WIND POWER WORKS

RES is a main sponsor of GWEC's Wind Power Works campaign, launched at the COP14 climate meeting in Poznan in December 2008 by a coalition of wind energy companies and NGOs. The main objectives of the campaign are to promote emissions targets and rapid deployment of wind energy around the world to achieve a decline in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

Secretary General of GWEC Steve Sawyer says, "The world needs an effective solution which can deliver power with emissions reductions now – that solution is wind energy. It’s already working in over 70 countries, delivering reliable energy on demand. The only thing stopping it delivering more is government inaction. We need to achieve the IPCC target for declining emissions or face the worse consequences of climate change. Wind power will help us achieve that."

The campaign’s climax was at the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December, where hopes were high for a new legally-binding international agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost the development of sustainable energy technologies. The aim of Wind Power Works at the negotiations was to have a highly visible presence promoting wind power as an economic solution to climate change that – importantly – can be deployed rapidly to meet the urgent emissions reductions needed by 2020. A programme of events was well-attended by negotiators, government ministers, the media, business and NGOs. While the outcome of the climate talks was disappointing, the wind industry’s presence certainly didn’t go unnoticed. For a report on the outcome of the Copenhagen summit, see: www.windpowerworks.net/cop15/news_cop15/news_2009.html


Ian Mays, RES CEO, at the high level wind industry dinner with government ministers and negotiators [photo by Jacob Nielsen]		Media trip to Middelgrunden Offshore Wind Farm near Copenhagen [photo by Jacob Nielsen]

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