Business Delegation to Northern Germany for North American Wind Energy Companies

The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest in Chicago and the Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Montreal organized a business trip for North American wind energy companies to Northern Germany in October 2009. The program was initiated by Germany Trade and Invest, Germany’s new foreign trade and inward investment agency, and financed by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology of Germany and took place under the framework of the Export Promotion Program Renewable Energy. 

From October 6th to 11th, the Chambers led eight American and Canadian wind energy companies on a journey throughout Germany, visiting manufacturing facilities, site demonstrations, wind farms and networking events.  From Hamburg to Bremerhaven, Kiel, Bremen, Aurich and Rostock, the companies were introduced to some of the most important players in the wind energy industry in Germany and concluded the trip in Berlin.

North America represents a very interesting market for German companies, as the North American wind energy industry is still experiencing strong growth and as the market is still depending from foreign imports to a certain degree. German products and know-how in general are renown in North America and Germany’s leading role in the field of wind energy is uncontested.

Realized Company and Site Visits:

• Asmus Arbeitsbühnen und Hebezeuge                        www.asmus-bau.de
• Eikboom                                                                         www.eikboomgmbh.de
• ENERCON                                                                      www.enercon.de
• German Rotor + Tower Service                                    www.deutsche-rts.de
• German Wind Energy Institute (DEWI)                           www.dewi.de
• German WindGuard                                                       www.windguard.de
• GL Wind                                                                         www.gl-group.com/glwind
• REpower                                                                        www.repower.de
• windcomm schleswig-holstein                                      www.windcomm.de
• Wind Energy AgencyBremerhaven/Bremen (WAB)     www.windenergie-agentur.de

Please click here to find the TV coverage by Radio-Bremen on the business delegation (October 9, 2009). Please consult the media coverage of Joule Online, germanwind and WAB on the North American delegation.

Please find below the presentations we received from the German participants:

06.10.2009 REpower - Helmut Herold

06.10.2009 REpower - Jens Goesswein

07.10.2009 German Wind Energy Assocation - Hermann Albers

07.10.2009 windcomm schleswig-holstein - Martin Schmidt

09.10.2009 DEWI - Jens Molly

09.10.2009 BTC - Joachim Klinke

09.10.2009 Deutsche WindGuard - Gerhard Gerdes

Find pictures of the events here.