Wind Energy Forum "Quo Vadis" held at Luton
on 23rd November 2007
With over 40 attendees, windpower renewable solutions’ first Wind Energy Forum, held at SKF’s Headquarters in Luton, proved to be the great success that was anticipated.
Kevin Donovan, Director of windpower renewable solutions, and John Laycock, General Manager Key Accounts and Business Development of SKF, presented some interesting facts on wind turbines. Due to researches, the first known windmills date back 8,000 years as they were used alongside the hanging gardens of Babylon providing power to lift water, thus creating a land “flowing with milk and honey”. Kevin and John covered the whole spectrum from ancient past to the present and gave some interesting outlook to what the future could be like.
Inge Aasheim and Daniel Doncaster from SKF focused on the subjects of reliability and condition monitoring and received positive responses from the audience.
With further presentations from Steve Higman, Account Manager of B9 Energy, regarding health and safety issues, and from Bruce Valpy, Director of BVG Associates, who provided further details on the wind energy industry, the stage was set for a very active questions and answers session.
“It is unbelievable.” says Kevin Donovan. “Our first ever wind energy forum has been received in such a positive way. I feel that the industry has been looking for a partner to host such a type of event for a long time, and I am really pleased with the outcome.”
Sigrid Lindemeir, Marketing Manager of windpower renewable solutions, commented: “It has been a lot of hard work to organise this forum and to put together the right agenda, but the reactions of the attendees drives us on to create an even better event next time.”
It was a privilege to have Maria McCaffery, CEO of the BWEA among the attendees. Maria was delighted with the outcome and said she would welcome the opportunity of attending the Quo Vadis Forum on an annual basis.
