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Reference
Links
The following are BWEA recommended links to other wind organisations, publications and related sites. These should help you find out more about the world of wind energy.
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Embrace the Revolution is a new campaign to give a voice to the silent majority - 74% - who support wind energy. Visit this site and put your name on a list with thousands of other which will go on several wind turbines around the country - www.embracewind.com |
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The Koru Foundation BWEA is an official supporter of the Koru Foundation, a registered charity which enables the renewable energy industry to support and collaborate with impoverished communities to find sustainable solutions to respond to climate change and energy poverty. The Koru Foundation is building partnerships with the European renewable energy industry, NGOs, charities and community groups working to alleviate energy poverty. Climate change has the greatest impact on the world's poorest people. The Koru Foundation believes that delivering renewable energy is an appropriate low carbon solution to both poverty and climate change. To find out more about the work of Koru and to add your support, please visit www.korufoundation.org |
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www.yes2wind.com provides information and resources for the public to support wind farm proposals locally, produced by Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and WWF. |
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The DTI's Low carbon buildings programme provides grants for microgeneration technologies for householders, community organisations, schools, the public sector and businesses. The programme is managed by the Energy Saving Trust -
www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk |
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Danish Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association www.windpower.dk.
Winner of the Paul la Cour award from the European Wind Energy Association, this extensive site is home to the full spectrum of information on the wind energy industry. If the technical information you are looking for isn't here, then no one knows it! |
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The Global Wind Energy Council www.gwec.net is the global forum for the wind energy sector, uniting the wind industry and its representative associations. |
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BWEA is an active member of the European Wind Energy Association, ensuring that BWEA member interests are represented at the European level. |
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BWEA also works with Scottish Renewables Forum to ensure interests at a Scottish level. |
Wind Energy Associations
American Wind Energy Association - www.awea.org
Australian Wind Energy Association - www.auswea.com.au
Austrian Wind Energy Association - www.igwindkraft.at
Bundesverband Windenergie (Germany) - www.wind-energie.de
Canadian Wind Energy Association - www.canwea.ca
Danmarks Vindmølleforening - www.dkvind.dk
FFA (Sweden) - www.ffa.se
Finnish Wind Power Association - www.tuulivoimayhdistys.fi/
Hellenic Wind Energy Association - http://www.eletaen.gr/index_en.htm
Indian Wind Energy Association (InWEA) - www.inwea.org
Irish Wind Energy Association - www.iwea.com
Meitheal na Gaoithe - The Irish Wind Farmers Co-operative Society - www.mnag.ie
ISES-Italia - www.isesitalia.it
APER - Italian Association of Renewable Energy Producers - www.aper.it
ANEV - Italian Wind Energy Association - www.anev.org
Latin American Wind Energy Association - www.lawea.org
Latin American Energy Organization - www.olade.org.ec
Mongolian Wind Energy Association - windpowermon@gmail.com
Netherlands Wind Energy Association -
www.nwea.nl
Norwegian Wind Energy Association -
http://www.norwea.no
SAVE - Slovak Association for Wind Energy - www.save.szm.sk
South African Wind Energy Association - www.icon.co.za/~sawea
Spanish WEA - Asociación Empresarial Eólica www.aeeolica.org
Spanish Wind Energy Association (Asociación Empresarial Eólica)www.aeeolica.org
New Zealand Wind Energy Association - www.windenergy.org.nz
'Vetroenergoprom' Energy-Production Association (Ukraine) - energy@winden.donetsk.ua
Vis Venti - Polish Wind Energy Association - www.visventi.org.pl/
Association of Electricity Producers - www.aepuk.com
Energy Networks Association - www.energynetworks.org
The British Hydropower Association - www.british-hydro.org
Scottish Renewables Forum - SRF - www.scottishrenewables.org.uk
Environmental Organisations
Greenpeace and
Friends of the Earth are very active in their support of renewable energy, organising campaigns
and providing information on the relevant issues.
Government Departments
Department of Trade and Industry BWEA works closely with the DTI in relation to international trade and renewable energy. The DTI also publish information on energy statistics, such as 'Energy Trends' and the 'Digest of UK Energy Statistics', collating energy production, consumption and prices in the UK.
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DEFRA is responsible for the UK Climate Change Programme which adresses global warming and establishes regimes for meeting targets on greenhouse gas emissions and Kyoto, such as the Climate Change Levy. Also looks at issues such as energy efficiency, sustainable development and is beind the 'Are you doing your bit?' campaign, the main message of which is that when it comes to the environment, even the smallest individual action really does make a difference - and can benefit you too!
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister The ODPM has responsibility for National Renewable Energy planning policy and relate regional issues.
Magazines and Information Services
- Wind Directions is the magazine of the European Wind Energy Association, published six times a year, giving current developments and news on the wind energy industry in Europe.
