Peter Rae resigns after eight years as President
Irfan Mirza elected as new WWEA President
Bonn, 27 November 2023 (WWEA) – After heading the World Wind Vitality Affiliation for eight years, Peter Rae introduced on the event of the WWEC2023 in Hobart his resignation as WWEA President. The WWEA Board elected unanimously Dr. Irfan Mirza as new WWEA President.
Dr. Irfan Mirza is likely one of the first promoters for renewable vitality in Pakistan, e.g. as one of many main particular person of the
Various Vitality Improvement Board of Pakistan. Subsequently he turned concerned within the wind trade. He states:
“I’m actually honored and grateful to be the elected President of WWEA. I accepted this function, understanding that collectively, we will make a big contribution to guard this planet for future generations. Local weather change is dashing in direction of a local weather disaster, and all of us must play our function to cease it. I need to specific my gratitude to Honorable Peter Rae, for his tireless efforts and contributions. His exhausting work, dedication and professionalism has laid a robust basis upon which we are going to construct and proceed to develop. I additionally look ahead to intently work with my outdated pal and Secretary Normal of WWEA; Stefan Gsanger. WWEA Board and members are from completely different components of the world and our collective power lies within the range of our backgrounds, experiences, and views. It’s this range that may gasoline our creativity, drive innovation, and in the end lead us to significant options. Thanks.”
Hon. Peter Rae AO is a former Australian Senator and Chairman of HydroTasmania and was elected as WWEA President for the primary time in 2015, re-elected thrice. He says:
“In the course of the eight years throughout my function as President of WWEA, we’ve seen a robust progress in every of the renewable vitality know-how purposes and, in share phrases, big progress within the world-wide wind trade. I used to be concerned in lots of essential actions, together with REN21, IRENA, Vitality Globe or the REN Alliance. WWEA held essential conferences and, as President, I continued to take pleasure in enthusiastic assist from members and associations across the World, in any case at “my” the house convention in Hobart.
Serving on the board not solely of WWEA, however of the Worldwide Photo voltaic Vitality Society and the Worldwide Hydropower Affiliation and having been given Observer standing with the Worldwide Geothermal Affiliation gave me the chance to positively develop the understanding and assist from every of the key renewable vitality applied sciences within the idea the “Symphony of the Renewables.”
I’ve loved my half in reaching all this and commend it to others to observe.
I’ve each confidence that Dr Irfan Mirza shall be a really competent and profitable president..”
Stefan Gsänger, WWEA Secretary Normal:
“I’m extraordinarily grateful that I had the privilege to work with Peter very intently over a few years. We owe him so much for his private dedication for a renewable vitality world. I’m very a lot wanting ahead to collaborating with Irfan, whom I met for the primary time in Pakistan as one of many drivers of wind energy. Based mostly on the brand new technique which the WWEA board has simply adopted, WWEA will do one other step in direction of furthering a renewable future which shall be primarily based on participation of the numerous.”
About WWEA
The World Wind Vitality Affiliation is a non-for revenue affiliation with embers in additional than 100 international locations and head workplace on the UN Campus in Bonn/Germany. WWEA was based in 2001 in Copenhagen and works for a renewable vitality future, with wind energy as one cornerstone. Subsequent to internet hosting the World Wind Vitality Conferences – not too long ago in Hobart/Australia – WWEA works with worldwide organisations and nationwide governments for and accelerated vitality transformation.
