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Agenda Unveiled for the 15th Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit

The GWEC Team — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Gathering the clean energy Industry, the 15th Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit, under the patronage of UAE’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, provides a unique platform for the industry’s most innovative, forward-thinking and top-level leaders to accelerate action and engage in bold discussions on the key enablers of the energy transition.

Global support for tripling goal sets course for COP30 to accelerate transformative energy transition

The GWEC Team — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 06:09:05 GMT

Global support for tripling goal sets course for COP30 to accelerate transformative energy transition

Vietnam shares offshore wind competitive investor selection model at GWEC’s APAC Summit

The GWEC Team — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:05:37 GMT

Vietnam shares offshore wind competitive investor selection model at GWEC’s APAC Summit

Rebecca Williams' Opening Speech at GWEC's APAC Summit

The GWEC Team — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 07:18:10 GMT

Good morning Ministers, distinguished guests, colleagues and friends...

GWEC CEO on US Stop-Work for Revolution Wind

The GWEC Team — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:23:39 GMT

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗯𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗹. 𝟮𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 | The Global Wind Energy Council released the following statement from GWEC CEO Ben Backwell after the US Administration issued a stop work order for the Revolution Wind offshore wind project:

India’s wind capacity expected to reach 107 GW by 2030: GWEC India Wind Report 2025

The GWEC Team — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:08:16 GMT

India Targets: India is targeting 100 GW of wind capacity. Wind is expected to contribute 20% of the renewable mix in India.

GWEC’s Women in Wind Joins Brazil’s Gender Equity Energy Pact Ahead of COP 30

The GWEC Team — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:08:07 GMT

GWEC’s Women in Wind Joins Brazil’s Gender Equity Energy Pact Ahead of COP 30

What We’ve Learned: Lessons from the Field of Wind Energy

jeanette.gitobu@gwec.net (Jeanette Gitobu) — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:53:17 GMT

Left to right: Sophia Saldanha Biondi Assumpção, Sasirekha Murugan, Samantha Beatriz Carmona Bobadilla, Fernanda Pires Domingues Cardoso Guedes, Nancy Taha

Powering Purpose: Personal Journeys into Wind Energy

jeanette.gitobu@gwec.net (Jeanette Gitobu) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 07:58:42 GMT

Left to right: Alisha Raghoonanan, Juliana Diniz, Shanthini Madras Sambandan, America Zelada Leon, Lalitha Mahalingam

Offshore wind installed capacity reaches 83 GW as new report finds 2024 a record year for construction and auctions

The GWEC Team — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT

25 April, Lisbon |The Global Wind Energy Council’s flagship Global Offshore Wind Report, released today, shows that the offshore wind industry added another 8GW of capacity in 2024, making it the fourth highest year ever. This brings total installed offshore wind capacity globally to 83 GW – enough to power 73 million households.

Government auctions awarded 56 GW of new capacity globally last year, a record figure, while the industry is already constructing another 48 GW of offshore wind worldwide, also a record figure. The report highlights the significant policy and regulatory breakthroughs that are forming the next stage of offshore wind markets in countries including Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.

However, despite the strong pipeline, the report shows that macroeconomic headwinds, failed auctions, supply chain constraints and increasing policy instability, particularly in the US, have contributed to a downgrading of GWEC’s short term outlook.

The report warns that, whilst the fundamental case for offshore wind has never been stronger, the sector is facing an inflection point. GWEC recommends that industry and governments now need to urgently work together to redesign auction processes to focus on delivery and better risk sharing so that offshore wind can fulfil its vital role in providing large scale and secure clean power. The report also finds that the fundamentals of offshore wind have not changed, and the mid-term outlook remains strong.