Exhibition Ticker - Wind Power Portugal 2011 Conference & Exhibition

Dear Sir/Madam,

In a time of economic downturn, Portuguese wind development has robustly continued. An additional 260MW has been installed over the first part or 2011, landing Portugal a top 10 spot in the World Wind Energy Associations (WWEA) top worldwide Wind Energy Markets.

Portugal are also pushing the envelope on offshore wind development, with the innovative WindFloat project set to launch later this month.

With the ambitious targets set out for Portuguese wind, continued growth is key. Wind Power Portugal, now being held on 22-23 November 2011, is focused exclusively on the Portuguese wind sector, where you can hear from key developers and financiers about driving wind power forward.

Register by 17th October to benefit from the early booking discounts

Confirmed speakers include:
- Pedro Cabral: Advisor to the Secretary of State for Energy
- Clara Braga da Costa: Member of the Board, Inovcapital
- Helder Baptista: Investment Director & Business Development, Formeinvest
- Senior Representative: Santander
- Antonio Messias: Executive Director, ACE InovGrid, EDP Distribuicao
- Vitor Tomas: Director, Order and Conduct, EDP Distribuicao
- Arthur Trindale: Director, Costs and Tariffs, Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE)
- Ana Estanqueiro: Research Analyst, Offshore Wind, LNEG
- José Carlos Matos: Head of Wind Energy Group, Energy and Environment Unit, INEGI- Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management
- Senior Representative: US Export-Import Bank

View the Event Brochure for the full agenda and speaker details.

With a new government at the helm, the industry stands at a pivotal moment. It is now more important than ever for confidence in Portuguese wind to be driven forward to consolidate support and stimulate new investment, with the Economy Minister recently assuring developers that cuts to wind subsidies will not affect planned projects.

Key topics to be addressed at Wind Power Portugal 2011:
- Accessing project finance: Which organisations are currently investing? What financing options are available? Can long term investment be stimulated?
- The continuation of the feed in tariff: At what level will the tariff be secured? Will this lead to sustainable project financing?
- Overcoming long project lead-in times: How can the issue of insufficient grid connection points be resolved? Can the permitting process be made simpler?
- Examining increasing environmental concerns: Will tensions increase as the onshore market further matures? What are the key environmental concerns?
- Cross country grid interconnection: How best to create a balancing market with Europe and North Africa? Can voltage issues be resolved with Spain?
- Smart grid development: How important is its role in balancing increasing wind integration?
- Cutting edge developments in offshore wind pilots: Achieving 75MW by 2020?
- Hydro electric storage: Increasing the use of pumped hydro to compliment wind power generation

Build relationships and drive sales at Wind Power Portugal
- 1st class lead generation: meet companies actively working in the wind industry
- Enhanced brand profile: pre-event promotional campaign plus extensive on site branding
- Excellent publicity: gain an incredible amount of presence from on site promotion
- A cost effective marketing solution: our development team will be happy to customise a package and develop a cost effective marketing channel to generate new sales leads

Hear what our customers have to say about our leading wind power global series:
- "One of the best renewable energy conferences I have attended in terms of quality of participants and presentations and opportunities to network for real business leads” Wolf Theiss
- "This year's conference was outstanding and gave attendees the most up to date information on the emerging U.S. offshore wind industry" PSEG Global and Garden State Offshore Energy
- "Great variety of attendees. Excellent networking opportunities. Impressive list of government presenters. Congratulations!" Offshore Wind Development Coalition
- "Excellent event and a great opportunity to meet industry leaders" ARCADIS
- "Thank you for putting this great event together’" ALSTOM
- “Excellent. Quite markedly the quality of the content in the formal presentations was outstanding” Mainstream Renewable Power
- "Great conference. Thank you. Good quality of sponsors and a great opportunity to connect with key players in this market place." Kingsbury Renewables

To find out more details about sponsoring or exhibiting at this event please contact Trevor Sievert @ ts@windfair.net

I look forward to meeting you in Portugal.

Kind regards,

Anna Watson
Wind Markets Specialist
Green Power Conferences