The World’s Leading Wind Energy Trade Fair a report by
Alistair A Tarwid HUSUM WindEnergy
For as long as there has been a global wind industry, Husum, a town on Germany’s North Sea coast between Hamburg and the Danish border, has been the venue for its leading trade fair. However, Husum was showing the latest developments in wind turbine technology long before the industry went global. This is pioneer country, where the industry’s founders came together to show their groundbreaking work in a field of energy engineering belittled by the established energy sector and the political powers that be. While the understanding of the climate situation in parts of the political arena is limited to littering every speech with climate catchphrases, the thinking majority has accepted the need for natural, renewable energy sources. Wind energy may not solve all of the world’s problems, but the industry’s continued growth in recent years is certainly proof that it is a viable alternative to our traditional fuel sources. For anyone wanting to see just how far the technology has developed, HUSUM WindEnergy (21–25 September 2010) is an absolute must. Husum is wind history, and this history has been shaped by the men and women who are still developing landmark technology, and whose companies are still exhibiting at HUSUM WindEnergy.
With 950 exhibitors in 2010, HUSUM WindEnergy will be bigger than ever before, although Hanno Fecke and his team are ensuring that HUSUM retains its fun side. The wind industry is serious business, but attendees must also have the opportunity to relax a bit. Well aware that you achieve the best results when you are enjoying yourself, the HUSUM crew have once again prepared a trade fair with the traditional HUSUM atmosphere. In addition to the now well-established and highly popular Windwanderer Festival – one party spread across several venues around the old harbour with live music that includes chansons, blues, rock and jazz – foreign visitors will be able to enjoy a real Bavarian-style Oktoberfest, with original lederhosen, dirndls, shoe-slap dancers and a brass band.
The organisers of HUSUM WindEnergy are expecting over 25,000 visitors from 70 nations, and this year’s fair will also have several country pavilions, including Denmark, US, Canada, Spain, China, The Netherlands, Poland and Italy. Now that the new state-of-the-art congress centre has been completed, and six additional lightweight halls have been added for the world’s greatest wind show, the fair offers a total of 43,000m2 exhibition space, an increase of 13,000m2 over 2008. After successful trials at the last show, new air conditioning systems will be installed throughout the exhibition area.
Alistair A Tarwid is a freelance Author, Translator and Interpreter. He also teaches technical English at the BZEE Renewable Energy Training Centre in Husum and in Cologne. His English–German students’ wind power dictionary is due for publication in October 2010.
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HUSUM WindEnergy Congress
Parallel to the trade fair itself, Husum is once again staging its popular HUSUM WindEnergy Congress, with a large variety of events that include workshops, scientific conferences, presentations of company innovations and information about training and career opportunities in the industry. This year’s congress will be staged in Husum’s new North Sea Congress Centre, situated directly adjacent to the main exhibition hall. Four days of sessions, with around 150 speakers from all over the world presenting 60 specialist programmes on topics and trends affecting the wind industry. The main congress events take place on the first four days, with the fifth day dedicated to qualification in the wind industry. Subjects covered at this year’s congress include ‘How to finance wind energy’, where experts from Ernst & Young address the matter of funding and financial structuring of major wind projects. External experts, such as Professor Peter Dahlhoff, will be discussing the current situation regarding offshore projects, with Klaus Gründel from the BARD Group illustrating this on the basis of his company’s experience with their first commercial offshore project. The PricewaterhouseCoopers talk will concentrate on project transactions, participation models for municipal utility providers and other investors.
ARGE Netz will be explaining the finer points of the German feed-in law, a workshop recommended for owners of solar and wind farms and, of course, grid providers. The Law Group will be providing an insight into the advantages and pitfalls of intellectual property (IP) protection and how to develop IP strategies for companies, while representatives of Michalski Huettermann & Partner will be presenting patent strategies in the wind energy sector and how to secure a technical advantage. ABB’s Teijo Kärnä (Finland) and Stephan Ebner (Switzerland) will be addressing challenges and solutions for the electrical drive train of large offshore wind turbines, outlining business models for co-operation with internationally operating customers in the areas of turbine development, volume production and lifetime service.
Engineers, planners, buyers, quality assurance specialists and commercial management will also find subjects of interest at the congress: Patrick Junkers of Hytorc will be talking about maintenance-free bolt connections, while iSAM’s Bernd Mann will be talking on advanced welding technology. Other subjects covered at the congress include how to manage tax risks when involved in foreign or offshore wind projects, transport solutions for on- and offshore projects, while Michael Franz and Angelika Wasielke from GTZ will be talking about the potential of future markets, such as Kenya, Thailand and Vietnam. An overview of the Korean wind market will be provided by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency. Challenges for risk and insurance management to secure project finance will also be discussed in the Marsh session on the
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