EnergyDecentral, the international fair for decentralised energy systems, took place for the first time in its new format from November 11-14, 2014. The spectrum of technologies covered by the event was extended from solely bioenergy applications to include other decentralised energy generation systems such as gas-fired cogeneration plants (CHP).
The Power Systems association, part of the German Engineering Federation, welcomes the change to the exhibition's remit. After all, the market for bioenergy is currently limited to the refurbishment and conversion of existing plants so that they can operate flexibly, in accordance with demand.
"Gas-fired CHP offers potential for energy-efficiency gains that is currently being exploited by industry and by the facility management sector. The flexibility of CHP, in combination with fluctuating renewable energies, is going a long way to making Germany's energy transition a success," says Gerd Krieger, Deputy Managing Director of VDMA Power Systems.
Mr Krieger is calling on the German government to remain firm in pursuing the targets it has set and to provide policy certainty for investment: "In an analysis of potential, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy provided official confirmation of the savings that are possible with CHP and is reviewing an amendment to the Act on Combined Heat and Power Generation.
"This gives hope to the engineering sector. Especially since the government is currently falling short of its own objective of increasing the proportion of net electricity generated by CHP to 25 per cent by 2020. There needs to be additional incentives for capital investment in order to compensate autoproducers for the cost of the renewable energy levy."
The exhibitors expressed satisfaction with the fair. "We're very happy with the quality of our meetings with customers at this year's EnergyDecentral, just as we were two years ago," said Ulrich Inderthal, Sales Vice President at Bosch CHP Systems.
Stefan Liesner, Head of Marketing at 2G Energy AG, added: "We're meeting exactly the kind of people who we're looking to target: farmers, businesses with electricity and heating needs, and municipal authorities. There's been a lot of interest in our gas-powered CHP units." His message was echoed by Christoph Bendzko, Senior Manager of Strategic Development at MTU Onsite Energy GmbH: "EnergyDecentral is the ideal shop window for the industry. All actors along the value chain of decentralised energy supply are represented here."
The 'Decentralised Energy Supply' and 'Smart Energy' forums were particularly well received. They gave an insight into the latest technological trends and international developments on the market.
About VDMA Power Systems
VDMA Power Systems is a sector association in the German Engineering Association (VDMA). It represents the interests of the manufacturers of wind power and hydropower systems, fuel cells, gas/steam turbines and facilities and motor/engine facilities at home and abroad, serving all of them as information and communications platform for all areas of the industries, such as energy policy, legislation, market analyses, trade fairs, norming, standardizing, and press and public relations work.
About VDMA eV
The German Engineering Association (VDMA) represents over 3100 mainly medium-sized member companies in the capital goods industry (machinery manufacture and plant engineering) and is thus one of the strongest and most significant industrial associations in Europe. Machinery manufacture and plant engineering is a key technology and the driving force for the economy. With a workforce of 1,008,000 in Germany (2014), the sector is the largest industrial employer. Around 77 percent of German production is exported.
Read more HERE.
The Power Systems association, part of the German Engineering Federation, welcomes the change to the exhibition's remit. After all, the market for bioenergy is currently limited to the refurbishment and conversion of existing plants so that they can operate flexibly, in accordance with demand.
"Gas-fired CHP offers potential for energy-efficiency gains that is currently being exploited by industry and by the facility management sector. The flexibility of CHP, in combination with fluctuating renewable energies, is going a long way to making Germany's energy transition a success," says Gerd Krieger, Deputy Managing Director of VDMA Power Systems.
Mr Krieger is calling on the German government to remain firm in pursuing the targets it has set and to provide policy certainty for investment: "In an analysis of potential, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy provided official confirmation of the savings that are possible with CHP and is reviewing an amendment to the Act on Combined Heat and Power Generation.
"This gives hope to the engineering sector. Especially since the government is currently falling short of its own objective of increasing the proportion of net electricity generated by CHP to 25 per cent by 2020. There needs to be additional incentives for capital investment in order to compensate autoproducers for the cost of the renewable energy levy."
The exhibitors expressed satisfaction with the fair. "We're very happy with the quality of our meetings with customers at this year's EnergyDecentral, just as we were two years ago," said Ulrich Inderthal, Sales Vice President at Bosch CHP Systems.
Stefan Liesner, Head of Marketing at 2G Energy AG, added: "We're meeting exactly the kind of people who we're looking to target: farmers, businesses with electricity and heating needs, and municipal authorities. There's been a lot of interest in our gas-powered CHP units." His message was echoed by Christoph Bendzko, Senior Manager of Strategic Development at MTU Onsite Energy GmbH: "EnergyDecentral is the ideal shop window for the industry. All actors along the value chain of decentralised energy supply are represented here."
The 'Decentralised Energy Supply' and 'Smart Energy' forums were particularly well received. They gave an insight into the latest technological trends and international developments on the market.
About VDMA Power Systems
VDMA Power Systems is a sector association in the German Engineering Association (VDMA). It represents the interests of the manufacturers of wind power and hydropower systems, fuel cells, gas/steam turbines and facilities and motor/engine facilities at home and abroad, serving all of them as information and communications platform for all areas of the industries, such as energy policy, legislation, market analyses, trade fairs, norming, standardizing, and press and public relations work.
About VDMA eV
The German Engineering Association (VDMA) represents over 3100 mainly medium-sized member companies in the capital goods industry (machinery manufacture and plant engineering) and is thus one of the strongest and most significant industrial associations in Europe. Machinery manufacture and plant engineering is a key technology and the driving force for the economy. With a workforce of 1,008,000 in Germany (2014), the sector is the largest industrial employer. Around 77 percent of German production is exported.
Read more HERE.
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