Companies are arming themselves with new technologies, services and business models for challenges in the core market / German market has unique potential with regard to ambitious national climate targets and a concentrated wind industry presence in Europe
HUSUM | 12 September 2019 – The Husum exhibition halls are crowded with trade visitors on day 3: Around 600 exhibitors are informing trade visitors about new products and innovative technologies at this year’s HUSUM Wind. There is a strong focus on products and services that are optimally tailored to the specific requirements of the core market. Here are a few comments from the trade fair:
Alex Robertson, Vice President Sales D-A-CH Vestas, Denmark
“The first decade was devoted to 2MW platforms, the second decade to 3MW platforms and the next decade to 2030 will be the EnVentus series with its modular design. The technology is inspired by the automotive industry, where automation has been standard for years. In the future, we will take a giant step to introduce it to the wind industry. I come from the UK, also an important wind market – but the German market is unique in terms of the concentrated manufacturer presence and the comprehensive downstream supply chain for onshore. The wind industry has been doing solid business in this market for twenty years. Now in my area Northern Central Europe the more interesting markets are Scandinavia, Russia, but also UK and Ireland. But if you ask me which market will be the most important in NCE in the future: Germany. Here we have to install 5 MW turbines in order to achieve the climate targets.”
Karsten Brüggemann, Vice President Region D-A-CH Nordex
“Nordex is currently well positioned in the market. Incoming orders of more than 3.5 GW in the first half of the year are a record in the company’s history. There is enormous demand for our turbine technology. In Husum we are presenting the new N163/5.X with a 163-meter rotor for the first time. The low wind turbine is highly flexible and can be fully adapted to local site requirements in the market with different power modes in the 5 MW segment.”
Bernhard Zangerl, Managing Director Bachmann Electronic, Austria
“With our products we support the energy transition. As a world market leader, we are active internationally, but the German market with its potential market volume is still important for us – and it is all the more important that local industry has the opportunity to continue to play a leading role internationally thanks to improved framework conditions.”
Matthias Zelinger, Managing Director VDMA Power Systems
“From our perspective, thinking ahead with wind means that wind energy will have a much broader application in the future. The question is in which energy systems wind turbines will be integrated in the medium term, what role wind energy will play in the production of hydrogen for heating, transport and energy-intensive industry, and how it can be combined with other renewable forms of power generation such as PV or biogas plants. These questions demonstrate the importance of the local research landscape, which today still represents a location advantage for Germany as a location for innovation. We can continue to say with self-confidence that German engineering knowledge is in demand in a sustainable renewable energy market, both nationally and internationally”.