- Windpower Monthly publishes news and critical analyses of key issues about wind power and its markets. Includes The Windicator, the renowned page of market indicators, giving a country by country breakdown of installed capacity.
- New Review is the Quarterly Newsletter for the UK New and Renewable Energy Industry, principally covering: wind, solar, biomass and hydro energy developments. Produced by ETSU on behalf of the DTI.
- WindStats Newsletter is a quarterly international wind energy publication with news, reviews, wind turbine production and operating data from over 12,000 wind turbines, plus much more.
- Renewable Energy World accentuates the achievements and potential of all forms of renewable energy sources and the technologies being developed to harness them. In this on-line version there are full text selected articles, abstracts, back issue information, and links to all of the other renewable energy information sources at James & James including its international database of renewable energy suppliers and services.
- Renew On-Line is an edited, text only, version of parts of the News sections of RENEW, the journal of NATTA, the independent national UK Network for Alternative Technology and Technology Assessment. Members include the Energy and Environment Research Unit (EERU) and the Open University.
- CADDET provides international information on renewable energy on full-scale commercial projects which are operating in the member countries, currently Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States and the European Commission (DGXVII - Energy). The CADDET programme covers the full range of renewable energy technologies.
- EuroREX (European Renewable Energy Exchange) is an on-line commercial information service and newsletter created by a network of energy experts from 30 European countries. Its aim is to provide up-to-date information on renewables directly from professionals working in the field. European Renewable Energy exchange
- Solstice is the Internet information service of the Renewable Energy Policy Project and the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (REPP-CREST). Sustainable energy and development information as well as renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable living
- World-wide Information System for Renewable Energy (WIRE).
- Wind Engineering. A bi-monthly journal which publishes technical papers on all aspects of wind energy systems.
Places to Visit
The Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales is an
educational charity striving to achieve the best cooperation between the natural,
technological and human worlds. CAT tests, lives with and displays strategies and tools
for doing this. CAT has it's own
wind turbine as part of their work for a sustainable future.
The EcoTech Centre at Swaffham in Norfolk is
an educational charity which aims to stimulate and inform people about the need for
sustainable development. The Centre grounds include organic gardens, a biomass power
station and one of the largest wind turbines in the world.
The Earth Centre at Doncaster encompasses a
range of environmental exhibitions and activities. Tel 01709 512000 for further information.
The Gaia Energy Centre in Cornwall is a centre for the
promotion of, and education about, renewable and sustainable energy and energy conservation.
Many wind farms have visitor centres or opportunities to see the turbines at closer range.
Specific details can be found in our map of wind farms of the UK.
Educational Resources
Yahoo! Science - Renewable Energy
The Franklin Institue On-Line What do your students already know about wind? That's a tough question. Each one brings an entirely different history to your classroom. Has anyone seen a hurricane? Have your students even had the chance to fly a kite? In order to establish some sort of commonality, begin your exploration of wind by using some of the following resources.
Understanding Global Issues, published by European Schoolbooks Publishing Ltd, The Runnings, Cheltenham, Glos. GL51 9PQ, issue 94/9: Renewable Energy, Wind and Water Power. £2.50. This is an excellent presentation of many aspects of the subject, with a world map. Useful for teachers.
The Open University Distance Learning, T521 Renewable Energy Resource Pack for Tertiary Education, includes video, slides, disks, leaflets, articles, papers exercises, and many other features. Contact: Learning Materials Sales Office, The Open University, PO Box 188, Milton Keynes, MK7 6DH, Tel 01908 653376 Fax: 01908 654320. Useful for teachers.
Scientific and Research Institutions
Offshore Engineering and Naval Architecture Research Group at Cranfield University
Institute for Wind Energy at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.
National Wind Technology Center at The National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The U.S. Department of Energy's premier laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency
research, development and deployment.
Risoe National Laboratory Wind Energy and Atmospheric Physics department.The research of the department aims develop new opportunities for industry and society in the exploitation of wind power and to map and alleviate atmospheric aspects of environmental problems in collaboration with the National Environmental Research Institute.
The Netherlands Energy Research Foundation ECN is the leading institute for energy research in the Netherlands. Research is carried out under contract from the government and from national and foreign organisations and industries. ECN's activities are concentrated in six priority areas: solar energy, wind energy, biomass, clean fossil, energy efficiency, and policy studies.
Wind Energy Technology at Sandia National Laboratories. Applied research in aerodynamics, structural dynamics, fatigue, materials, manufacturing, controls, and systems integration to understand unsolved technology problems and to provide better design tools. New efforts investigate how rare atmospheric events can impact wind turbine long-term structural integrity and how advanced data handling techniques can be successfully applied to the difficult field environment of operating wind turbines.
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) - science and technology solutions for the global energy industry.
Organisations & Information in Other Countries
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