EWEA Technology Workshop on Post-Construction Wind Farm Assessment, 2-3 July 2012, Lyon, France

Analysis of Operating Wind Farms: Learning the Lessons from Operational Sites Second EWEA Technology Workshop 2 & 3 July 2012, Lyon, France   In response to requests from industry, EWEA's second technology workshop will focus on the post-construction assessment of wind farms.   Register now to join the 170+ people who will attend! Online registration is open until the start of the event on Monday 2 July. You may also register onsite. See who has already registered via the attendee look-up   Programme & presenters As projects get bigger so does the impact of predictions not matching actual production. Attend this workshop to get answers to critical questions including: How can differences between pre- and post-construction analysis be minimized? What best practice is the industry working towards? Are construction and operating teams talking to each other?   Sessions will focus on: Data from operating assets: what are they really worth? Post-construction yield analysis techniques Power performance Availability and asset monitoring Turbine-by-turbine performance   Hear from industry specialists from the following industry leaders: 3E AWS Truepower Belwind nv Deutsche WindGuard DEWI GmbH DNV KEMA DTU Wind Energy ECN GL Garrad Hassan E.ON Climate and Renewables EREDA Iberdrola Renovables Natural Power REpower RES Ltd SgurrEnergy Ltd Vestas Full programme and presenters   Pre-workshop survey results to be presented What is the industry standard for post-construction yield analysis techniques? Delegates will find out in Lyon! Many thanks to the 59 people from 50+ organisations who took part in the pre-workshop survey.   Beautiful Lyon! The venue is the gastronomic capital of France and UNESCO World heritage site, Lyon. Why not come early and make an early summer break of it? The registration fee includes the workshop dinner cruise on the only sailing restaurant in Lyon - network with your peers while seeing the sights!   Participation fees and registration   Online registration is open until the start of the event on Monday 2 July. You may also register onsite.       EWEA - European Wind Energy Association asbl/vzw 80 Rue d'Arlon | B-1040 Brussels tel: +32 2 213 1860 | fax: +32 2 213 18 90 | VAT: BE 0476 915 445 email: techworkshops@ewea.org | web: www.ewea.org/techworkshops         © European Wind Energy Association - EWEA asbl/vzw, 2005-2012

Rio+20: Will Brazil be a Hunger Hero and Rescue Rio+20 Summit?

Will Brazil be a Hunger Hero and Rescue Rio+20 Summit?
ActionAid Identifies the Ingredients to a Successful Summit

Rio de Janeiro – Today, Brazil assumes the role as host of the UN Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20), and with it the responsibility to ensure that the negotiations are concluded successfully.  Brazil takes leadership at a critical moment, when agreement on issues around food security have all but stalled. With only three days of negotiations left before the heads of state arrive, the question is if Brazil can move countries to agreement on food and agriculture issues that will protect the right to food.

 "The success of the Rio+20 process will be judged by the ability of governments to agree to action on three building blocks of truly sustainable development ," said Ms. Kirsten Hjørnholm Sørensen, policy advisor, ActionAid Denmark, "In a world with growing demand for food, we need investment in the women smallholder farmers that are feeding the majority of the world, we need climate resilient and sustainable agricultural models that can help adapt to a changing climate without drawing on finite energy resources and we must move away from food based fuels that exacerbate the problem."

"The right to food for all must be recognized in this process, and commitments to invest in the women small holder farmers who are currently feeding the majority of the world are paramount," said Roberto Sensi, Food Policy Officer of ActionAid Italy, "Agriculture is not about serving special interests but about providing a sustainable, solid system that provides the means to make a living for millions of people. It is time to make small holder and women farmers the key solution in enabling communities to grow their way out of food and hunger."

 "Finally, we must ensure that increasing renewable energy does not contribute to the agricultural challenge by being filled by unsustainable biofuels," said Mr. Roberto Sensi. "While a strong commitment to fight climate change and change fossil fuel consumption is vital in order to ensure food production in the future, first generation biofuel production places unsustainable pressure on land and agriculture in developing countries."

"Brazil is in the perfect position to broker a deal to end hunger," said Ms. Sørensen, "Brazil has shown the world that you can fight poverty and hunger through programs and public policies for social protection. Now is the time for Brazil to internationalize this experience."

"The 26 million Brazilians who have risen out of extreme poverty demonstrates the impact of Brazil's choice to put the right to food high on the national agenda, and President Dilma can do the same in the Rio+20 talks," said Ms. Hugueney, "Given that Brazil faces major challenges in relationship to sustainable development, safeguarding forests and the use of pesticides in agriculture, leadership at Rio+20 offers an opportunity for Brazil to demonstrate its commitment to end hunger."

Art in Redlight, Sparkling Art Fair in Amsterdam Redlight district

 

Art in Redlight 8^th edition

Sparkling Art Fair in Amsterdam Redlight district

 

At the end of September there is a promising art weekend in Amsterdam, with the new photo exhibition Unseen, the relaunch of the Stedelijk Museum, Inside Design and as icing on the cake for the eighth time Art in Redlight, a bubbly sales exhibition with sixty selected international artists.

In the Old Church in Amsterdam are 20 t/m 23 September hundreds of new works of art, photographs, jewelry, design, paintings and videos to see and buy.

