>Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 17:19:57 -0400 >From: Tom Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [windenergyweekly] Wind Energy Weekly #997 > >__________________________________________ > >EWEA, GREENPEACE RAISE TARGET: >12% BY 2020 FOR GLOBAL WIND >__________________________________________ > >On May 28, Greenpeace and the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) >released a global blueprint for providing 12% of the world's future >electricity from wind by 2020. The report was issued to show governments >meeting at the Bali preparatory meeting for the World Summit of Sustainable >Development that the only thing that stands in the way of a renewable >energy revolution is the lack of political will. > >"Governments coming to the table to sort out the energy needs for the >future through the Earth Summit will fail in their mandate if they ignore >the industrial potential of wind power. Twelve percent is [equivalent to] >the total amount of electricity used today in Europe, or twice that [used >in] China," said Corin Millais of Greenpeace. "Wind power works, it's time >for politicians to do the same. The only barrier is political blindness, >and a woeful ignorance of what wind power can deliver for the world. If >governments ceased their perverse subsidies to fossil fuels and nuclear >power--$250-300 billion world-wide a year--we would have clean affordable >energy for the world." > >"Wind power has established itself as the fastest growing energy source in >the world. The growth has been impressive, but this is only the >beginning," said Christian Kjaer of EWEA. "Wind Force 12 shows that there >are no technical barriers or resource limits preventing the world from >enjoying the dual benefit of affordable energy and a sustainable >environment. The technology is available and the resource will never run >out. The wind industry is ready and capable of meeting this target, we >have the resources and capabilities, yet need stronger political signals to >deliver." > >The "Wind Force 12" report follows an earlier study, "Wind Force 10," >released in 1999 by EWEA, Greenpeace International, and the Forum for >Energy and Development, that argued that a target of 10% of global >electricity from wind by 2020 is achievable. > >The report was endorsed by Mark Moody Stuart, former Chairman of Shell and >Co-Chair of the G8 Renewable Energy Task Force. In the foreword to Wind >Force 12, Stuart said, "For wind and other renewable energy sources to >spread worldwide, we have to ensure that the international finance >institutions and export credit agencies are as willing to make finance >available for renewable energy projects as they have been for what was >conventional power. . . [W]e also have to ensure that market-distorting >subsidies are removed." > >According to the report, by 2020, wind power could deliver: > >* 12% of global electricity demand, assuming a doubling of global >demand, > >* Creation of 1.475 million jobs, > >* Cumulative carbon dioxide savings of 11,768 million tons, and > >* 1,261,000 MW wind energy capacity, generating 3,093 billion kWh, >equivalent to the current electricity use of all of Europe, twice that of >China, two-thirds of North America, or three times that of Latin America. > >EWEA reports that already wind power worldwide employs around 70,000 >people, has an annual turnover of more than U.S. $5 billion, has been >growing at an average rate of 40% annually over the past five years, and >meets the electricity needs of around 14 million households, more than 35 >million people. By the end of 2001, installed global wind power was almost >25,000 MW, it said. > >For more information, contact Greenpeace's Corin Millais, phone +61 409 812 >641, or EWEA's Christian Kjaer, phone +45 21 23 23 66, e-mail >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . Wind Force 12 can be downloaded from >http://www.greenpeace.org or http://www.ewea.org .