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- Category: Publishers Note
Another Busy Week in Husum
The 2008 HUSUM WindEnergy and its accompanying trade symposia will take place between 9 and 13 September. Having started life nearly 20 years ago as a local event with 29 exhibitors, the 2007 trade fair brought together 640 exhibitors from 30 countries and over 18,000 trade visitors from about 40 countries. This year the organisers are expecting around 700 companies, including wind turbine manufacturers, suppliers and service providers from 35 nations, and 20,000 visitors from 40 countries.
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- Category: Publishers Note
WINDPOWER on its way to becoming the world's largest wind event
The WINDPOWER 2008 Conference and Exhibition took place from 1 to 4 June in Houston, Texas, USA. The WINDPOWER 2008 Conference programme had over 50 education sessions, and included over 350 speakers and moderators, and 150 poster presentations on wind energy topics. This year around 700 exhibitors (up from 420 last year) displayed their products and services and over 13,000 registered visitors attended the event.- Category: Publishers Note
Another Successful EWEC
At EWEC this year there were a record 6,000 participants from 82 different countries. As EWEC 2008 drew to a close, EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Poto?nik, awarded the wind energy sector's most prestigious prize, the Poul la Cour prize. This went to Jos Beurskens, from the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), for his outstanding achievements and many years' service in the field of wind energy. Afterwards, Belgium handed over the role as host of EWEC to France, where next year's conference will be held, in Marseille, on 16-19 March 2009.
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- Category: Publishers Note
Applications and Technology
Wind turbines are not only used to generate electricity but also, for example, for desalination of water. In our January/February issue we published an article about the floating turbine from the company Blue H Technologies. It is clear that other parties are also interested in this concept. Based on this concept, a floating, autonomous desalination unit has been designed and developed by a group of Greek companies, universities and research centres.
- Category: Publishers Note
European Commision Shows the Way
Last year the European Council agreed that the European Union will increase the share of renewable energy to 20% by the year 2020. The EU has adopted this share as a binding overall target for its Member States. These targets are very ambitious: today 8.5% of energy is renewable (of which wind energy is the biggest part). To achieve a 20% share by 2020 will require major efforts across all sectors of the economy and by all Member States. A European approach is needed to ensure that the effort for reaching the 20% target is shared equitably between Member States.
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- Category: Publishers Note
Will floating be the future?
Last December, European Offshore Wind (EOW) took place in Berlin, Germany. After the first EOW organised by the Danish Wind Energy Association in 2005, the EWEA took over the organisation and turned it into a pan-European event which will be held every two years. The Berlin event was a great success, with more than 2,000 participants attending the sessions and 120 exhibitors offering a range of services and solutions in the fast-expanding offshore wind market. The next EOW will be in Stockholm, Sweden, from 14 to 16 September 2009.
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- Category: Publishers Note
The European Future of Offshore Wind
On 4 December 2007, over 1,000 representatives of the offshore wind industry, policy makers and energy specialists will gather to explore and discuss the future of offshore wind energy during a three-day pan-European conference dedicated specifically to this promising technology. Organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), the European Offshore Wind Conference and Exhibition (EOW2007) will debate the future of offshore development in Europe.
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