WIND ENERGY CAPACITY RISES TO 10,000 MW WORLDWIDE, SAYS IEA STUDY.

Europe Energy, May, 1999

Sometime this month world-wide wind energy capacity will reach 10,000 MW - a record, says a new study published by the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA). "Another demonstration that wind is the fastest - growing of all renewable energy sources", says the IEA. The landmark figure for wind energy use was announced at the end of April at a meeting in Madrid of the Executive Committee of the IEA.

Implementing Agreement for Co-operation in the Research and Development of Wind Turbine Systems (IEA R&D Wind Group). The group is one of more than 40 international groups created by the IEA to pursue research of energy efficiency and new energy sources. A spokesman for IEA R&D Wind pointed out that the world's installed wind capacity generates over twice the...

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