22 February, Lisbon, Portugal | The International Wind Power Council (GWEC) has immediately formally opened its new world headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal. The workplace at Lisbon’s Unicorn Manufacturing unit locations GWEC on the coronary heart of town’s progressive cleantech sector, at a time when Portugal is present process a second wave of renewable power growth, together with a significant tender for brand new offshore wind areas and management in floating offshore wind and different ocean renewables applied sciences.
Lisbon’s location as a gateway to the world means it’s properly positioned as an HQ for GWEC, which works by a community of workplaces, associations and companions to foster wind energy progress in key markets within the Americas, Africa and Asia.
Innovation and collaboration should be on the coronary heart of the world’s drive to ship the Paris Settlement compliant 3xRenewables goal set at COP28 in Dubai. The progressive inexperienced group in Lisbon will assist GWEC work with our worldwide community to ship that motion.
Sitting on the nexus of the worldwide north and the worldwide south, Lisbon’s modern-day connections and historical past of a innovative method to wind power make it the right setting for GWEC to find its secretariat. GWEC will proceed to play a key function supporting enterprise, worldwide establishments and governments as they work collectively to ship wind power to construct a clear and safe power system for a internet zero world. Latin America and Africa, for instance, are forecast to double and quadruple, respectively, their complete wind energy installations by 2030.
In addition to working on to develop wind markets all over the world, GWEC additionally performs a key function in worldwide alliances and networks, as a founding companion of the International Offshore Wind Alliance (of which the Authorities of Portugal is a member), a founding companion of the International Renewables Alliance, and the initiator of the Ocean Power Pathway program.
Ben Backwell, GWEC CEO, stated: “The International Wind Power Council is delighted to open its new headquarters in Lisbon and guarantee we’re positioned to help the speedy deployment of renewable power internationally this decade and past.
“Lisbon’s deal with innovation, collaboration and the inexperienced economic system makes it the right house for GWEC’s crew. We look ahead to working with the area people to assist us help accelerated world progress in renewable power.”
“We’re getting into a crucial section of renewable motion following the worldwide settlement to triple renewable capability at COP28 in Dubai. Wind Power will play a crucial function in delivering that motion, and our new house in Portugal will guarantee we are able to work with companions internationally.”
GWEC’s new headquarters joins workplaces in south-east Asia, the UK, Brazil, the Center East and Kenya, in addition to employees in dozens of nations. Our work focuses on supporting a membership of greater than 1,500 corporations collaborate with nationwide, regional and native governments to ship wind power as a key local weather resolution.
The Unicorn Manufacturing unit is a non-profit workspace developed by Lisbon Metropolis Council to assist develop town’s inexperienced enterprise ecosystem. The Manufacturing unit’s purpose is to work as an engine for financial progress and a driving power for innovation and attaining sustained accelerated progress from Lisbon.
