Solar and wind groups to work together
BONN, Germany, 2004-06-09 (Refocus Weekly)
The International Solar Energy Society and the World Wind Energy Association have signed a formal agreement to work together.
“The formalisation of the co-operative and mutually supportive relationship
that ISES has had with WWEA for several years now could not come at a better
time,” says ISES president Yogi Goswami. “Transitioning to a renewable
energy future requires close integration and co-ordination of various
technologies, policies and strategies, and that transition needs organisations
actively supporting renewable energy at a global level to work closely together
to achieve the end result we are all working towards – a sustainable energy
future.”
“Close alliances between the global non-governmental renewable energy
association are very important for the broadest possible proliferation of
renewable energy technologies,” adds WWEA president Preben Maegaard. “There
is still quite a long way to go and we appreciate very much that we can bundle
our efforts to achieve jointly our common target, a 100 % renewable energy
supply. Jointly, we will even better be able to represent the renewable energies
when dealing with governments as well as with existing and future international
organisations.”
The agreement focuses on closer co-operation between the two organisations in a
number of areas, including conferences, projects and shared representation, and
lays the foundation for concerted, long-term co-operation between the two.
The agreement was signed during the International Conference on Renewable
Energies in Germany, at WWEA’s new international headquarters in Bonn. The
signing during the conference underlines the importance that both groups give to
multilateral activities with a focus on renewables.
“Governments are key to the wide-scale implementation of renewable energy,”
says Goswami. “Through the policies they espouse today, their success in the
transition towards sustainability and energy independence in the middle to long
term is determined.”
WWEA has members in 55 countries; ISES is a UN-accredited organization with
offices in 50 countries.
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