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Energy tradeshow – Hannover, 21-25 April 2008
The Clean Moves Expo, part of the flagship Energy fair, will focus on unlocking new applications for electric drives, sustainable biofuels, the latest developments in natural gas drives and optimized diesel technology. With German Federal Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel as its patron, the Clean Moves Expo at HANNOVER MESSE (the Hannover Fair) will cover the full range of energy-efficient mobility technologies. The transport sector is currently facing a number of major challenges. The industry needs to cut emissions of CO2 and other harmful substances and reduce its dependency on oil while also safeguarding a high level of mobility.
Innovations in batteries are opening up exciting new possibilities in the field of electromobility. “There are many advantages to using electrical energy in transportation. It can be obtained from a number of primary energy sources, which could substantially reduce dependency on oil imports. And crucially, using renewable energies to generate power will greatly improve the CO2 balance in the transport sector”, comments Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel. “Alongside the potential offered by alternative fuels and improvements in the efficiency of conventional drives, electromobility will, in my opinion, also play a key role in ensuring sustainable mobility in the future.”
Roger Kohlmann, Deputy Managing Director of the Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft (BDEW, German Energy and Water Association), adds: “More and more energy is now being generated by wind and PV systems – however, as this source can be somewhat erratic, we also need to create new and innovative methods of storage. Electromobility has the potential to solve this problem faster than comparable alternatives. As far as the energy industry is concerned, it’s a win-win situation for the environment, customers and the economy alike.”
Cars are still responsible for the majority of transport-related CO2 emissions. The most efficient way to use energy is to conserve it. This simple conclusion has provided the launch pad for developing highly-efficient cars. Manufacturers such as Volkswagen, Fiat, Opel and Ford will be displaying examples of these at Clean Moves 2008. “Clean Moves establishes a firm foothold on the path towards finding technology that will help to overcome the imbalances and dependencies of the oil era. This event provides a market-focused showcase for viable solutions,” comments Ralph Kappler, the driving force behind Clean Moves.
“Germany, one of the global front-runners in the development of biofuels, is focusing on establishing international sustainability standards for both the cultivation of biomass and the production of biofuels,” says Dr. Andreas Schütte of the Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (Agency for Renewable Resources). His agency and the BDEW are both supporting Clean Moves as information partners. According to EU Commission guidelines, biofuels are to replace ten percent of fossil fuels by 2020 to ensure sustainable security of supply. The German Federal Government’s road map anticipates that the proportion of sustainable biofuels could be as high as 17 percent by 2020. Dietrich Klein, Managing Director of the Verband Landwirtschaftliche Biokraftstoffe (Association for Agricultural Biofuels) comments: “If we produce bioethanol in Europe using the raw materials available in the region, we can be confident of meeting the EU’s sustainability criteria throughout the entire process from cultivation to production.”
Germany currently has four bioethanol plants with a total production capacity of 620,000 tons. In 2008, two additional plants will expand capacity to 850,000 tons. “The German bioethanol industry leads the field in Europe and this, the most important industry event worldwide, is therefore the perfect setting for us and the bioethanol association,” says Lutz Guderjahn, Chief Operating Officer of CropEnergies AG. “Today, bioethanol production is highly efficient and the potential offered by biomass is being used to the full to help protect the climate.”
Biodiesel and bioethanol will continue to offer potential for improvement, though this is limited due to the raw materials currently in use. “The key factor in the long-term will be to develop processes that allow us to use alternative raw materials from outside the food chain,” says Klaus Kilian, Head of Marketing/Communication at Lurgi GmbH. Working in conjunction with the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Research Center), Frankfurt-based Lurgi has developed a process that turns biomass into valuable synthetic fuels. Lurgi and the Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe will present this innovative new process at Clean Moves.
Natural gas vehicles are becoming increasingly popular. At the beginning of 2008, around 70,000 vehicles fitted with this environmentally friendly, cost-effective drive system were registered for use on Germany’s roads. Several new models will come onto the market in the course of the year, including the Opel Zafira TNG and the VW Passat TSI EcoFuel, the first vehicles with natural gas turbo engines. They promise to deliver lower emissions of harmful substances and a reduction in fuel consumption. “In terms of CO2 emissions, the figures for natural gas vehicles are very positive – and they will improve even more in the future due to the blending of renewable bio-natural gas with natural gas fuel,” says Dr. Ulrich Müller, Chairman of the Trägerkreis Erdgasfahrzeuge (Natural Gas Vehicle Group). The first projects have already been put into practice. In northern Germany, for example, drivers in the region supplied by Oldenburg-based EWE AG (between the Ems, Weser and Elbe rivers), can refuel with a proportion of bio-natural gas at over 50 natural gas filling stations. As a fuel, natural gas is 50 percent cheaper than gasoline on average.
