- – First annual World Wind Energy Conference organized in Berlin
- – During the 2nd World Wind Energy Conference in Cape Town the South African Government presented the White Paper for Renewable Energy
- – Opening of WWEA’s Head Office in Bonn
- – The International Renewable Energy Alliance (REN Alliance) was founded
- – China adopted its first Renewable Energy Law in 2005 as a consequence of the WWEC 2004 in Beijing
- – WWEA launched the “Sustainability and Due Diligence Guidelines”
- – Turkey introduced a Renewable Energy Law including a feed-in tariff
- – WWEA launched the Small Wind and Hybrid Systems Working Group
- – WWEA launched the first edition of its yearbook Wind Energy International
- – The International Geothermal Association joined the REN Alliance
- – WWEA obtained Special Consultative Status at the United Nations
- – Second edition of WWEA yearbook Wind Energy International
- – The Ukrainian Parliament adopted a feed-in tariff as the first CIS country
- – WWEC2008 in Kingston, Canada, is the first ever international event fully dedicated on community power. As a result, the first feed-in law in North America was adopted a couple of months later: Ontario‘s Green Energy and Economy Act
- – The International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA was founded
- – South Africa‘s National Energy Regulator introduced a system of feed-in tariffs
- – The International Bioenergy Association joined the REN Alliance
- – Third edition of Wind Energy International 2009/2010
- – WWEA’s proposal for a Global Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) was discussed at the UN Climate Change Conference COP15 in Copenhagen
- – WWEA organised the first World Summit for Small Wind, in Husum, Germany
- – WWEA’s Community Power working group agreed on the a definition of Community Power
- – Pakistan announced its first Feed-in tariff programme for wind energy
- – WWEA published the first Small Wind World Report
- – WWEA Small Wind Section was officially founded
- – The Global 100% Renewable Energy Campaign was launched
- – WWEA formed the CIS Committee
- – The first multilaterally financed feed-in tariff programme, GET FiT Uganda, was started, inspired by an idea developed by WWEA
- – WWEA re-launched its website
- – The World Wind Resource Assessment Report was presented
- – CAN International adopted the 100 % renewable energy target
- – The COP20 Presidency branded the related WBA/WWEA Side Event as “Lima Climate Action Highlight”
- – Greenpeace International presented it first global 100 % renewable energy scenario, inspired by WWEA’s Global 100% RE campaign
- – International Symposium: “Community Power – Regional and Global Community Wind
- – Study: Community Wind threatened by discriminating policies
- – 1st World Community Power Conference in Fukushima
- – Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform launched
- – World Renewable Energy Community presents Global Renewable Energy Solutions Showcase on the occasion of COP23 in Bonn
- – “Perspectives of the Wind Energy Market in Russia” launched
- – WWEA Secretary General elected as REN21 Vice Chair
- – 2nd International Community Wind Symposium 2017
- – WWEA/LEE NRW Community Wind Report published
- – WWEA publication on key success factors for the uptake of wind power
- – 2nd World Community Power Conference WCPC2018 in Bamako, Mali
- – Community Energy Working Group of the IRENA Coalition for Action is launched, initiated by WWEA
- – WWEA leads multi-stakeholder consultation on new Renewable Energy Policy in Pakistan
- – First WorldREnewDay is held
- – WWEA publishes study on the impact of auctions on the wind power market
- – WWEA/LEE NRW: New Study: Women in Community Energy
- – 3rd World Community Power Conference WCPC2020 “Women in Community Energy”
- – IRENA Coalition for Action launches White Paper on Stimulating Investment in Community Energy
- – Launch of #WWEAwebinars with 16 webinars organized in 2020 due to COVID-19
