EWEA - The European Wind Energy Association

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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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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EWEA annual report 2008

Winning with European Wind - Creating power, helping the environment

This annual report provides an overview of EWEA’s output in 2008 and demonstrates our commitment to furthering the development, implementation and deployment of wind energy in the EU.

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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.

Wind at Work (January 2009)

Wind energy has come of age and more and more Europeans are attracted by the jobs created in the industry. Over the past five years, the EU wind energy industry has created more than 60,000 new jobs - an average of 33 new employees every day, seven days a week. This report aims to shed light on wind energy’s benefits in terms of employment by looking into the tremendous evolution the sector has experienced in terms of job creation, offering an in-depth analysis of the current situation and investigating the industry’s current shortage of human resources and prospects up to 2030.

Strategic Research Agenda (July 2008)

The European Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind) has a vision in which wind energy covers 12-14% of the EU’s electricity consumption by 2020, with a total installed capacity of 180 GW. By 2030, it sees this increasing to cover 25% of electricity consumption, with 300 GW of installed capacity. Fulfilling this vision will be a major industrial and technological challenge.

To begin the process, the members of TPWind have drawn up a common roadmap of the sector’s research priorities: the Strategic Research Agenda.

Pure Power (April 2008)

Wind Energy Scenarios up to 2030

Pure Power presents EWEA's three new wind energy development scenarios for 2010, 2020 and 2030. It looks in detail at the probable effects of the scenarios on electricity, greenhouse gas emissions and the EU economy.

EWEA annual report 2007

Delivering Energy and Climate Solutions

This annual report provides an overview of EWEA’s output in 2007 and demonstrates our commitment to furthering the development, implementation and deployment of wind energy in the EU.

Large scale integration of wind energy into the European power supply: analysis, issues and recommendations (December 2005)

This comprehensive report provides analysis of the technical, economic and regulatory issues concerning the large scale integration of wind energy into European energy markets. The analysis, conclusions and recommendations are based on a review of over 180 sources - published data, reports, research findings from all stakeholders across the power industry, operators, utilities and experts. This report is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the topic of large scale integration of wind energy in Europe.

Strategic Research Agenda (July 2005)

The Strategic Research Agenda for the wind energy sector lays out the fundamental tasks facing the sector and calls for increased, consistent and above all transparent funding for wind energy research under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), to run from 2007-2013 and currently under preparation.

Wind Force 12 (2005)

A blueprint to achieve 12% of the world’s electricity from wind power by 2020 (Updated version & country reviews)

This report demonstrates that there are no technical, economic or resource barriers to supplying 12% of the world's electricity needs with wind power alone by 2020; and this against the challenging backdrop of an electricity demand that is likely to go up by two thirds by that date.

Wind Energy R&D Network (January 2004)

The first report of the Wind Industry Strategic Plan was launched on January 27th 2004 in Brussels, with the participation of Philippe Busquin, European Commissioner for R&D.

Wind Energy - The Facts

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Transport and Energy (DG TREN) have published “Wind Energy - The Facts”, a detailed overview of the wind energy sector. The 330 page, five-volume report provides a comprehensive overview of wind energy’s past, present and future in the EU-25 covering: technology, costs and prices, industry and employment, environment, market development and R&D.

If you wish to obtain a free copy of the executive summary , or wish to purchase a copy of the complete report, please contact ewea(at)ewea.org or +32 2 546 19 40.

Wind Industry Factsheets

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has published a series of five factsheets summarising key information concerning the wind power industry, and illustrated in detail in the publication Wind Energy - The Facts. The issues tackled are:

- The current status of the wind industry
- Future prospects for wind power markets
- Wind power economics
- Wind power technology
- Wind energy and the environment

If you wish to obtain a free copy of these factsheets, please contact ewea(at)ewea.org or +32 2 546 19 40.

Sealegal: Enabling Offshore Wind Developments

In this report, the international and European legal framework is presented as a guideline for offshore wind project developers. A review is done of the national offshore wind policy for countries having a significant short to medium-term offshore wind potential (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, The Netherlands and UK).