The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has released a post-show report on WINDPOWER 2019, which took place in Houston in May.
The report finds that more than 7,000 registered attendees representing the U.S. and 40 other countries were in attendance. The conference featured 274 speakers, 30% of which were female, doubling the percentage from 2018.
In addition, there were 71 education sessions and 65 digital poster presentations. The show also included a 376,000-square-foot exhibit hall with more than 400 exhibits, 60 private meeting rooms and five education theaters – the largest exhibit hall in five years, says AWEA.
“WINDPOWER 2019 was the first step toward creating a more efficient and effective business development experience for renewable energy companies,” says Jana Adams, AWEA’s senior vice president for member value and experience.
AWEA recently announced the creation of CLEANPOWER, a new exhibition hub that will bring together the utility-scale wind power, solar power and energy storage industries. AWEA’s WINDPOWER 2020 will be housed within CLEANPOWER, which will launch in Denver next May.
“Strong support from pan renewable companies gave us the clear indication of the opportunities that lie ahead under the new CLEANPOWER hub for attendees to network with industry leaders, make deals and build partnerships across clean energy sectors,” says Adams.
The 2019 show’s theme, WIND+, was appropriately named, as 42% of WINDPOWER 2019 exhibitors also do business in renewable segments other than wind. Of that 42%, 85% are involved in solar, 33% are involved in energy storage, 26% are involved in hydropower and 23% are involved in other renewable sectors.
“For years, WINDPOWER has been a leading conference for emerging energy technologies, and it will continue to be the heart of our next chapter as CLEANPOWER,” Adams continues. “Incorporating these technologies into a single exhibition hub will be more convenient for multi-tech businesses, as well as companies specializing in wind or utility-scale solar, who will benefit from an efficient business development forum that attracts an exclusive audience of large-scale developers, corporate buyers and utilities.”
The full report is available here.
