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* Three months since its start, 402 companies have confirmed their participation which represents a 56% increase in the number of direct exhibitors. * The trade fair's international presence is strengthened with 171 exhibitors attending from 17 countries which accounts for 30% of the total exhibition area. The twelfth edition of the Energy and Environment International Trade Fair organised by IFEMA will see the best results in its history and confirms the upward trend that the event has experienced in recent years making it the sector's main meeting place for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. The growing interest in this sector will result in a significant increase in the number of exhibitors. The total number of participating companies in 2008 was 258 direct exhibitors as opposed to GENERA'09 which has already closed stand bookings at 402 exhibitors at the beginning of February which accounts for a 55.8% increase in direct participation. The remarkable rise in participating companies is reflected in the size of the exhibition space at the twelfth edition of the Energy and Environment International Trade Fair. GENERA'09 currently occupies 15,132 square metres of net exhibition space, representing an increase of 48%. International presence GENERA'09 consolidates its international vocation with a growth in both number of foreign companies presenting their new products and features in halls 7 and 9 of the Feria de Madrid, as well as in the number of countries being represented.The international exhibitors figure has risen to 171 companies originating from 18 countries including Italy, Germany, China, the Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey, Austria, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, Portugal, India, United States, Republic of Korea and Slovenia and occupy, 4,586 square meters of exhibition space, 30.4% of the total area. One of the sectors showing a three digit increase in exhibition presence is the solar photovoltaics industry which shifts from 3,426.5 square metres at the last edition to 7,171 square meters this year, an increase of 109.2% in net surface area and 47% of the total exhibition. Cogeneration shows an increase of more than 41% to 1,086 square metres and biomass by more than 40% growing to 600 square metres are just some of the other sectors increasing their presence at the trade fair. The companies operating in the sector of hydraulic energy are also gaining weight at GENERA'09. They have moved up from 28 square metres in 2008 to 219, which represents an increase of 682.1%, but although their space has grown in size, this sector still only represents 1.44% of the total exhibition. Geothermics, gas, hydrogen and fuel cells will be the main new products exhibiting at the Energy and Environment International Trade Fair compared to previous editions. Distribution of sectors at GENERA'09
Source: Ifema. Note: Data at January 2009. Technical workshops and Innovation Gallery The fundamental role of the Energy and Environment International Trade Fair as a trade sector meeting point is strengthened by the traditional hosting of the technical workshops that allow the creation of an open debate forum on the future of the renewable energy market. Each participating technology in the Spanish electrical generation system mix– wind, mini wind, photovoltaic and thermal solar energy, concentration, nuclear and biogas, among others- will have a specific session in which they can address the medium term challenges the different 'clean energy' industries are facing. Ifema, in collaboration with the representative associations of each energy model (ASIF, AEE, COGEN AND ACOGEN, ASIT…) and entities (CIEMAT, IDAE) integrated in the GENERA'09 organising committee, have initiated the programming schedule of each of the technical workshops. The conferences will address The new Spanish photovoltaic sector model, New technologies in thermal production, the biogas potential in Spain and the Realities, barriers and tools for the efficient energy services in buildings and installations.The association ATEGRUS will be holding a technical workshop on Bioenergy which will run simultaneously alongside GENERA. The INNOVATION GALLERY will be taking place for the second year running within the framework of GENERA'09. This initiative has become an industry platform for presenting some of the main lines of research currently being carried out by both public and private companies. The main objective of this proposal is to foster the development of renewable energies in the Spanish market, transferring the technical developments achieved to both trade visitors attending GENERA as well as to the end user. The INNOVATION GALLERY is opening its doors this year to the scientific and professional community enabling them to present any type of project without the necessity of being linked to the company representing that sector at the trade fair. The only requirement to present a candidacy is for the products or developments to have an efficient application and to be market orientated. The period for proposals ended on 30 January and the committee of experts in charge of selecting the participating initiatives in this second edition will be communicating its verdict at the beginning of March.
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