How will A Word About Wind support you in 2018?

If you’re thinking about signing up for a membership, or are renewing your existing package, here is our run-down of what you can expect from us this year.

When Adam set up A Word About Wind in 2012, he wanted to support the growth of the global wind sector with financial intelligence and personal connections.

And now, as we enter 2018, this mission is as important to us as it ever was. Yes, we have seen huge changes in the wind sector globally over that time as costs have fallen. And yes, the A Word About Wind service has evolved too, including a crop of some of the industry’s most forward-thinking special reports. But that initial goal hasn’t changed.

Now, some of you have noticed that we’ve had to adjust prices for the new year, to reflect the additional analysis and events that we are providing you with in 2018. On that basis, we thought it was a good time to spell out what you get from a membership this year.

What’s new for 2018?

The main change is that, this year, we’ll be launching a range of events and analysis with a focus on North America.

Why are we doing this? Well, over the course of 2017, we’ve become increasingly aware of the significance of the North American market to our members. The Top 100 Power People 2017 revealed that more than half of top influencers in the industry operate in North America, either exclusively or as part of their role. Consequently, we feel that the time is right to give our members a more detailed look at that market.

As of this month, all of our members have started receiving an extra weekly briefing focused on North America. This means that, over the course of the year, we are now producing 200 briefings, up from 150 in 2017 – or an increase of one-third. That works out as an extra 150-200 news stories in your inbox each year, and 50 analysis pieces from our team of experts. The new briefing goes out on Thursday mornings, at 8am New York time.

We’re also looking forward to publishing our inaugural North American Power List on 29th May, which will give an in-depth look at the 100 most influential people in wind in North America. We’re open for nominations until 14th February: editorial@awordaboutwind.com

And we’re also taking our events to the US for the first time. Pre-registration is open for our Financing Wind New York conference on 31st May: tickets are available to silver, gold and corporate members, and pre-registration ensures you’ll get all the latest info.

Finally, in September, we’ll start a new series of Quarterly Drinks in New York, helping silver, gold and corporate members connect with each other and find new business opportunities.

In conclusion, fifty new intelligence briefings, three events, and one special report more for 2018 – on top of what was already included in our packages in 2017.

In addition to everything you’re used to…

It’s also worth reiterating that this drive into North America will not detract from the events and analysis, focused on the global market, that our members benefited from in 2017.

We will still be publishing our global editions at 8am UK time on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays – 150 of these each year with a total of 750 stories and 100 analysis pieces.

We will still be running our Quarterly Drinks events in London every three months.

And we will still run our annual Financing Wind conference in London later this year.

To reflect the fact that we are including more in our membership packages this year, we’ve had to adjust the prices of our membership packages. Our pricing programme is available to view here. If you have any queries about your membership, please feel free to contact Matt or Zoe.