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WIND ENERGY
Global Wind Energy Council The Global Wind Energy Council, known as GWEC, is a member-based organisation that represents the entire wind energy sector. The members of GWEC represent over 1,500 companies, organisations and institutions in more than 80 countries, including manufacturers, developers, component suppliers, research institutes, national wind and renewables associations, electricity providers, finance and insurance companies. By collaborating across borders and regions, GWEC aim to foster a cleaner, greener future powered by wind energy. GWEC works at the highest international political level to create a better policy environment for wind power. GWEC members educate local and national governments as well as international agencies on the benefits of wind power to advocate new policies and help wind power reach its full potential in as markets as possible. World Wind Energy Association WWEA is an international non-profit association embracing the wind sector worldwide, with more than 600 members in around 100 countries. WWEA works for the promotion and worldwide deployment of wind energy technology. IRENA: Wind energy Wind energy data, investment trends, costs and employment. Global Wind Atlas The Global Wind Atlas is a free, web-based application developed to help policymakers, planners, and investors identify high-wind areas for wind power generation virtually anywhere in the world, and then perform preliminary calculations. NREL: Wind Energy Basics Wind is the largest source of renewable energy in the United States, providing clean electricity from land and offshore to individual homes, remote farms, small communities and large cities alike. NREL: Wind Research NREL has pioneered many of the components and systems that have taken wind energy technologies to new heights, providing global leadership in fundamental wind energy science research, development, and validation activities. WindEurope WindEurope is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting wind energy across Europe. It has over 600 members from across the whole value chain of wind energy: wind turbine manufacturers, component suppliers, power utilities and wind farm developers, financial institutions, research institutes and national wind energy associations.WindEurope actively coordinates international policy, communications, research and analysis. National Geographic: Wind energy Wind Power Monthly Windpower Monthly magazine - independent news on global wind power development. Wind Power Facts | Wind Energy FAQ The most frequently unknown or misunderstood facts about industrial wind power.