The World Wind Energy Association WWEA and the German Wind Energy Association BWE invite you to contribute actively to the WWEC2012. The top international wind event will profile the special topic of Community Power – Citizens’ Power, referring to the development and ownership of renewable energy projects by local citizens and communities including farmers and landowners, cooperatives, municipalities, local and regional developers and utilities, as well as other partners.

Amongst the participants, there will be representatives from local, regional and national governments, international organizations, community wind farm developers, local and regional utilities, engineers, wind turbine manufacturers and more.

Five days left to submit your abstract for WWEC2012!

Choose the topic of your interest from below, present it from your point of view and send the abstract to wwec2012@wwindea.org by 27 February 2012, adding in the e-mail title „Abstract for WWEC2012“!

Conference topics:

Cooperative, community and similar ownership and business models for industrialized and for developing countries
Local, national and regional policies, barriers, incentives
International frameworks and programmes
Financing community power projects: Equity, loans and other measures
Local and regional plans for 100 % renewable energy supply, system integration and optimization
Small wind energy systems, their potential role, and what policies are necessary
Hybrid systems and storage
Industrial strategies and creation of local manufacturing capacities
Local municipalities and local utilities
Wind turbine technology, systems, and components
Wind resource assessment and prediction
Wind farm planning
Monitoring, operation and maintenance of wind farms
Research, training and education

All abstracts should be concise and clearly state results, objectives or key components of the paper. They should not exceed 500 words and should contain a list of key words. An electronic copy (in doc format) must be submitted before 27 February 2012 to: wwec2012@wwindea.org

Important Dates:

Extended Deadline for Paper Abstract Submission
27 February 2012

Deadline for Paper Abstract Reviews
15 March 2012

Notification of the Accepted Papers to the first Author
31 March 2012

Deadline for Submission of the Full Papers and Pre-registration for the Authors
15 April 2012

Publication of the Official Conference Programme
30 April 2012

Deadline for the receipt of presentation material electronically
31 May 2012

Conference organizers:

World Wind Energy Association WWEA
Bundesverband WindEnergie BWE – German Wind Energy Association

Conference Chairs: Dr. He Dexin, WWEA President; Mr. Hermann Albers, President of the German Wind Energy Association BWE
Executive Chairs: Mr. Stefan Gsänger, WWEA Secretary General; Ms. Sylvia Pilarsky-Grosch, BWE Vice President
Programme Chairs: Dr. Richard Cowell, UK; Mr. Paul Gipe, USA; Prof. Dr. Dieter Holm, South Africa; Prof. Dr. Choong-Yul Son, South Korea

11th World Wind Energy Conference & Renewable Energy Exhibition WWEC2012
„Community Power – Citizens‘ Power“
Bonn, Germany, 3-5 July 2012 – www.wwec2012.net

WWEA Head Office