From 24 to 27 September 2024, the UWEA Secretariat, together with the association’s member companies, took part in WindEnergy Hamburg 2024 – the world’s largest exhibition and conference on onshore and offshore wind energy, which takes place every two years in Hamburg, Germany, and this year marked its tenth anniversary! Over the 10 years of its existence, the event continues to bring together the leaders of the wind energy industry, innovators and visionaries who today are shaping the future of renewable energy in the world. Among them are participants of the Ukrainian wind energy market, who this year were traditionally represented at a separate stand of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association. The slogan of this year’s UWEA exhibition stand was “W(i)ndependence: Freedom Through Energy”, and its face – a photo of the first phase of DTEK Renewables’ Tyligulska wind farm. Part of the stand was also a digital catalogue, developed to collect and present brief information about the players of the Ukrainian wind energy market specifically for the WindEnergy Hamburg event. This year’s catalogue contained information about 12 companies that form various components of the added value of an onshore wind energy project: https://uwea.webflow.io
The UWEA stand was one of more than 1,600 exhibitors, which were placed on 75,000 m² and in 10 pavilions, and Ukraine was one of the 40 countries represented at the exhibition. On the five conference stages, access to which was free for all participants of the event, more than 300 speakers shared their thoughts on the future of wind energy and its place in the modern global energy system. In more than 220 sessions and during numerous networking events, politicians, representatives of business and science analysed modern wind energy trends, presented new technologies and discussed the role of wind energy in combating climate change and modern societal challenges. One of these sessions was also dedicated to Ukraine, namely the charitable initiative Renewables4Ukraine (https://www.renewables4ukraine.org), created by the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) in cooperation with UWEA. The moderator of the event was Stefan Gsanger, Secretary General of the WWEA, and one of the key speakers – Halyna Shmidt, member of the UWEA Board and Vice-President of the WWEA.
The second part of the session “Renewables4Ukraine – a successful initiative to support renewable energy in Ukraine” concerned the current state of wind energy in Ukraine and the prospects for its development. The speakers of this part were Oleksandr Selishchev, CEO of DTEK Renewables and a member of the UWEA Board, Maksym Artemenko, business development director at Elementum Energy, and Kateryna Knysh, head of the analytical department at UWEA.
Both the UWEA stand and the aforementioned session enjoyed great interest among the exhibition participants, who this year numbered 40,000 people. The Ukrainian delegation, in turn, consisted of more than 60 people.
UWEA extends its gratitude to all the members of the Ukrainian delegation for the high-quality representation of the Ukrainian wind energy sector at this year’s WindEnergy Hamburg, in particular to the sponsors of the UWEA stand: DTEK Renewables (gold sponsor), Logistics+ (silver sponsor), Elementum Energy, DMCC Engineering, KNESS, Eco-Optima and Wind Parks of Ukraine (bronze sponsors). We also extend our gratitude to the companies: Crane Ukraine, Engineering Company Prof. Katzenbach and Partners-Ukraine, Fenix Repower, Friendly WindTechnology, MCL Group, Stable Energy, TAD and UDP Renewables for their contribution to the development of the digital catalogue.
Andriy Konechenkov, Chairman of the UWEA Board: “UWEA has been a participant of this grand exhibition since the first year of its founding. Participation in such a global event gives Ukrainian companies the opportunity not only to familiarise themselves with the novelties and trends of the global wind energy market, to meet colleagues, to establish new business contacts, but also to present their activity, conduct negotiations with leading manufacturers of wind equipment, and meet potential investors and future friends and colleagues.”
UWEA also extends special gratitude to the organisers of WindEnergy Hamburg for their support in the regular representation of Ukraine at an event of global scale.
