OREANDA-NEWS. On 01 June 2009 was announced, that this exhibition fairground has recently become the place for active business contacts for Russian enterprises, foreign companies and authorities representatives.

These contacts are unique because they are organized in assistance with the government representatives of different countries. Not long ago “Lenexpo” hosted a delegation and exhibition exposition, organized under the government support of the Netherlands and Italy. The last “Lenexpo” exhibition demonstrated significant achievements of German energy business.

Arthur Bruner, vice – Consul General in St. Petersburg of the Federal Republic of Germany said, that it was the first time when the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology was participating at the Energetika & elektrotechnika exhibition. A total of 7 companies were participating at the event, displaying products of innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

As one of the leading industrial and trading countries, the Federal Republic of Germany uses the opportunity of fairs and exhibitions at home and abroad to meet its commitments as an international economic and trading partner. Most of the companies presenting their products are small and medium-sized businesses.

Energetika & elektrotechnika exhibition, recently held at “Lenexpo”, demonstrated several interesting exhibits at the German stand. Every sample explained one of the renewable energy source or energy supply technology.

The “Wind park” exhibit showed that wind energy had been used for a long time and that technical development was leading to increasing efficiency. There one could see models of “western mill”, classic mill and wind power plant.

Here even the person, completely unaware of all peculiarities of the alternative energy supply, could find out that wind power is a form of solar energy. And the biggest drawback in using wind energy is its dependency on the weather and wind conditions prevailing at any time. It is essential to achieve a balance via large composite grids. The share of wind energy in Germany in total power production grew from a negligible 0.3 % in 1990 to about 6 % in 2006 - with a rising trend.

The "Solar Tower" exhibit illustrated the principle of operation of a solar tower power station. The visitors could see how to generate solar energy in the “Solar power” stations.