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

World installs 6.1GW of Offshore Wind in 2020, led by China

9 September , 2021

Offshore Wind capacity grew steadily in 2020, but governments will need to act decisively to improve policy in order to scale up installations at the pace required to help the world meet its carbon emissions targets and avoid the worst effects of global heating, according to the Global Wind Energy Council, which launches its flagship Global Offshore Wind Report 2021 today.

GWEC: USD 6.7 billion in wind power investment in Vietnam at risk without COVID-19 relief

9 September , 2021

The COVID-19 situation in Vietnam has created many hardships. This extends to supply chain bottlenecks for wind project components, workers prevented from reaching project sites for crucial inspections and activities, travel restrictions for foreign personnel, and other issues. As of August 2021, an industry survey conducted by GWEC estimates that 4,000MW of mainly onshore wind projects in Vietnam are severely challenged by these extenuating circumstances, and are now at risk of missing the November deadline for the wind Feed-in Tariff (“FiT”).

GWEC and Costa Rican energy agencies join forces to create a route for offshore wind development in Costa Rica

1 September , 2021

Today, the Global Wind Energy Council together with the Vice-ministry of Energy and Environmental Quality (MINAE) of Ministry of Environment and Energy and Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) have kicked-off a joint initiative to build knowledge about the local benefits of offshore wind and explore pathways for its future development and growth in Costa Rica.

Offshore wind in Vietnam at a crossroads: Policy clarity needed for the next transition phase

22 July , 2021

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Leading Wind Energy CEOs Call for G20 to ‘Get Serious’ About Renewables

19 July , 2021

The leading CEOs of the global wind industry have united to call on G20 members to show leadership in the climate crisis by raising national ambitions and urgently laying out concrete plans for increased wind energy production to replace fossil fuels.

Global Wind Day signals new era for wind energy as urgency builds towards COP26 in Glasgow

15 June , 2021

Countries around the world need to urgently scale up deployment of wind power in order to address the climate emergency, according to the Global Wind Coalition for COP26, which officially launches today on Global Wind Day. The wind industry’s new campaign for COP26 asks governments, companies, and people across the world one critical question: Wind. Are You In?