Esteban Morrás Andrés – CEO, Acciona, Spain
Thomas Richterich – CEO, Nordex AG, Germany
Fritz Vahrenholt - CEO, REpower Systems AG, Germany
Per Hornung Pedersen – CEO, Suzlon Energy, Denmark
Ditlev Engel - CEO, Vestas, Denmark

In a dedicated panel, the wind industry CEOs shared their view on the state of the wind energy market at the end of 2005; the globalisation of the wind industry and the development of new technologies.

*“In our sector, many things are happening. 2005 was the year of a structural crisis in the conventional energy system. Around the world, countries are worried about the availability of energy resources in the future’, said Esteban Morrás Andrés – CEO, Acciona, Spain.
“Wind energy is the most significant solution to overcome today’s energy crisis.”

* “Last year, the wind industry saw a rapid development of new wind energy markets – such as France, Portugal and Italy – and heavy increase on market demands also in the US, India and China”, said Thomas Richterich, CEO, Nordex AG, Germany. “70% of the capacity currently installed is in Europe, but in the next three years we expect to see the focus shift to Asia and the US”.

* “The wind industry is becoming more global and more professional, we are switching gear as we enter into a more mature era”, said Per Hornung Pedersen – CEO, Suzlon Energy, India.”

* “The wind industry will be the main pillar of the global energy industry in Europe, and also in the US”, said Fritz Vahrenholt - CEO, REpower Systems AG, Germany.

* “As future developments on the technology front, Vestas believes in the potential of offshore wind and we will be there to meet the challenge”, said Ditlev Engel - CEO, Vestas, Denmark.