Energy security in Europe: Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Energy. ANU, May 09

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The world faces monumental challenges of ensuring energy supply can meet ever growing needs, while urgently reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The current course we are on will see global energy demand rise 45% by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2008. The report also offers this sobering assessment: The world’s energy systems are at a crossroads. Current global trends in energy supply and consumption are patently unsustainable environmentally, economically, socially. The EU’s indigenous energy supplies fall well short of demand, with over 54% of primary energy consumption currently being imported. The European Union does not underestimate the scale of the task ahead. December 2008 saw the formal adoption of measures to put the EU on a path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, boost energy efficiency and increase the share of renewables in final energy consumption to 20% by 2020. The objectives also include increasing renewables in transport, to encourage the uptake of biofuels and electric vehicles. In this public lecture, Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, discusses the EU response to its energy security concerns and the threat of climate change. Commissioner Piebalgs became Energy Commissioner in November 2004 and previously headed the Cabinet of Latvian Commissioner. Before joining the Commission, he worked as a diplomat as the Ambassador of Latvia in Estonia. He has been the Ambassador of Latvia to the European Union and

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European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) is an association based in Brussels,

promoting the use of wind power in Europe. It has over 600 members from nearly 60 countries including manufacturers with a 90% share of the world wind power market, component suppliers, research institutes, national wind and renewables associations,[clarification needed] developers, electricity providers, finance companies, insurance companies, and consultants.

EWEA is a founding member of the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) which regroups 8 renewable industry and research associations, and of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

EEA (European Environment Agency)s Europe’s onshore and offshore wind energy potential report, confirms wind energy could power Europe many times over.

The report highlights wind powers potential in 2020 as three times greater than Europes expected electricity demand, rising to a factor of seven by 2030.

The market for European wind power capacity grew in 2006, according to statistics from the European Wind Energy Association. 7588 MW of wind power capacity, worth some €9 billion, was installed in the Euwind poweron (EU) in 2006, an increase of 23% compared to 2005. For the seventh consecutive year, wind power is second only to gas-fired capacity (approximately 8500 MW in 2006) in terms of new electricity generating installations.

Germany and Spain continue to attract the majority of investments. In 2006 these two countries represented 50% of

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Wind Generator Europe, GE Wind Energy

The first stage of the world’s largest wind farm opened in June 2004. 3.6MW turbine developed by GE Energy.
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