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EDITORIAL 44th year President and CEO/Publisher: Frédérique Mutel mutel@jeccomposites.com Editor-in-chief: Frédéric Reux Tel: +33 (0)1 58 36 15 11 reux@jeccomposites.com Assistant editor: Franck Glowacz Tel: +33 (0)1 58 36 15 04 glowacz@jeccomposites.com More than one ace up our sleeve The wind energy market keeps on amazing us, with the sector’s figures reaching dizzy heights. The year 2006 beat all records for installations, and 2007 is showing great potential. In 2006, installed wind capacity increased 32% worldwide, with new installations worth €18 billion, or US$24 billion. Now, what other sector can boast about that kind of growth? Europe is leading the pack with 65% of installed capacity. For two years in a row, the United States has been the country to install the most new capacity. And Asia is not doing badly, either, with a 53% growth rate, equivalent to 3,679 additional megawatts and 24% of all new installations worldwide. China has doubled its capacity, and India is holding onto its international fourth place. The wind energy market has gone global, with installations and projects in more than 70 countries. Wind power is unquestionably the fastest-developing renewable energy. There is now a real environmental awareness, and the energy policies of the major countries are taking the environment factor into account. By the end of 2006, global installed wind capacity was a bit more than 74,223 MW, including more than 15,000 MW of new capacity for that year alone. The Global Wind Energy Council’s forecast for the year 2010 announces total capacity of 149.5 GW, or annual growth for that period ranging from 16.3% for the slowest year to 22.6% for the fastest. All this goes to show that the current and future needs in composite materials are and will be considerable. Ensuring the capacity of our industry and its players to become involved in environment-friendly projects is essential. Besides the intrinsic properties of composites that can make them indispensable, a sure way to guarantee sustainability is perhaps also to develop worthy projects that, by their very nature, are unlikely to go challenged. Technical topics: Pierre Lissac info@jeccomposites.com Copy-editor & Graphic designer: Marylène Guéret gueret@jeccomposites.com Advertising managers: Judith Blacker Africa, Asia Pacific, Benelux, Europe, Middle East, North America, Scandinavia & UK Tel: +33 (0)1 58 36 15 74 blacker@jeccomposites.com Mona Bielmeier Austria, Eastern Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland & South America Tel: +33 (0)1 58 36 15 73 bielmeier@jeccomposites.com Circulation/Partnerships: presse@jeccomposites.com Sandrine Dumarquez dumarquez@jeccomposites.com Subscriptions: www.jeccomposites.com/magazine-subscription/ Fax: +33 (0)1 58 36 15 19 Tel: +33 (0)1 58 36 15 08 dumarquez@jeccomposites.com Unit price: €20 (8 issues a year) Marketing/Communication: Patrice Sinthon, sinthon@jeccomposites.com Printing: SPEI - Pulnoy (54), France Legal registration: ISSN 1639-965X - CPPAP: 1007 T 82488 Dépôt légal : 3e trimestre 2007 Photos & illustrations: All rights reserved, unless mentioned. JEC Composites Magazine is published by JEC. 19, Bd de Courcelles 75008 Paris - France Tel: +33 (0)1 58 36 15 01 Fax: +33 (0)1 58 36 15 14 www.jeccomposites.com The reproduction, even partial, of articles and illustrations is forbidden, unless prior permission is obtained from JEC Composites Magazine. The management of JEC Composites Magazine reserves the right to refuse advertising. Total average Circulation: 20,250 copies* 18,655 copies BPA average qualified circulation 1,595 BPA average non qualified circulation *(BPA June 2006 Audit Report) Frédéric Reux Editor-in-Chief No34 July-August 2007 / JEC Composites Magazine

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