 

Art in Redlight, the independent art fair, in short AIR8, are again experiencing the eighth edition. It is an art fair in a unique location: The Old Church in Amsterdam Red light district of the capital.

 

Art in Redlight is the forerunner in the demand of Amsterdam to bring more culture in this oldest piece of the City. In order to honor this Alderman Lodewijk Asscher will open the fair at 21th September at 16.00 hours.

AIR8 aims at the new art buyer who wants to come directly in contact with the artist. Many of the artists themselves are present next to the gallery owners. Art in Redlight is known for a large club of lovers, followers and buyers and looking for an even bigger audience.

Therefore AIR8 introduced some extra disciplines like; art design, jewellery design and fashion photography.

 

The Foundation Art in Redlight selects the entries of the participants and is looking for surprises, whims and sincerity of work. She follows her own path, without regard of name, fame, age and origin of the artist. While it is an Independent Art Fair, the presentation is beautifully done, in the completely restored the 14th century Gothic church with striking much light.

 

To Art in Redlight is an auction for charity connected. On Sunday 23 September auctioneer Jan Pieter Glerum auctions works from the participating artists In the run-up to the auction these works can be seen on various locations in the Wallen area.

AIR allows its yield on Orange Babies, a Dutch foundation that cares about pregnant African women who are infected with HIV.

 

This year for the following artists among others selected AIR8: Steve Johnson, Katerina Belkina, Uday Shanbhag, Alexis Milne, Marcel Pinas, Otazu, Horst a. Friedrichs, Kuswidinanto, Ingmar Swalue , Jompet and Paul Heijnen.

 

More information at www.artinredlight.com

NB: note to editors: press contact: email: info@artinredlight.com, for interviews and footage: 06 51967233

Photo in Annex: Steve Johnson ' Cinema 5 ', Courtesy Galerie Gist.

 

More information www.artinredlight.com

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Foto in bijlage: Steve Johnson 'Cinema 5', Courtesy Gist Galerie

 

 

Global Wind Day 2012

Discover the power of wind Global Wind Day is a day for discovering the power of wind energy and the possibilities it holds to change our world. Hundreds of thousands of people are involved in the production of energy from the wind, but for many people, wind energy is a mystery. Global Wind Day is the day when you can visit wind farms, meet experts, attend events and find out everything you want to know about wind energy. Find out more on www.globalwindday.org We love wind energy because   it is free it is good for the environment it provides jobs it will never run out Watch the Global wind Day video Click here to watch the brand new Global Wind Day video Tell the world you love wind energy • Like the official GWD page • Tell the world you love wind energy • Share the power of wind • Follow GWD on Twitter and retweet • Use the official GWD hash tag:    #globalwindday • Find an event near you • See the GWD ambassadors • Learn about wind energy Organised by:   Share with a friend: © 2012 European Wind Energy Association       Disclaimer

International ArtExpo Call for Artists: Hidden Cities & Hybrid Identities - Rome, Italy

Call for Artists: Hidden Cities & Hybrid Identities - Rome, Italy Deadline: June 21, 2012   International ArtExpo is selecting all interesting video/short.films and photo works to include in the next 2012 Exhibition:   Hidden Cities & Hybrid Identities - International Videoart Festival and Photo Exhibition at Ripa Hotel in Rome, Italy (July 06-08, 2012)   organizer: International ArtExpo (www.lucacurci.com/artexpo) curators: Luca Curci, Fabiana Roscioli project coordinator: Claudia Dionesalvi   Follow the event on facebook: www.facebook.com/internationalartexpo twitter: www.twitter.com/artexpogroup   opening: July 06, 2012 at Ripa Hotel & Riparte Cafè - via degli Orti di Trastevere, 3 - 00153 Rome, Italy exhibition & screening places: Riparte cafè & Spazio Suite dates: photo exhibition: July 06 - August 05, 2012 / video screenings: July 06–07–08, 2012   The deadline for applications is June 21, 2012   The selections will be based on the main concept of "Hidden Cities & Hybrid Identities" that analyses the hybridization of physical and social identities in the contemporary cities.   The number of works with which you can participate is unlimited. All video works must be on DVD (PAL or NTSC), no matter what the original source medium. The maximum length of videos should be 10 minutes. All photo works on every kind of support are accepted. The maximum dimensions allowed per each image are 100 cm per side.   Send your works submissions with a CV/biography, videography and some still images (only for videoartists) and some samples of photo works (only for artists) to:   Luca Curci Architects Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33 70122 Bari, Italy   The participation in International Videoart Festival and Photo Exhibition requires an entry fee for every artwork submitted and selected. Participation open to: professional artists, architects and designers, associate groups and studios.   International ArtExpo is a not for profit organization that provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from different cultures and countries. We depend on the support of you. ArtExpo is grateful to all of the institutions, corporations, and individuals who support our efforts. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and writers from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.   media partner: It's LIQUID Group (www.itsliquid.com), Artports (www.artports.com), Matters of Art (www.mattersofart.net), Rearte Gallery (www.rearte-gallery.at), Artinasia (www.artinasia.com), CLIC-HE' (www.clic-he.it)   International ArtExpo Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33 70122 Bari (Italy) +39.0805234018 +39.3387574098 lucacurci@lucacurci.com www.lucacurci.com/artexpo     media partners