High-octane conference at the heart of Clean Moves
Automotive manufacturers, fuel producers, suppliers, investors and consumers will share their know-how about market-ready products at the Clean Moves conference, an integral part of the exhibition. Michael Müller, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, will speak about the latest requirements set down by EU legislation. In addition, representatives of automotive groups Volkswagen, Toyota, Ford, Opel, Fiat and Seat will give the latest updates from the field of efficient drives and mobility concepts. The conference will also focus on cutting-edge developments in electric drives and storage technologies and on the potential of vehicle2grid solutions as demonstrated by leading innovations company Li-Tec, for example.
“HANNOVER MESSE is world-renowned as a center of excellence for innovations, new concepts and technologies,” says trade fair manager Oliver Frese who is responsible for energy-related topics at HANNOVER MESSE. “New technologies are of keen interest to visitors from industry, the political world and the general public. The Clean Moves Expo with its energy-efficient mobility solutions is ideally located at the very heart of the new energy hub in Hall 27 and is directly linked with the Partner Country Japan section.” More than 35,000 visitors are expected to attend the integrated “Clean Moves Exhibition and Conference”. The platinum sponsors of the Clean Moves Expo at this year’s HANNOVER MESSE are NORD/LB and Invest in Germany. •
New special displays – Hannover, 21-25 April 2008
HANNOVER MESSE (the Hannover Fair) is the global event of the year for the entire energy industry and the leading marketplace for the technologies, materials and pioneering innovations. “Energy” is the fair’s flagship tradeshow for conventional and renewable energy technologies. This year, the energy lineup at HANNOVER MESSE will be complemented by Power Plant Technology, an all-new tradeshow themed around power plant construction and operation.
The energy-related shows at the fair feature exhibits, high-power discussion platforms like the WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE, special displays, forums and theme pavilions. The following is a selection of some of the special displays and forums at 2008 show.
In regions with high levels of solar radiation, solar thermal power plants are a commercially attractive option for generating large volumes of CO2-free energy. Recent studies commissioned by Germany’s government indicate that the country will in future increase the solar share of its energy mix, mainly via electricity imports from Southern Europe and North Africa. Solar thermal power plants use turbines to transform solar thermal energy into electrical energy. The technology thus comprises elements of both solar thermal and conventional power station technology.
The market leaders in solar thermal power plant construction will be using the “Solar Gigawatt” special display to showcase their products and services, including proven, reliable technologies with enormous potential for electric generation. The exhibits include parabolic trough collectors, solar power towers, dish-Stirling systems (with parabolic reflectors) and Fresnel reflector systems. “Solar Gigawatt” profiles the entire solar thermal power plant production chain, including all key components.
The displays will be supported by a series of lectures, to be held on 23 and 24 April. The lectures are organized by Deutsche Messe in association with the Club of Rome, the Jülich Solar Institute and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and will feature in-depth discussion on both the technical and political prerequisites for successful solar thermal energy projects.
Whether it’s energy procurement or balance-group management, grid usage metering and billing or switching customers to new suppliers, the liberalized energy market relies on a complex interplay of communication processes. Security of supply in this radically new environment depends on problem-free communication between market participants. This can be achieved only if market-critical processes are optimized, and if power grids are made more intelligent through the use of state-of-the art communication and power system control technologies.
Deutsche Messe is partnering with the EDNA Initiative (a grouping of software manufacturers, management consultants, IT and energy service providers and users) and the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (ZVEI) to launch a new display area dedicated to these topics: Processes, Systems & Solutions for the Energy Sector. The exhibitors will include suppliers of geoinformation systems, business process control systems and power system control technology such as PSI, Mauell, the GAH Group, SAG and Kisters.
