At tomorrow’s RenewableUK annual conference in Birmingham, Vestas will bring its innovative global campaign to the UK and Ireland, with an aim to separate rhetoric from reality and to channel public support towards actions that help wind energy.
“The public debate about wind energy and green levies in the UK is too often being distorted by factually flawed arguments and misleading information. The Act on Facts campaign is designed to bring the debate about wind energy back to reality. People in the UK want to see more wind energy; we can’t let a distorted debate stop that from happening,” says Morten Albæk, Vestas Group Senior Vice President globally responsible for marketing, communications and public affairs.
Matt Partridge, Development Director at REG Windpower says: “I warmly welcome this campaign. We are an extremely active developer and operator of onshore wind farms with projects across the country, and we see first-hand how damaging myths about wind energy can be.”
He continues: “This campaign not only has the potential to help base the debate on facts rather than half-truths and rhetoric, but can also help us engage with the 70% of the population that nationwide surveys consistently show are in favour of onshore wind.”
The Act on Facts UK-Ireland launch event starts at 12.30pm on November 6, at the Vestas exhibition stand at the RenewableUK annual conference. Sarah Merrick, Vestas Head of Public Affairs UK and Ireland will give an overview of the campaign and its aims and demonstrate the web portal’s functions; and Matt Partridge, Development Director at REG Windpower will outline what he hopes the campaign will bring to the UK wind debate.
Press release, November 5, 2013; Image: Vestas