British Wind Energy Association
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Founded in 1978, the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) is the trade and professional body for the United Kingdom wind power industry. The association works to co-ordinate statistics and intelligence on aspects of wind energy in the UK, and represents industry at home and abroad, to Government, regional bodies and to local authorities in the United Kingdom.
BWEA espouses the energy policy of the United Kingdom that wind can provide for 8% of the UK's energy mix by 2010.
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[edit] History
A number of Universities active in wind energy in the 1970's met under umbrella of the ITDG Wind Panel (Intermediate Technology Development Group). The BWEA was formed from the ITDG Wind Panel along with other interested parties and representitives from industry. The inaugural meeeting of the BWEA took place on 17th November 1978 at the Rutherford Laboratory with Peter Musgrove of Reading University as chairman.
[edit] Members
Members of the BWEA include:
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