Reports
The European Wind Initiative
June 2010
"The European Wind Inititative - Wind power research and development for the next ten years" offers an overview of EU wind research policy. It summarises research wind energy research needs, EU's plans and structures for supporting it, the finances and activites proposed, and recommendations for achieving the wind energy research Europe needs.
EWEA 2009 Annual Report
April 2010, ISSN : 2032-9024
The report contains all the information on EWEA activities over 2009. It focuses on key strategic areas of our work, and presents updated goals and wind energy targets. Read what we want, what we do and who we are in the EWEA Annual Report 2009.
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Wind Energy & Electricity Prices
April 2010
Exploring the 'merit order effect'
The new literature review, prepared for EWEA by energy consultants Pöyry, shows that adding wind energy into the power mix has a significant influence on the resulting price of electricity - the so-called merit order effect (MOE) - whilst at the same time reducing CO2 emissions. The literature review brings together, for the first time, the findings of case-studies in Germany, Denmark and Belgium.
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Wind Energy: Action Plan for the new European Commission and Parliament
January 2010
Wind power can contribute significantly to all of the EU’s energy policy objectives – increased competitiveness, energy security and fighting climate change. In this Action Plan, EWEA sets out the wind industry’s priorities for the next four years for the new European Commission and Parliament.
Pure Power
December 2009
Wind energy targets for 2020 and 2030
Pure Power presents EWEA's new wind energy targets for 2020 and 2030. It looks in detail at how the targets can be met, and their probable effects on electricity, greenhouse gas emissions and the EU economy.
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EWEA briefing for the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen
October 2009
Harness the wind to tackle climate change
Wind power fights climate change. It is an abundant energy resource. Wind energy is a real alternative to emission producing fossil fuels and, crucially, can be deployed and begin reducing CO2 emissions immediately. Wind energy is already fighting climate change: in 2008, wind power in the EU avoided the emission of 91 million tonnes (Mt) of CO2.
Oceans of opportunity
September 2009
Harnessing Europe's largest domestic energy resource
Europe's largest domestic energy resource – offshore wind - has huge potential and there is massive developer interest. This report presents and analyses EWEA's new offshore targets for 2020 and 2030. It contains EWEA's 20 year offshore network development plan, which would help build a pan-European electricity super highway.
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Economics of Wind Energy
March 2009
Every financial and economic aspect of wind energy is presented and analysed in this new report, from the very basic cost of wind energy as it leaves the farm to the effect large amounts of wind energy in the electric system have on the power price. It considers the way wind energy is financed through support schemes, the extra investment risks that need to be covered, how wind’s external benefits can be weighted and how it should be economically compared to electricity production from fossil fuels.
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Integrating Wind
March 2009
To what extent could large-scale wind power integration benefit from a reinforcement of the interconnections between European Member States? Which power market designs can ensure a cost-effective integration of wind power at EU level? The EU-funded TradeWind project investigates these and other questions relating to wind energy and the power grid and its findings are presented in this new report.
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Wind Energy - The Facts
March 2009
The 'Wind Energy – The Facts' publication is widely considered to be the most important wind energy reference in the world. It presents a detailed overview of the wind energy sector, with the most up-to-date and in-depth information on the essential issues concerning wind power today.
This new edition of the ‘Wind Energy - The Facts’ publication includes chapters on Technology, Grid integration, Economics of wind, Industry and markets, Environmental impacts, scenarios and targets, prepared by a consortium of leading experts from different sectors all over Europe.
Click here to download the PDF version of the English executive summary of Wind energy – The Facts.
For more information on the publication and the executive summary in other languages than English, please visit the http://windfacts.eu website.
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