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Naveen Balachandran joins GWEC

16 January , 2019

Naveen Balachandran has joined the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) as Special Advisor, Southeast Asia. Naveen has extensive experience in the wind industry in Asia, having worked for Vestas for 16 years in a number of roles spanning business development, public affairs and marketing, and more recently set up his own consulting firm which advises companies on project development and market entry into countries such as Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

GWEC at IRENA Coalition for Action meeting in Abu Dhabi

11 January , 2019

This week saw Ben Backwell, CEO of GWEC attend the latest IRENA Coalition for Action strategy meeting. Ben is joining the Steering Committee and will be working with organisations across the energy system to advance the uptake of renewables, discuss industry trends and share knowledge alongside best practice.

GWEC Member DNV GL strengthens its presence in Colombia with a portfolio of more than 548 MW

14 December , 2018

DNV GL, the world’s largest independent energy advisory and certification body, has used its energy estimation prediction methods, which is a reference worldwide, for a large number of projects in Colombia, reaching a portfolio of more than 548 MW.

Karin Ohlenforst joins the GWEC team as Director of Market Intelligence

21 November , 2018

Karin Ohlenforst has agreed to join GWEC as its new Director of Market Intelligence and will start in the role on 1 December 2018. Karin will develop GWEC’s newly formed Market Intelligence unit, which will support GWEC’s policy and stakeholder engagement world-wide and create proprietary insight for GWEC’s members.

Participate in a Global Gender and Renewable Energy survey

8 October , 2018

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), with support from GWNET and REN21, is undertaking a global Gender and Renewable Energy survey. The objective of the survey is to gather quantitative and qualitative insights on the current status of women’s participation in the renewable energy sector, existing challenges and potential solutions to improve gender diversity.

Floating wind: Industry leaders collaborate to demonstrate transformative ‘TetraSpar’ concept in Norway

5 October , 2018

innogy SE, Shell and Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S (SOT) have signed an investment and cooperation agreement today committing the partners to build a demonstration project using SOT’s ‘TetraSpar’ floating foundation concept. Its modular layout consists of a tubular steel main structure with a suspended keel.

GWEC creates taskforce to accelerate offshore wind deployment in new markets

27 September , 2018

GWEC creates taskforce to accelerate offshore wind deployment in new markets Wind energy pioneer Henrik

Global wind lobby behind ambitious new strategy

26 September , 2018

“The whole wind energy industry is changing, and I am not hesitant to call it disruption,” says Global Wind Energy Council Chair Morten Dyrholm an interview with EnergyWatch.