Wind power for the world
andi BRATASIDA Wind power for the world Presented by Greenpeace International Steve Sawyer, Greenpeace International, presented "Wind Force 12," a joint report by Greenpeace and the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), which represents a blueprint for generation of 12% of the world's electricity from wind power by the year 2020. Liana Bratasida, Indonesia, said that renewable energy use can be greatly expanded in Indonesia and that the country will run out of oil in the next 20 years at the current rate of exploitation. Christian Kjaer, EWEA, provided an overview of the state of wind energy. He highlighted an annual rate of growth in wind energy of more than 40%, and outlined success stories in Denmark, Germany and India. He said cost reductions have made wind energy competitive with conventional energy sources on good sites, and underscored the need for power market reform to remove market distortions that favor fossil fuels and nuclear power. Corin Mill...