Community energy – an investment with impact
IRENA Coalition for Action launches groundbreaking White Paper on Stimulating Investment in Community Energy
WWEA/LEE NRW: New Study: Women in Community Energy – Neue Studie: Frauen in der Energiewende
The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) wants to examine the role of women in renewable energies in cooperation with the Association for Renewable Energy of the German State North Rhine-Westphalia-Landesverband Erneuerbare Energien NRW (LEE NRW)
Open Letter to German Energy Minister: Community Power is Most Important for the Acceptance of Wind Power
BEE, BBE, DGRV and WWEA Write Open Letter to German Energy Minister: Community Power is Most Important for the Acceptance of Wind PowerBerlin/Bonn, 11 February 2020 – In a joint open letter to the German Minister for Economics and Energy, Peter Altmaier, the German Renewable Energies...
Experience with wind auctions: From German community wind to the Austrian supply industry – A critical appraisal
IG Windkraft Press Release (German version: https://www.igwindkraft.at/?mdoc_id=1042100)Vienna, 12 November 2019 – In the course of the event “windrichtungen” (wind directions) of the Austrian Wind Energy Association IG Windkraft, Stefan Gsänger, Secretary General of the World Wind Energy Association WWEA and Stefan Schafferhofer, Director of the Business Unit...
German Government clearly misses all three self-imposed goals associated with auctions
(Deutsch unten/German below)German Government clearly misses all three self-imposed goals associated with auctionsCommunity energy can no longer make the much needed contribution to the success of the energy transitionBonn / Dusseldorf / Berlin, 3 September 2019 – Within the scope of a 2.5-year study, the...
Bonn Community Power Declaration
(Deutsch unten/German below) Presentations available for download at https://library.wwindea.org We, the participants of the 4th International Community Wind Symposium & Community Power Forum, have gathered in Bonn on 28 & 29 May under the theme “Shaping the Energy Transition – Strength through Alliances”. Building on...
New study proves: Community power is increasingly being marginalised
(Deutsch unten/German below)Auctions and restrictive approval procedures constrain community power. The acceptance of the energy transition is thus in danger. Great opportunities lie in the areas of direct marketing, sector coupling and electromobilityBonn, 28 May 2019 (WWEA / LEE NRW) – On the occasion of...