The Hydrogen + Fuel Cells pavilion has grown steadily from year to year and is now Europe’s biggest exhibition platform for the hydrogen and fuel cells industry. In 2008, the pavilion will field 150 exhibitors from more than 25 countries. Market leaders, small and medium-sized enterprises and research institutes will be showcasing products and innovations from all areas of this exciting industry, ranging from hydrogen production, fuel cell components, stationary, portable and mobile fuel cells, fuel cell applications, fuel cell test systems and fuel reformers through to hydrogen transport and storage technology and infrastructure. As in 2007, stationary fuel cells will be a keynote theme. The exhibitors include Ballard Power Systems, BASF Fuel Cell, Hydrogenics, CFC Solutions, Dana, StatoilHydro, Hydrogen Technologies, BAXI Innotech, Hexis, Plug Power, Nedstack, Vaillant and Viessmann.
The ZVEI ESCO (Energy Services and Contracting) Forum is among the many special presentations that will feature an even stronger lineup in 2008. Rüdiger Haake, Manager of the ZVEI’s Power Engineering division and the ESCO Forum, explains: “Energy contracting for distributed generation is growing in importance owing to the great potential it offers for making efficiency gains. Comprising ten individual displays by leading contractors, the pavilion is testimony to the great variety of energy-efficiency solutions available to customers, each of which can be tailored to individual requirements.”
With ten panel discussions and almost 30 lectures, the ESCO Forum will demonstrate how energy contracting can deliver major cost savings – to small and medium-sized enterprises as well as to large corporations. One of the key messages is that energy contracting is not just about producing electricity, process steam and heat. The ESCO Forum members offer services ranging from compressed-air, heating and cooling contracting, through to the implementation of renewables as part of full-service contracting solutions.
The CLEAN MOVES EXPO is a marked-focused presentation of energy-efficient mobility solutions. It is where automobile manufacturers, fuel producers, financial service providers and high-level government and business leaders get together for essential dialogue on the sustainable commercialization of clean mobility solutions. The CLEAN MOVES special presentation and conference is located in Hall 27, the central hub of HANNOVER MESSE’s energy-related tradeshows. There, it will feature prominently alongside Toyota near the displays of cutting-edge energy technologies staged by this year’s Partner Country, Japan. This prime location is bound to deliver maximum exposure for the energy-efficient mobility solutions on show.
The German Energy and Water Industry Federation’s (BDEW) natural gas vehicles unit (Trägerkreis Erdgasfahrzeuge) will be taking part in the CLEAN MOVES EXPO, as will Fiat, Opel and Volkswagen. The EXPO also includes a conference titled “Winning the Oil Game”. The conference will focus on electric propulsion systems and feature a series of financing and investor workshops offered in association with Norddeutsche Landesbank (Nord/LB) and the German government’s foreign investment marketing company, Invest in Germany. Other themes include ethanol, second-generation biofuels and biomethane.
At the “Life Needs Power – The Future of Energy Utilization” forum, leading experts from the energy, scientific and government sectors will be exploring current challenges along the road to efficient electricity generation, transmission, distribution and utilization. The topics covered range from the integration of renewables and the need for power grid upgrades in Germany and Europe, to the fundamentals of today’s liberalized energy market and strategic directions in government energy policy.
Jointly staged by Deutsche Messe and the German Energy Agency (dena), the Industry and Export Forum “Renewable Energy” has traditionally presented the latest developments in the renewables sector, including current business opportunities and risks. This year’s four focus areas: 1. solar power, 2. bio energy, 3. geothermal energy, 4. wind energy in Germany, South-East Asia (including Japan), North America and Eastern Europe.
The following three target-group-oriented themes have been selected for 2008:
Cantabria infinita
Cueva de El Soplao • Año Santo Lebaniego • Turismo y gastronomía
Propuestas en Brasil
Cabo Frío: paraíso a 200 km de Río • Niterói: playas, arquitectura y agenda cultural • El camino de Niemeyer: recorrido arquitectónico
Propuestas en Argentina
Ruta Nacional 40: Recorrido de la parte Norte • Recorrido del Centro (Cuyo) • Recorrido de la parte Sur (Patagonia)
Propuestas de turismo
en la Comunidad Valenciana
Ibi, Onil, Foia de Castalla • Belén de Tirisiti - Patrimonio cultural en Alcoi • Los Baños del Almirante (Valencia del s.XIV) • Mundo Naval en el museo Príncipe Felipe • Arte rupestre valenciano (Museo de la Valltorta)
Transporte aéreo
Air Nostrum • Ryanair • Spanair • Vueling
