Windmade

WindMade is a global (Brussel's based) consumer label for companies, events and products using wind power in their operations or production. It is aimed at promoting wind power and is guided by a Technical Advisory Board, which includes various scientists, and third-party auditors. The organization is a non-profit NGO established by seven Founding Partners: United Nations Global Compact, WWF, Global Wind Energy Council, LEGO Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Bloomberg L.P. and Vestas Wind Systems.^[1]

References

↑ Hilda Toonen and Han Lindeboom, Dark green electricity comes from the sea, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (42) 2015.

External links

Official website WindMade
The WindMade labeling program
UN Global Compact: UN Global Compact Appoints WindMade Sustainability Partner of Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum (11 April 2012)
AFP: New wind-energy label gains Deutsche Bank support (18 November 2011)
Financial Times: Companies sign up to WindMade scheme (18 November 2011)

Wind power

Wind power	Environmental impact High-altitude History Land vehicles Offshore Turbines on public display Windmill

Wind turbines	Aerodynamics Airborne Crosswind kite Darrieus Design Floating Savonius Small Unconventional Vertical axis

Wind power industry	Consulting companies Farm management Manufacturers Software Windmade

Wind farms	Community-owned Farms by country Offshore farms by country Onshore farms

Concepts	Betz's law Capacity factor EROEI Forecasting Grid energy storage HVDC Intermittency Variability Laddermill Net energy gain Resource assessment Storage Subsidies Virtual power plant Wind hybrid power systems Wind profile power law

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