One million people will be employed in the world wind-power industry by the end of the decade, despite the impact of the financial crisis, it was forecast today.
Amid predictions that the world would need to install one new turbine every 25 minutes to reach global renewables targets, energy experts at a green summit in Abu Dhabi said the sector had maintained a near 30% annual growth rate in 2008 and was heading for further success.
"It has been another record year for the industry. People say these growth rates can't go on forever, but they keep on going on," said Steve Sawyer, secretary general of the Global Wind Energy Council. There had been "dramatic" increases in the US and China, with the former overtaking Germany as the country with the most installed capacity, he told the World Future Energy Summit.
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