EWEA’s ‘breath of fresh air’ campaign hit new highs today after the total of wind turbines adopted across Europe reached 500.

The UK still tops the league table with 53 turbines adopted, hotly followed by Spain – 36 adoptions – and France – 31 adoptions. Belgium and Germany, which were in second and third position earlier in the week, have dropped to fourth and fifth respectively.

Participants are also keenly getting their friends and relatives to vote for their adopted turbine. Currently, the Cabeco da Rainha turbine in Portugal is in poll position with 36 votes.

EWEC 2010, where the campaign was launched this Tuesday, is now over and participants are packing up their stands and preparing for the, hopefully shorter, journey home. An impressive 3,000 participants made it to the event while some 1,400 watched the online live video conference.

A ‘breath of fresh air’, EWEA’s campaign in support of wind energy, may be just one-day-old, but nearly 400 turbines have already been symbolically adopted.

From Ireland to Estonia, turbines are being adopted across Europe by people keen to spread the positive message about wind energy.

So far, the UK is heading the turbine support league table with a total of 35 adopted, but Belgium and Germany are hot on its heals with 20 and 17 respectively. France and Switzerland come next both with 16 adoptions, while Spain has 12 supported turbines.

A total of 110 people have also voted to support a friend’s turbine with the Cabeco da Rainha turbine inland near the Portuguese coast winning the most turbines to date.