Greenpeace Japan Press Release
Sep 08, 2003

Japanese version of the joint EWEA-Greenpeace report- "Wind Force 12- a blueprint to achieve 12 per cent of the worlds electricity from wind power by 2020" launched today in Tokyo to the media, it will also be presented to a workshop (*1 :see the details of the workshop below) of over 100 people from interested sectors: business, finance and NGOs tomorrow September 10th. The report has been translated by Greenpeace Japan and is released in collaboration with the Japanese Wind Energy Association(JWEA) and the Japanese Wind Power Association(JWPA). A special article on the present status of wind power in Japan has been produced by Dr..Hikaru Matsumiya of the JWEA in this Japanese version.

The report details how the wind industry sector, currently a 7 billion euro industry, is able to grow to a 75 billion euro annual industry by 2020.

"The European wind industry dominates the global market, taking 89 per cent last year. Wind power is the fastest growing energy technology. We are in Japan to explain the success of wind power to date and highlight the potential for Japanese business sectors to participate in the lucrative future global markets. Japan could be a leader in this sector", said Corin Millais, CEO of the European Wind Energy Association, who is in Japan to launch the report(*2).

Dr. Hikaru Matsumiya stated in the report that although the goal in Wind Force 12 is challenging to meet, the success of the European industry has created history in the wind sector, with its rapid progress, there is a lot for Japan to learn.

"By learning from the experiences of the European industry, this will help to tackle the barriers facing the wind industry in Japan. Japan can take a big role in developing renewable energies for the world", said Ayako Sekine, Greenpeace Japan climate campaigner.

• (*1)Workshop "Why is wind power successful in Europe? CEO of EWEA speaks", organized by Greenpeace Japan and supported by Japan Wind Energy Association and Japan Wind Power Assoication, will be held on September 10th from 14:00 to 17:00 at the Japan Electricity and Manufacture's Association Hall.
  Deatails: Please see http://www.greenpeace.or.jp/campaign/energy/windforce12_seminar_html
  (in Japanese)
  
  
• (*2)Corin Millais: He is Chief Executive of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and Director of the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC). He is the publisher of Wind Direction, the bi monthly EWEA magazine, and author of various EWEA publication and reports. Previously he worked on a range of global environment issues such as the ozone layer, climate change and corporate sustainability, and the Sydney 2000 Green Olympics. This was based in Netherlands, Australia and Britain. Prior to that he worked in Africa and the West Indies on forest conservation issues. Age 38, British

URLs related to this press release:
EWEA: http://www.ewea.org/src/europe.htm
JWPA: http://www8.ocn.ne.jp/~jwpa/main/m_main.html
JWEA: http://ppd.jsf.or.jp/shinko/jwea/
Greenpeace Japan: http://www.greenpeace.or.jp/campaign/energy/

For further information, please contact,
Ayako Sekine, Climate campaigner of Greenpeace Japan
Keiko Shirokawa, press officer of Greenpeace Japan