22 February, Lisbon, Portugal | The World Wind Power Council (GWEC) has right now 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 revolutionary cleantech sector, at a time when Portugal is present process a second wave of renewable vitality growth, together with a serious 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 effectively positioned as an HQ for GWEC, which works by way of a community of places of work, associations and companions to foster wind energy development 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 revolutionary 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 leading edge strategy to wind vitality make it the proper atmosphere 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 vitality to construct a clear and safe vitality 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 associate of the World Offshore Wind Alliance (of which the Authorities of Portugal is a member), a founding associate of the World Renewables Alliance, and the initiator of the Ocean Power Pathway program.
Ben Backwell, GWEC CEO, mentioned: “The World Wind Power Council is delighted to open its new headquarters in Lisbon and guarantee we’re positioned to assist the fast deployment of renewable vitality the world over this decade and past.
“Lisbon’s give attention to innovation, collaboration and the inexperienced financial system makes it the proper residence for GWEC’s workforce. We stay up for working with the area people to assist us assist accelerated world development in renewable vitality.”
“We’re getting into a important part of renewable motion following the worldwide settlement to triple renewable capability at COP28 in Dubai. Wind Power will play a important function in delivering that motion, and our new residence in Portugal will guarantee we are able to work with companions the world over.”
GWEC’s new headquarters joins places of work 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 firms collaborate with nationwide, regional and native governments to ship wind vitality 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 intention is to work as an engine for financial development and a driving pressure for innovation and reaching sustained accelerated development from Lisbon.