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Question of the Week: Will a Saudi renewables exit damage the wind industry?

Windpower Monthly SAUDI ARABIA: A reshuffle in the Saudi Arabia government has cast doubt over its planned 9GW of wind projects. Windpower Monthly asks what losing the planned capacity would mean for the industry. Steve Sawyer, CEO, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) At GWEC, we had prioritized keeping track of the potentially very exciting developments […]

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FOWIND Launches Global Offshore Wind Policy Assessment Outlook

Energetica India The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has announced the launch of the Offshore Wind Policy and Market Assessment Outlook. This report is a crucial link to facilitating the development of a roadmap for offshore wind power in India.  The report was developed as a part of the FOWIND (Facilitating Offshore Wind in India) project launched by the GWEC

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Wind energy is the alternative; but China driving the growth

News for India Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) released the 2014 statistics and it says that 2014 was the best year in terms of new wind energy capacity addition is concerned. However, what is the matter of little concern is that half of this growth is coming from just one country – China! China numbers

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Positive Predictions for Off-shore Wind

Energy Next Wind energy, primarily onshore wind, has attained maturity and it is a matter of pride for the global wind industry where it has reached today. This view was expressed by Mr Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council as part of his opening remarks on the third day of the first Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet and Expo (RE-INVEST). Speaking at

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Nigeria: World Wind Energy Generation Capacity Hits 369,553 Megawatts

The Guardian Globally, 51,477 MW of new wind generating capacity was added in 2014, according to the global wind market statistics released recently by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). It added that the record-setting figure represents a 44 per cent increase in the yearly market, and is a solid sign of the recovery of

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