Wind farms bringing benefits to communities

Wind Industry Profile of

On 14 April WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson spoke at the Mix.e event in Lyon, France. The discussion centred around the energy transition and its acceptability. The wind industry actively engages communities around Europe closely when it builds new wind farms, including in France. It is important these practices are applied everywhere and that communities continue to benefit from the energy transition.

Europe currently has 236 GW of wind energy capacity installed. Most of this is onshore. But Europe will see an even bigger expansion in wind in the coming years. The European Commission wants the EU to have 483 GW of wind energy capacity by 2030. And by 2050 they want this to be 1300 GW, 1000 GW of it onshore. This will bring a lot of new wind farms to different... ... More: Official Press Release WindEurope

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