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Monday Marks World Commitment to Wind Energy

June 11, 2009 | 3 Comments

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New Hampshire, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] On Monday, June 15, the first-ever Global Wind Day will be celebrated in 30 countries. Organized by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the awareness campaign for the promotion of wind energy worldwide gives the public an opportunity to show its support for wind energy, celebrate wind power as a near-term solution to global climate change, and highlight jobs and other economic benefits that wind energy investment is bringing to local their communities.

RenewableEnergyWorld.com is marking the day by launching our brand-new wind energy focused newsletter.

“In the United States, Global Wind Day comes at a time when the nation is surging forward in wind and renewable energy development, but risks loosing this momentum and leaving tens of thousands of jobs on the cutting room floor if we do not adopt a strong renewable energy policy,” said Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). “America trails China and Europe in passing renewable energy policy commitments. It’s time for a national renewable electricity standard (RES) here in the U.S. to seize this historic opportunity to create jobs, build up our renewable energy industry, and fight climate change.”

The day will be marked by events around the world. In the U.S., AWEA is asking those in the industry and the public at large to call on representatives in Congress to support a stronger national renewable portfolio standard (RPS).

AWEA is also organizing a visual petition. Wind energy supporters can submit a photo or a comment that shows how wind energy is making a difference today.

There will be events around the world, including tweet-ups, marches, wind farm open houses, public demonstrations, training events and much more. Click here to see a full list and find events near you.

RenewableEnergyWorld.com is marking the day by launching our brand-new wind energy focused newsletter. The twice-monthly newsletter will feature in-depth articles and commentary from industry experts on wind technology, policy and finance. It's your complete source of information for all that's happening in the wind industry.

Click here to sign up for our Wind Newsletter today to make sure it's in your box on Global Wind Day.

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bhunter736

June 11, 2009

As an inventor and advocate for renewable energy I am glad see some drive to increase awareness on such a fundamental source of energy. My particular focus is wind energy. I currently work as a Resource Conservation Coordinator for my local school district but work on my wind projects on my own time. I have not updated recently on my wind project but you can peek my websites at: www.spinpower.org or www.spinpower.org/mdusd for my school district relevant section.

Since I only found out about this today, I don't know if there is much I can do to organize an event for Monday, but please contact me if you are in the Concord CA area and would like to try and work something out. My contact email is on my websites.

- Brad

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Tomasz-Rubanowicz-165923

June 12, 2009

This kind of events are a perfect global idea! Global Wind Day connect people around the world in the same time and goal... a strong renewable energy! The people mentality needs more consciousness about renewable energy. They must undrestand this kind of machine are very important for humanity. I hope that global event give people a new live.

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EMerge_Alliance

June 12, 2009

A Global Wind Day is a really great way to raise public awareness about the efforts that AWEA and other organizations like our own are making to integrate wind power into our infrastructures. EMerge Alliance is going to be in Chicago with several of our members for #NeoCon09 to educate attendees on innovative ways to directly and more efficiently use on-site renewable energy for commercial buildings like wind, which natively produce DC energy and invite everyone to visit us. Using wind power more directly within buildings without converting it to AC will reduce energy loss and we've been working to create a standard that will make this possible.

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