Press Release 30th January 2009
24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, Hamburg:
• High demand for the exhibition
• Exhibition area largely surpasses previous year event
Munich, January 30, 2009 – WIP Renewable Energies (WIP), Munich, reports very high demand for the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (September 21-25, 2009) and Exhibition (September 21-24, 2009), which will be held in Hamburg this year. The total exhibition area now booked already exceeds the area of the previous exhibition, which took place in Valencia, Spain, in September 2008.
715 exhibitors from 37 countries participated in the 23rd EU PVSEC in Valencia. That exhibition occupied a total area of 50,000 sqm. It attracted 30,000 visitors from 106 countries.
In view of the high demand, the area available for the 24th EU PVSEC in Hamburg has been increased to 65,000 sqm. Peter Helm, Managing Director of WIP, remarked: "The high level of advance bookings nine months before the actual event demonstrates that even in the current financial and economic crisis, photovoltaics is regarded as an industry of the future with high growth potential. This unique combination of the world's leading PV Solar conference, with over 900 specialist papers, and an international PV Solar exhibition, which represents the whole industrial PV solar value chain, strikes a chord with this young industry that is characterised by numerous technical innovations."
In 2009, the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference will again be spread over five days – from September 21 to 25, 2009 – with a wide variety of interesting papers being presented. Far more than 1,000 papers were submitted. They will now be evaluated by an international Scientific Committee.
Background:
For 32 years now, the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition has combined a very nameable international Scientific Conference with an Industry Exhibition. Since 2004 the EU PVSEC takes place every year. Over 5 days of conference and 4 days of exhibition, new products and technical innovations from all areas of photovoltaics and from all over the world are on show.
The 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition EU PVSEC taking place this year is being held in Hamburg, Germany. The conference is expected to attract some 4,000 participants, and the accompanying industry exhibition around 40,000 visitors. About 800 exhibitors will be presenting new ideas and technical solutions from the field of photovoltaics. The EU PVSEC, which is held at different venues throughout Europe each year, ranks as the world's leading event in photovoltaics. It is supported by the European Commission, UNESCO’s Natural Science Sector, the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), the International Photovoltaic Equipment Association (IPVEA) and organized in close cooperation with the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA).
Background information about WIP
WIP, founded in 1968, plans, develops and monitors the realisation and operation of systems and installations in the fields of Renewable Energies and environmental engineering. Since 1986 WIP has been organiser of the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference & Exhibition (EU PVSEC), which takes place once a year in Europe.
Contact:
Press Office of the 24th EU PVSEC
MetaCom Corporate Communications GmbH
Bruchköbeler Landstr. 37, 63452 Hanau, Germany
Yvonne Meyer-Grandpierre, E-Mail:
Y.Meyer-Grandpierre@go-metacom.de
Tel.: +49 6181 9828042, Fax: +49 6181 9828010
Bernhard Krause, E-Mail:
Bernhard.Krause@go-metacom.de
Tel.: +49 6181 9828020, Fax: +49 6181 9828010
