees a global capacity of 1’900’000 Megawatt as possible by the year 2020.

Download pdf version of World Wind Energy Report 2009 in English 2.28 Mb, in Chinese 1.18 Mb, in French 2.08 Mb, in Russian 1.38 Mb, in Spanish 1.28 Mb (soon also in German)

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.