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Reports
February 2013
Eastern Winds examines the frontier of wind power development in Europe. The report deals with the prospects for wind...
January 2013
"The European Wind Initiative - Wind Power Research and Development to 2020” is an updated summary of the 10 year...
Creating the Internal Energy Market in Europe
September 2012
A report on EU electricity market rules, which must reflect the energy generation mix of the future and help usher in a...
Energy and the EU budget 2014-2020
September 2012
It is the European Commission’s job to propose a seven year ‘Multiannual Financial Framework’ budget to the Council and...
July 2012
Spatial planning of offshore renewable energies and electricity grid infrastructures in an integrated EU maritime policy
June 2012
2011 was the year that EWEA spearheaded the call for 2030 renewable energy targets and began to look forward to its...
Wind energy basics
In 2011, Europe was the global leader in offshore wind energy with more than 90% of the world’s installed capacity. Around a quarter of Europe’s wind energy could be produced offshore in 2020, EWEA estimates.
From 2007 – 2010, jobs in wind energy grew by nearly 30% while EU unemployment rose by 9.6%. In 2010, 238,000 people were employed in wind energy. That number should increase to 520,000 by 2020 - a 200% rise in ten years.
In 2012, Europe’s installed wind power capacity reached 100 GW. This can power over 57 million households each year and meet around 7% of the EU’s electricity demand or the total electricity consumption of the inhabitants Sweden, Ireland, Slovenia and Slovakia combined.
The wind energy sector contributed €32 billion to EU GDP in 2010. At 0.26%, it contributed more value to EU GDP than the entire European footwear industry, an increase of 33% since 2007 (Source: EWEA).
An offshore wind turbine with a capacity of 2.5-3 MW can produce more than 6 million kWh in a year - enough to supply 1,500 average EU households with electricity (Source: EWEA).
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Offshore Wind Farm Clusters 06 June 2013 , London, United Kingdom
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TWENTIES workshop 11 June 2013 , Brussels, Belgium
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Global Wind Day 2013 15 June 2013 , Brussels, Belgium
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Resource Assessment – Second Edition 25 - 26 June 2013, Dublin, Ireland
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EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 19 - 21 November 2013, Frankfurt, Germany
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Wind Power Forecasting 03 - 04 December 2013, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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