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| Type: |
Scoping study, Desk study, Survey |
| Language |
English |
| Year of publication: |
2008 |
| Download: |
 1,920kb |
| Summary |
Although wind energy is a rapidly growing technology its use remains geographically concentrated, with more than 75 percent of global installed capacity found in just five countries. These countries, and others wishing to develop wind energy have implemented various supportive policies covering areas as diverse as tariffs, technical R&D, administrative procedures, or education and communication, and range from direct project subsidies to general awareness raising.
Experience shows that good wind resources are not on their own sufficient to ensure strong wind energy development and reductions of the cost of wind energy. Even fair pricing is not necessarily
enough. Only countries that have set up an adequate enabling environment and long-term stable comprehensive public policies, with strong political commitment, have succeeded in developing wind
power. Their policies have been focused, not only on reducing costs and improving revenues to increase profitability, but also on reducing risks.
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| 1.1 Socio- economic Sector (OECD) |
230 Energy generation and supply
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| 4.1 Renewable Energy |
04. Wind
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| 5.1 Sustainable Telecentres |
5. Technology
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