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Wind energy alone could help attain up to 65 percent of the emission reduction pledges by industrialized countries, states a report by the Global Wind Energy Council, an international forum for the wind energy sector.

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The council calculated that global wind energy alone could contribute 34 percent of a 25 percent emissions reduction and 21 percent of a 40 percent emissions reduction.

The pledges, which include that of the United States, European Union, Norway, Japan and Russia, total 13 percent to 20 percent of aggregate emissions reductions by 2020. These developed countries must reduce their emissions reductions by 25 percent to 40 percent below 1990 levels to avert the worst impacts of climate change.

The council calculated that global wind energy alone could contribute 34 percent of a 25 percent emissions reduction and 21 percent of a 40 percent emissions reduction.

According to the council’s most ambitious scenario for wind energy development, the sector could produce 2,600 terawatt-hours of electricity and save 1.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide in 2020, representing between 42 percent and 65 percent of pledges by developed countries.

The report also outlines emissions reductions potentials from wind power in Europe, the United States, India and China. If properly deployed, the wind sector could help these regions meet their climate goals.

Steve Sawyer, the council’s secretary general, pointed out that while the figures show that wind sector alone could contribute greatly to the emissions reduction targets, it also show how inadequate and lacking in ambition the pledges are to date.

“Industrialized countries can and must review their pledges for reduction targets and raise them very substantially, as well as assisting developing countries‘ often ambitious programmes to decarbonize their electricity systems with both public finance and private investment through the carbon markets,” he said.

Achim Steiner, United Nations under secretary general and United Nations Environment Programme executive director, stressed the importance of a serious and significant deal in Copenhagen to encourage more countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, generate clean energy and boost employment.

“The economics and the benefits of renewables, and in particular, wind power, are becoming increasingly convincing. Copenhagen is the moment for governments and world leaders to match this reality with convincing decisions on emission reductions, financing and technology,” he concluded.

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Source:http://www.ecoseed.org/en/general-green-news/renewable-energy/wind-energy/large-wind/5591