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EGWEA participation in CWEE2008, 25-28 April 2008

EGWEA president, professor Galal Osman is attending the 2nd China (Shanghai) International Wind Energy Exhibition & Symposium (CWEE2008) held at Shanghai New International Expo Center in Shanghai, 25-27 April, 2008.  Within the Symposium technical program, Prof. Osman has a presentation on April 26th, titled “Chances and Market Perspectives for Chinese Wind Turbines Companies in Africa and MENA Countries”.   Building on the success of the previous event, CWEE2008 is the meeting place of the most important companies working in wind energy in China and worldwide.  It is also the most important technology exchange platform and with important business and trade opportunities.

 

 

 

Scope of CWEE2008 Exhibits:

  • Wind Turbine

  • Tower

  • Rotor Blades

  • Electric Generator

  • Gear box

  • Controlling and Braking System

  • Nacelle 

  • Power Net, Transmission and Distribution 

  • Project Development, Designing and Construction

  • Wind Farm Operation and Maintenance 

  • Project’s Financing and Authentication

  • Insurance Company

  • Technology Research, Consultancy and Software

  • Technology Transfer and License

  • Professional Newspaper, Magazine. Publication and Website

CWEE 2008 is sponsored by the Chinese Wind Energy Equipment Association, the Wind & Tidal Power Special Committee of Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering and the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) 

CWEE2008 website: http://www.cwee.com.cn/en/

EGWEA participation in ICREA, 16-18 April 2008

EGWEA president, professor Galal Osman is attending the International Conference on Renewable Energy in Africa (ICREA) held in Dakar, Senegal, 16-18 2008.  Within the conference technical program, Prof. Osman first presentation on April 16th is titled “Policy and regulatory issues for grid connected wind energy in Egypt, implications for scaling up” on April 16th and his second presentation on April 17th is titled “Large Wind Farms – Project in Egypt”.
ICREA is a joint activity of the Government of Senegal, the African Union, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).  The conference focuses on renewable energy markets for Africa in terms of policies, industries and finance for scaling-up.  ICREA website is http://www.unido.org/index.php?id=o76539

EGWEA Participation in ISROMAC-12


EGWEA board member, Lamyaa El-Gabry attended the 12th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery (ISROMAC-12) to present a paper titled “Computation of Unsteady Heat Transfer on the Casing of a Turbine Blade” ISROMAC12-2008-20191. The paper was part of a session on Heat Transfer chaired by Robert Hendricks of NASA Glenn Research Center.  The paper was co-authored with Ali Ameri, Research Scientist at Ohio State University. 

The International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery is a bi-annual conference that was first held in 1985.  The conference covers all aspects of rotating machinery including structural dynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, etc.  Participants and papers come from industry, academia, and research labs throughout the world.  ISROMAC-12 was held February
17-22, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
http://www.isromac.org/
 

Submission of Egypt's Pledge to WIREC 2008
Date: 31 March, 2008
 
Both Prof. Galal Osman (EGWEA & AFRIREA President) and  Mr Mohamed Abo El Eneen (Chairman of Energy and Industry Committee - Egyptian Parliament) represented Egypt in the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference, WIREC 2008.   As requested during the conference, Prof. Galal Osman has submitted Egypt's renewable energy pledge to WIREC 2008, titled: Egypt: 20% Renewables by 2020.  The pledge states an aim of 20% of Egypt's generated electricity to be from renewable energy sources (10GW) by the year 2020. 14% would be from Wind power (7GW) and 6% from Hydro power (3GW).  WIREC 2008 Pledges news: http://www.ren21.net/news/news24.asp
 

EGWEA participation in MEPCON 2008, March 12-15 2008

EGWEA president, professor Galal Osman and EGWEA vice-president, Dr. Mohamed Osama are both attending the 12th International Middle-East Power Systems Conference (MEPCON 2008) which takes place in Aswan, Egypt, March 12 -15, 2008.

The objective of the conference is to cover present technological progress in key areas of power engineering.  It will provide a forum for university faculties, research institutes, industry and utility engineers to exchange views and discuss challenges for the future. Activities include panel discussion workshops and invited speakers will be held.  One of the conference main topics of interest is Renewable Energy Technology, especially Wind Energy.  MEPCON 2008 website is http://www.svu.edu.eg/mepcon08

EGWEA participation in WIREC 2008, March 3-6 2008

 EGWEA president, professor Galal Osman is attending the Washington International Energy conference (WIREC2008) held in Washington DC, USA, March 3-6 2008

Hosted by the United States Government, in cooperation with the American Council On Renewable Energy, WIREC 2008 is the third global ministerial-level conference on renewable energy, following events in Beijing in 2005 and Bonn in 2004.  WIREC 2008 focuses on three pillars necessary to support renewable energy industries: Agriculture and Rural Development; Technology/Research and Development; and Market Adoption and Finance.  Each track will examine how public policies and private efforts can most effectively advance renewable energy across the globe.  WIREC 2008 website is http://www.wirec2008.gov

EGWEA trip to Zafarana wind farm

 

On Saturday, January 26th, 2008, EGWEA members together with undergraduate and graduate students paid a visit to Zafarana wind farm.

Zafarana wind farm turbines

Zafarana Farm Control Room

Eng. Adel Fathy - Chief maintenance engineer at Zafarana
WWEI training course in Egypt.

In November 2007, WWEI  finished the first part of a training course in Cairo, Egypt .

After the successful completion of the 3-weeks WWEI wind expert training program for AOI in Cairo Preben Maegaard, director of WWEI Denmark, went to Cairo to hand over the training certificates to the AOI students.

The training program was conducted by WWEI in Denmark, which is the international training branch of the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy in cooperation with WWEI in Egypt, represented by professor, Dr. engineer Galal Osman.

  

Group photos of the student team and leaders were taken as well.

Read further about the AOI training course here.

 

 

Group photo taken outside the A.I.A.T. training center.

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