The European Wind Energy Conference (EWEC) kicks off this week in Athens, Greece. This year's conference is a rallying call around wind power as a "No Fuel Solution." Emphasis is on how wind energy eliminates the economic impacts and risks associated with volatile and uncertain fuel prices, while providing an indigenous and real solution to Europe's energy demands.

"Wind power has a unique characteristic: it requires no fuel. Therefore it has zero fuel price risk, zero fuel costs, no external energy dependence and extremely low operation and maintenance costs. Wind is power without fuel. Who can say no to that," said Ian Mays, Conference Chairman / Managing Director, Renewable Energy Sources (RES), UK, at the opening of the EWEC 2006 Conference.