IEA reveals recipe for global wind energy boost

Will Nichols
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Wind power could account for 18 per cent of planet's electricity production by 2050 if barriers to deployment can be removed

Wind power could account for almost a fifth of global electricity production by 2050, if the trend for cheaper and more effective turbine technologies continues and economies of scale are fully realised....

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