Switch to wind can save €24bn

WIND-GENERATED energy can save up to €24 billion in fuel costs by 2015, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).

The organisation, which marked Global Wind Day earlier this week — added that on a continent-wide basis — these savings could jump to €87bn by 2020.

EWEA claimed that in three-and-a-half years Europe can take away €15.1bn of coal costs, €6.4bn of gas costs and reduce its combined oil costs by €1.7bn by using wind as its primary renewable energy source.