World-leading WindEnergy Trade Fair Confirms Hamburg's Position as the European Capital of Wind Energy

Hamburg (ots) - From 23 to 26 September 2014, WindEnergy Hamburg
will open its doors for the first time. The organiser, Hamburg Messe
und Congress, is expecting 40,000 trade visitors to attend this
world-leading trade fair. More than 1,000 exhibitors from over 30
countries will be presenting solutions and innovations from the
entire onshore and offshore value chain.

WindEnergy Hamburg 2014 will be the showcase for all globally
active companies, from world-famous key players to small and
medium-sized enterprises from all parts of the value chain. More than
15 national pavilions - ranging from Denmark to the USA and China -
will reflect the current as well as the emerging national markets in
the wind energy sector. For about 40 percent of the exhibitors
currently registered, the focus of the trade fair is on the offshore
sector.

International figures in the industry are also particularly
interested in the Energiewende (energy turnaround) in Germany as the
leading technological centre, and the key role played by wind energy
in the move towards renewable energy, which will be a major theme in
the first year of WindEnergy Hamburg. After all, as stated by Leopold
Greipl, Managing Director of VDMA, Wind Energy Working Group: "Many
countries are looking towards Germany and watching how this highly
developed industry is handling the Energiewende and exit from nuclear
power."

The central theme of innovation is underlined by Bernd
Aufderheide, President and CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress: "The
industry will give an impressive presentation at WindEnergy Hamburg
of what it is doing to provide innovative solutions and a sustainable
energy supply".

Industry insiders consider Hamburg to be Europe's wind energy
capital and it provides the perfect setting for a trade fair bringing
together international specialists and serving as a meeting point for
the energy industry. For many global players in the industry,
WindEnergy Hamburg will be a home game because leading companies such
as DONG Energy, Nordex, Senvion and Siemens have headheadquarters
offices in the North German Hanseatic City of Hamburg. In the
metropolitan region of Hamburg, around 25,000 people work in about
1,500 companies in the renewable energy industry, mainly in the wind
energy sector.

Further information: http://www.windenergyhamburg.com

Media contact:
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Hamburg Marketing GmbH
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Email: matthias.beer[at]@marketing.hamburg.de
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