EWEA: 180 GW of Wind Power Possible in Europe by 2020

Wind power could generate up to 16% of Europe’s electricity by 2020. This was the message delegates heard at the opening of the European Wind Energy Conference (EWEC) in Milan, Italy, yesterday.

Shi Lishan, Director of Renewable Energy at the Chinese Energy Bureau, who is leading an 80 person delegation to the conference, said that China was now following the European lead with a target for 10% renewables by 2010 and 16% by 2020.