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Global Wind Energy Council Summit on the geopolitics of the energy transition in a multipolar world

May 2025

Wind energy versus coal fired power plant

Reference number

WP3621

Contacts

Senior Programme Director
Rich Roberts

Project Manager
Andrea Fallon

In partnership with the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the European Climate Foundation and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security.

Energy is both a key driver and a strategic battleground in today’s great power politics, shaping the geopolitical interests and power projection capabilities of major powers. At the same time, the tectonic shifts transforming the geopolitical landscape are profoundly impacting the pace and spread of the energy transition. The Summit will tackle three core questions underpinning this evolving relationship:

  • What geopolitical factors are driving the expansion of renewable energy, and how do they contrast with the forces pushing for a return to fossil fuels?
  • What countries form part of the growing cohort of ‘middle’ or ‘emerging’ powers poised to benefit from taking a leading role in the energy transition?
  • How can wind energy be entrenched as a cornerstone of energy security and a strategic asset in today’s great power politics?

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