World Wind Watch | Green Energy News

May 26, 2002 – Vol.7 No.9

WORLD WIND WATCH.

According to a new study released by Greenpeace, 12 percent of the world’s electricity could come from the wind by 2020 - if politicians would act. The report - Wind Force 12 - estimates that 1,260,000 megawatts of power - enough electricity for all of Europe’s current needs - could be in place by then if politicians would remove subsidies on fossil fuels and other obstacles to wind power development. Though the cost of wind power is steadily decreasing, government subsidies on fossil fuels keep those energy sources artificially low making wind generated power difficult to compete. Visit Greenpeace at http://www.greenpeace.org/ (click Earth Summit)

Though details aren’t finalized Shell WindEnergy has applied to the Belgian government to build an offshore wind farm 27 kilometers (16.8 miles) off that country’s coast on the Thornton bank. Investment in the facility could reach 600 million euros ($552 million) Visit ShellWind Energy at http://www.shell.com/renewables .

Made Tecnologias Renovables will build a second phase of a wind farm in Sidi Daoud, Tunisia. To be built for Societe Tunisienne de L’Electricite et du Gaz (STEG), this phase of the project will have 12 turbines with a combined capacity of 8.8 megawatts.

UTEC-Thomsen Hungary has been given the go ahead to build a wind farm outside of Nagyigmand, northern Hungary. Though specifics haven’t yet been announced, the facility could will have 30 -35 turbines of 1.5 - 2.5 megawatt capacity each. The company has already started work on three other facilities in the country at Tes, Polgardi and Zamoly.