An initiative by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), called Global Wind Day aims to highlight the benefits of wind power.
At the Global Wind Day last year we highlighted the growth of wind power in the US.
This year the focus on the event which was celebrated yesterday (15th of June) was reducing energy dependence.
This from Global Wind Day:
'You spend EUR2 per day to import energy - support our campaign to reduce energy dependence.
Europe depends on imports for 54% of its energy. We spend EUR421 billion every year on coal, oil and gas imports, costing every European citizen more than EUR2 a day.
This isn't necessary! Wind energy does not need to be imported and is already providing 3% of global electricity, a figure that is growing year on year. Wind turbines replace expensive fuel imports - and bring jobs and cleaner air.
And this isn't just in Europe. Citizens in the US, Japan, China and other countries are also paying for unnecessary energy imports, when they too have their own energy resource at home - the wind.'
The core message from the initiative is by the deployment of wind power, more home grown energy would be created and thereby reducing energy imports and moving towards energy independence. This is currently a very topical issue in Europe following especially the Ukraine conflict. There is increasingly a desire among European countries to reduce the reliance on Russian gas imports.
Organisations and wind power fans took to Twitter to celebrate Global Wind Day 2014:
@NASA: Today is #GlobalWindDay! Some wind turbines on Earth grew out of tech for Mars: http://t.co/zkOycTGYPl pic.twitter.com/tXyHLLgbOR
- Dudette (@Dudette9t9) June 15, 2014
Wind turbines are a reality for clean power generation now. RT for #GlobalWindDay pic.twitter.com/nuwsA2VStW
- Climate Reality (@ClimateReality) June 15, 2014
#GlobalWindDay 3: South Australia has the most wind farms of any Australian state http://t.co/7gll4mgnNh pic.twitter.com/J0YsglhEFp
- GE Australia (@GEAustralia) June 15, 2014
Wind farms operate in over 75 countries around the world. #GlobalWindDay pic.twitter.com/V5PA0KeZFP
- Nat Geo Channel (@NatGeoChannel) June 15, 2014
lb2.3 billion for Welsh economy by 2050 if Welsh Government ambitions for onshore wind met #GlobalWindDay http://t.co/Yvx8uZh7zA
- RenewableUK Cymru (@RUKCymru) June 15, 2014
Happy #GlobalWindDay from #Vestas!Celebrate by installing a virtual wind turbine:http://t.co/qzcx4ah6rB #WindPioneers pic.twitter.com/mXa0K5g6q9
- Vestas Wind Systems (@Vestas) June 15, 2014
Wind turbines whirring above the clouds in Vantage, U.S. Pacific Northwest #GlobalWindDay via @NatGeo pic.twitter.com/TVlKJDn1bX
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