15 June 2009: first Global Wind Day

The campaign will build on the efforts and success of the European Wind Day 2007 and 2008, in which over 20 countries participated in Europe, with hundreds of public events organised.

Global Wind Day is an awareness campaign for the promotion of wind energy worldwide. The message is global: wind power works – it tackles climate change, it improves energy dependence on fossil fuels, and it is an intelligent investment. Global Wind Day events will take place across 25 countries worldwide and will both reach out for and be powered by the people.

Thousands of public events will be held simultaneously, all of which can be seen on a new, interactive Google map (http://www.globalwindday.org/index.php?id=6), which shows all the activities on offer at any location at the click of a mouse. Wind farm guided tours, conferences, exhibitions, workshops, information days, openings of new wind farms, regattas, marathons and theatrical shows are among the activities on offer.

2009 will be a crucial year for the fight against climate change, with decision makers from all over the world meeting in Copenhagen in December to discuss the post-Kyoto protocol agreement. By participating in one of the numerous events organised for the Global Wind Day you will have the possibility of learning how wind energy works, and how wind turbines work. Above all, you will join EWEA and GWEC in asking decision makers at national, regional, and local level around the world to endorse new commitments and approve proper legal frameworks that will enable large-scale development of wind power.

As the counters show on the GWEC website, since 1 December 2008 wind power has generated over 140,000 GW of energy and avoided 84,000,000 tones of CO₂ emissions worldwide – something that should definitely be celebrated during Global Wind Day.

For additional information:

http://www.globalwindday.org