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Media Centre

Welcome to the BWEA media centre, location of all the latest news and trends in the UK wind energy industry, including BWEA press releases and member company news.

Wind energy is an increasingly common topic in the media as the momentum of recent successes highlights wind power as the technology of choice for the future energy era. But remember, not everything you read is necessarily true! Follow the links below to find out about the reality of wind turbine technology, from the authoritative voice of the UK wind industry.

• BWEA Press releases - if it's important enough, we'll say something about it!
• Real Power - BWEA's quarterly magazine on the latest developments of the wind and marine renewables industries
• Publications - a selection of publications, reports and consultations on the wind energy and marine renewables industries
• Image Library - a selection of images of modern wind turbines for general use
• Video footage of wind farms - see wind energy in action!
• Events - what's happening in the renewables calendar, both at home and abroad

Useful background to the industry

Recommended reading:

'Wind Power: Your Questions Answered' is available in two formats: a cut down version aimed at householders, while the full report 'Wind Power in the UK' can be used for those who want/need greater depth of analysis, along with full references and sources.

Both are freely available to download as pdfs from www.sd-commission.org.uk/wind and this page also includes details of how to order paper copies of either publication.

• Frequently Asked Questions - we've been asked them all before so check here for the answer to your question
• Wind Farms of the UK - a list and location map of all Britain's wind farms - on and offshore
• The truth about tourism - an overview of results of studies investiagting wind energy and tourism
• Public attitudes to wind energy - it's more popular than you might have been told!
• Wind energy in the media - trends in public opinion

"Wind farms, both onshore and offshore, will clearly make the most significant contribuition towards our 2010 target."
Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks, in his first speech on renewables, May 2005