Press Releases

Policymakers must act now to avoid supply chain challenges stalling record years of new wind energy capacity

27 March , 2023

Policymakers must act now to avoid supply chain challenges stalling record years of new wind energy capacity.

Press Release – Women in Wind Global Leadership Program welcomes biggest intake ever for fifth year

24 March , 2023

Tamil Nadu’s renewable energy resources can deliver both clean energy and clean industry to the state and give it a pivotal role in Asia’s clean energy transition, explains a new roadmap from the Global Wind Energy Council

Capturing economic opportunities from wind power in developing economies

13 March , 2023

How can Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, and Morocco make the most of their wind energy potential?

An Ocean of Potential – A white paper on developing offshore wind in India

10 March , 2023

Read GWEC and the UK government’s white paper on developing offshore wind in India

Just Released: Market Intelligence Update 2019

3 September , 2019

We are excited to share new data and insights to our forecast for the global wind energy market from 2019 to 2023.

GWEC welcomes ENERCON as a board level member

11 August , 2019

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) is pleased to welcome ENERCON as its latest board level member. ENERCON has been one of the technology leaders in the wind power sector for more than 30 years, supplying over 50,398 GW of wind energy globally as of 2018

GWEC statement on Steve Sawyer

31 July , 2019

It is with great regret that GWEC reports the loss of Steve Sawyer, who was a founder of the organisation and Secretary General for over 10 years.

Global Wind Energy Council GWEC welcomes ACWA Power as a board level member

25 July , 2019

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) is pleased to welcome ACWA Power as its latest board level member. ACWA Power is a developer, investor and operator of wind, solar and conventional power generation with 54 assets in operation, construction or advanced development across 11 countries.

With the official announcement of Round 3 of the RenovAr, the first day of Argentina Wind Power finished today

7 September , 2018

During the first day of the conference “Argentina Wind Power 2018”, organized by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the Under Secretary of Renewable Energy of the Nation, Sebastián Kind, announced Round 3 of the RenovAr program, known as MiniRen, which will be launched in October.

Wind energy has saved South Africa R1.8 billion more than it cost for first half of 2015 – and it’s cash positive for Eskom

24 August , 2018

The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has welcomed and endorsed a new report by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on the (ZAR 1.8 billion) less-than-zero costs of renewable energy to the country. The CSIR has just released its latest calculations on the increasing savings these technologies are achieving. Collectively wind energy and solar power (photovoltaic) saved ZAR 4 billion from January to June this year. Wind energy produced net savings of ZAR 1.8 billion and was also cash positive for Eskom by ZAR 300 million.