needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message the world wind energy association wwea is an international non profit association representing the wind power sector worldwide with members in 100 countries amongst them the leading national and regional wind energy associations . the organisation works for the promotion and worldwide deployment of wind energy technology and advocates a future energy system based on renewable energy . world wind energy association uniting the world of wind energy type ngo founded 2001 in denmark headquarters bonn germany key people peter rae president ; stefan gs nger secretary general ; dr preben maegaard president emeritus ; dr anil kane president emeritus ; he dexin president emeritus ; dr jami hossain technical chair homepage 1 website www.wwindea.org contents 1 history 2 membership 3 organisational structure 4 headquarters 5 international policy debate 6 world wind energy conferences wwec 7 see also 8 references 9 external links history edit the world wind energy association wwea was founded in 2001 1 as an international organisation for the worldwide promotion of wind energy and has a broad societal representation and interest in wind energy utilization across the world . the founding members of wwea are the national wind energy associations in many countries . the other members include consulting firms scientific institutions labs academicians students wind energy enthusiasts and equipment suppliers . membership edit there are different membership categories ordinary members wind energy associations scientific members scientific and research institutes corporate members companies and public bodies individual members wwea has more than 600 members in more than 100 countries from all continents as of september 2014 . organisational structure edit wwea is governed by a board currently consisting of the president peter rae 2 australia and vice presidents from all continents . a complete list of the wwea board members which represent all continents can be found on the wwea website www.wwindea.org . headquarters edit the wwea head office is situated in bonn close to the un campus managed by the secretary general stefan gs nger . international policy debate edit wwea is the voice supporting wind energy and other renewables at energy conferences and in the media around the world . wwea statements like the wwec resolutions have been taken up in international discussions and are guiding political decision makers . wwea also participated in the international conference for renewable energies renewables 2004 bonn june 2004 and birec beijing international renewable energy conference 2005 . wwea has been granted special consultative status at the united nations in the year 2007 has been accredited at the unfccc and cooperates with organisations like unep unesco undesa the iea and the world bank . since 2003 it has supported the initiative to establish an international renewable energy agency irena which was founded in bonn on 26 january 2009 . wwea is a founding member of international renewable energy alliance irea consisting of the international hydropower association iha the international solar energy society ises the international geothermal association iga and since june 2009 the world bioenergy association wba . wwea cooperates with other international renewable energy organisations ; for example it is represented at the steering committee of the ren21 global policy network and is a member of the world council for renewable energy wcre . world wind energy conferences wwec edit wwea organises world wind energy conferences and exhibitions wwecs in a different continent every year . wwecs have been held in berlin germany in 2002 cape town south africa in 2003 and beijing china in 2004 . the 3rd wwec in beijing was attended by over 2000 participants thus becoming the biggest wind event ever held outside the eu and the us . the 4th wwec took place in melbourne australia . the 5th wwec in new delhi india from 6 8 november 2006 had the participation of nearly 2000 delegates from all over the world . the 6th wwec took place in mar del plata argentina in october 2007 jointly organised by argentine wind energy association aaee and wwea see www.wwec2007.org the 7th special topic community power wwec took place in kingston ontario canada in june 2008 jointly organised by ontario sustainable energy association osea st lawrence college kingston slc and wwea see www.wwec2008.com the wwec2009 was organised together with the korean wind energy association on jeju island south korea from 23 25 june 2009 . the wwec2010 was held in istanbul turkey from 15 17 june 2010 under the theme large scale integration of wind power . the wwec2011 was held in cairo egypt from 31 october 2 november 2011 under the theme greening energy converting deserts into power houses . www.wwec2011.net the wwec2012 was held in bonn germany from 3 5 july 2012 under the theme community power citizens power . www.wwec2012.net the wwec2013 was held in havana cuba from 3 5 june 2013 under the theme opening doors to caribbean winds the wwec2014 was held in shanghai china from 7 9 april 2014 under the theme distributed generation matching supply and demand the wwec2015 was held in jerusalem from 26 28 october 2015 under the theme innovation for 100 % renewable energy the wwec2016 is scheduled to be held in tokyo from 31 october 2 november 2016 . these conferences have had a far reaching impact on the wind energy policy landscape of the respective countries . china embarked upon its wind energy program after wwec 2004 held in beijing and today 2013 the country is leading in wind energy installations . the conference in india in 2006 had extraordinary global participation and was addressed by the then president of india honorable dr a p j kalam . wwec 2006 also included a painting competition having participation of school children from all over delhi . this contributed to raising the level of awareness about wind energy among school going children . the wwec2008 in kingston achieved the first feed in tariff legislation in north america the green energy act of ontario . see also edit energy portal list of notable renewable energy organizations global wind energy council list of onshore wind farms list of offshore wind farms references edit world wind energy association created gs nger stefan . secretary general . world wind energy association wwea . wwea website . retrieved 31 october 2011 . external links edit official website wwea s interactive map international hydropower association international solar energy society international geothermal association international renewable energy alliance world council for renewable energy global 100 % renewable energy campaign international renewable energy agency retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title world wind energy association & oldid 722500687 categories wind energy organizationsinternational renewable energy organizationsorganisations based in bonnhidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2011all articles needing additional referencesuse dmy dates from march 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 28 may 2016 at 15 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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