Wind power to hit 2000 GW by 2030

The wind power could reach 2000 GW by 2030 under a radical situation and supply up to 17-19 percent of global electricity, according to a report from Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Greenpeace International.

Global wind energy installations totalled 318 GW by the end of 2013, and the industry will grow by another 45 GW in 2014.

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In an innovative position, cumulative growth rates are below the average at 15 percent, which remain steady in the middle of this decade, decreasing to 13 percent by the end of the decade and finally dropping to 6 percent by 2030.

This has led to over 2 million new jobs, reducing CO2 emissions by more than 3 billion tonnes per year. By 2050, wind power can provide 25-30 percent of global electricity supply.

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Wind power has become the least cost option when adding new capacity to the grid in an increasing number of markets, and prices continue to fall, Steve Sawyer, chief executive, GWEC.

The wind power has an essential role in the world’s future energy supply due to the insistence to cut down carbon emissions as well as reliance on imported fossil fuels.

The scenarios compare the International Energy Agency’s central scenario from its World Energy Outlook with a ‘Moderate’ and ‘Advanced’ scenario developed for this report, detailing how the global wind industry might deliver in terms of global electricity supply, CO2 emission savings, employment, cost reductions, and investment.

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The new report presents three visions of the future of the global wind energy industry out to 2020, 2030 and up to 2050.

The power sector is responsible for more than 40percent of all carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels, and about 25 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions.

Sabeena Wahid
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