Our Wind, Our Community
All over Europe, wind farms are doing more than just generating clean electricity. They are building confidence at a local level.
Communities are seeing real benefits from wind: community funds, shared ownership, new infrastructure and renewed public spaces. And Global Wind Day is a chance for people of all ages to learn more about wind energy – and what it can mean for the places they live. Not as an abstract climate solution, but as a source of local opportunity, local pride and shared progress.
This year’s Global Wind Day is all about building confidence.
Confidence that clean, home-grown energy works.
Confidence that communities can shape projects in ways that matter to them.
Confidence that the energy transition can strengthen local life.
Join the Our Wind, Our Community campaign for Global Wind Day 2026 and show us how your community benefits from wind energy. We are gathering stories from around Europe – to inspire, spark curiosity, and show what’s possible when wind energy and communities grow together.
Do you want to find out more? Take a look at our map of European wind farms and the benefits they bring to local communities.
In the booklet below we’ve collected a sample of some of the ways communities across the continent take pride in their local wind farms – as a source of employment, ownership, a local power source, or just as a valued and cherished part of the place they call home. A big thank you to all the people across Europe for sharing your stories!
