Wind strengthening across Europe to 2020

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Analysis of national plans shows EU will have more installed wind capacity than solar and hydro combined

Wind power will dwarf all other renewable energy technologies in Europe, with more estimated installed capacity by 2020 than hydropower and solar put together, according to a report by ENDS Europe, based...

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