WWEC-06 to address global policy issues on wind energy

New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) The fifth world wind energy conference-cum -exhibition (WWEC) to be held in the capital is working on to bring together the like-minded policy makers on wind power development from all over the world.

The event, being organised by World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and Indian Wind Energy Association (InWEA) will witness a panel discussion with a theme 'Energy independence: powered by wind' and will be chaired by the Minister for Non-conventional Energy sources Vilas Muttemwar.

Ministers and parliamentarians from Germany, Argentina, Cuba, Pakistan and Morocco will also participate in the event.

Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ms Vasundhara Raje will also be taking part in the discussion.

The event is also emerging as a mega institutional networking opportunity and talks on international renewable energy agency are likely to come up in the discussion.

About 100 technical papers and 30 posters from all over the world will be presented.

WWEC-06 is being held at a time when the worldwide installations of wind energy have boomed to 60 GW at the end of 2005 and in India itself nearly 6000 MW of wind power capacity has been installed by the end of September 2006.

India plans to electrify nearly 25,000 villages through decentralised generation technologies and wind energy technologies.

The three-day event will start from November 6.

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