2012 | 01 | 27 Press Agency Krampitz supports the international trade fair for wind enegy

The international trade fair for wind energy, HUSUM WindEnergy, will take place from 18 to 22 September 2012 in Husum, Germany. For this year’s fair, the promoter expects 1,200 exhibitors as well as more than 40,000 trade and business experts from 90 countries. We will be assisting the trade fair promoter create its press and public relations and organise the HUSUM WindEnergy Award ceremony.

2012 | 01 | 25 Fire Protection at Photovoltaic Plants - Iris Krampitz participates in a workshop at the TÜV Rheinland

Solar power plants have a significant influence on how firemen handle them during a fire. Within the scope of a research project funded by the German Department of the Environment, the TÜV Rheinland – along with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, the professional fire department in Munich, the International Solar Energy Society, German Section and industrial partners – is investigating the fire and electric arc hazards which can originate from photovoltaic plants.

Furthermore, the project partners are developing safety measures and recommendations for standardisation committees. The first results will be presented to fire departments, installers, IT consultancies, insurers and manufacturers at a workshop in Cologne on 26 January. Iris Krampitz will take part in the workshop and write a professional article on the topic directly afterwards.

2012 | 01 | 20 Survey on Change in Energy Policy

More than half of all Germans are willing to accept higher electricity costs needed to develop renewable energies and expand the power grid. This was the result of a representative forsa survey conducted on behalf of the Association of Municipal Enterprises (VKU) in December 2011. The higher the net income, the more those questioned were willing to accept higher costs.

In addition to higher electricity costs, many Germans also seem to accept large plant constructions in their own surroundings. Thus, 54% of those questioned were favourably disposed toward wind energy plants in their neighbourhoods.

For the VKU these survey results lay the groundwork for implementing the change in energy policy successfully. (Source: VKU)