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Husum’s Growth Continues
The 2010 HUSUM WindEnergy and its accompanying trade symposia will take place between 21 and 25 September. Wind energy will continue to grow in importance as an economic factor, playing an increasing part in diversifying Europe’s electricity supply and helping efforts to combat climate change. Installed capacity is expected to increase by several times in the next 20 years. This growth is reflected by the size of this year’s event. Exhibition space has been expanded from 30,000m2 (2008) to about 43,000m2 in 2010 and the exhibitors are showing their products and services in six halls. Besides that, this year the congress will be held in the new 4,500m2 congress and event centre. The organisation is expecting around 950 exhibitors and 25,000 visitors from 70 nations, continuing the success and enjoyment of past exhibitions. I wish everybody a successful show and I hope to see many of you in Husum.- Category: Publishers Note
Windpower 2010 in the Lone Star State
The AWEA’s annual report, released in April, contains facts and figures that show that the American wind power industry has come through the recession in good health and expecting great things in the future. That the US market is doing better was also noticeable at AWEA’s annual event Windpower 2010, held from 23 to 26 May in Dallas, Texas.- Category: Publishers Note
Despite the air traffic disruptions EWEC 2010 was successful
Players in the wind energy business from all over Europe met in Warsaw, Poland, from 20 till 23 April at the European Wind Energy Conference (EWEC) organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Due to the ash cloud from Iceland many people had difficulties to arrive in Warsaw for this annual event. According to EWEA a quarter of the registered conference delegates were not able to attend this year. Still 3000 people showed up in Warsaw and from the people that were not able to come 1,400 watched the live online conference videos. From the exhibitors only 30 were not able to get to Warsaw mostly companies from the US and Asia. The conference program was also a little bit affected by the air traffic disruption but 80% of the sessions went ahead.- Category: Publishers Note
Power America Forward
After one of the coldest winters in the northern hemisphere for many years, and with the price of oil beginning its inexorable rise again, the wind power industry can look forward to the future with renewed confidence. It is perhaps significant that one of the many facts to emerge from the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) annual report is that Texas, the state that remains at the heart of the world oil business, is also the state with the greatest installed wind capacity and is home to the largest wind farms. Clearly, the Lone Star state has seen the future and is setting out towards it with its customary vigour, which is why Dallas is a logical place to hold the Windpower 2010 Conference and Exhibition (23 to 26 May).
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- Category: Publishers Note
EWEC in Central Europe for the First Time
Players in the wind energy business from all over Europe will be meeting in Warsaw, Poland, from 20 till 23 April at the European Wind Energy Conference (EWEC) organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Can wind power generate half of Europe’s electricity by 2050? Climate policies – including financial and regulatory incentives, moving offshore wind to the industrial stage, the development of global markets for wind energy, rotor aerodynamics and wind resource assessment – are among the issues on the agenda at the EWEC 2010 conference.
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- Category: Publishers Note
Europe in the Seizure of an Arctic Winter…
At the time of writing, Europe faces a cold winter, and across Europe people have been asking the question: if the globe is getting warmer, why is Europe freezing? But the question really is whether recent winters taken together have been too warm. Yes, say climate researchers, they have.- Category: Publishers Note
Tools to Support the Development of Offshore Wind
The importance of offshore wind is going to increase dramatically in the near future, with projects located in ever more challenging environments and in higher numbers. These ambitious projects offer great benefits, and, if the risks can be foreseen and managed, they will provide us with a safe, clean and viable source of energy in the future. In this issue we publish two articles addressing this topic.
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