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Global Wind Energy Capacity Grew by 28.8 percent in 2008

Global Wind Energy Capacity Grew by 28.8 percent in 2008S energy bangla 02.07.2009, 11:56am (GMT)Global wind energy capacity grew by 28.8 percent last year to reach total global installations of more than 120.8 GW at the end of 2008, according to Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).Over 27 GW of new wind power generation capacity came online in 2008, 36 percent more than in 2007.”These figures speak for themselves: there is huge and growing global demand for emissions-free wind power, which can be installed quickly, virtually everywhere in the world. Wind energy is the only power generation technology that can deliver the necessary cuts in CO2 in the critical period up to 2020, when greenhouse cases must peak and begin to decline to avoid dangerous climate change,” said Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of GWEC. “The 120 GW of global wind capacity in place at the end of 2008 will produce 260 TWh and save 158 million tons of CO2 every year.”

Energy Bangla – Global Wind Energy Capacity Grew by 28.8 percent in 2008

February 11, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, ENERGY