GWEC activities during EWEA 2015 - Global Wind Energy Council

Meet the GWEC team and our event partners at booth K10-2c

Join us at our Booth K10-2c (opposite the Danish Pavilion), and see how GWEC can help your company build your business in emerging wind markets! Meet our event partners and ensure your company gets optimum visibility at our upcoming events in Mexico, Brazil, China and South Africa.

Brazil has one of the lowest wind power generation costs. As such, there are so many outstanding opportunities for companies seeking to invest in this fast-growing wind market.

GWEC and Apex-Brasil are offering several opportunities for international companies who are interested in the Brazilian market to not only find out more about this exciting growing market but also to meet face-to-face with those stakeholders who are serious about doing business in their home country - Brazil.

Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment agency, is organising a delegation of companies and authorities from across the Brazilian supply chain to visit EWEA 2015. GWEC is supporting the delegation with key activities to enable players from both sides of the geographic divide to get in touch and seal deals.

Tour of exhibition by Brazilian Delegation - 17 November

GWEC is organising a tour of the EWEA 2015 exhibition for the delegation of Brazilian companies during the afternoon of 17 November. If your company is exhibiting and interested in the Brazilian market, let us know now and we will consider your booth as one of the stop points. Preference will be given to GWEC members. Registration now closed.

Invest in Brazil Seminar - 18 November at 8h30-13h30

Working together with APEX (the Brazilian Trade and Investment Agency) and ABEEolica (Brazilian Wind Association), GWEC is facilitating the visit of a delegation of Brazil companies active in the wind industry. A seminar entitled 'Invest in Brazil' - on 18 November - aims to provide sector leaders with the chance to discuss the opportunities and challenges of investing and doing business within the renewable energy sector in Brazil. The seminar is open to all EWEA attendees. Registration and further information can be found here.

Match-making meetings with Brazilian delegation - 18 November

GWEC is offering a few select companies the opportunity to meet with Brazilian companies and authorities who are serious about doing business and about growing the wind industry in Brazil. Meetings will be set up in 30-minute slots to enable each company to get to the core of business and to set up the foundations for future dealings with one another. If your company is interested in meeting the Brazilian delegation, this is the ideal opportunity. Registration now closed.

Doing Business In non-European Markets - 19 November at 11h30 - 13h

GWEC session "Doing Business In non-European Markets" during the main conference programme - 19 November, 11h30-13h.

As part of a series of ‘Doing Business in …’ workshops organised by Global Wind Energy Council - this interactive session will focus on markets outside Europe. Speakers will share their experiences and insights into wind developments in Brazil, Mexico and India outlining the challenges companies are likely to face when trying do business, and some practical tips as to how to overcome them.

Delegates are actively encouraged to engage with the speakers during the Q&A part of the session.

Moderator: Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council.

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	*Doing Business in …. Brazil* Élbia Silva Gannoum is CEO of ABEEolica, the Brazil Wind Energy Association. Elbia will bring us up to date with the latest developments in the financing and local content rules under FINAME, share with us the main outcomes from the 2015 auctions, and outline what challenges lay ahead for the wind industry.
	*Doing Business in …. Mexico* Joan Aymami, Vice President of International Business at AWS TruePower, will share with us his first hand experience of establishing a business in Mexico. Having set up an office in Mexico City only months ago, Joan will outline the main challenges he faced while establishing the business there, and will provide some concrete tips on how best to deal with these challenges.
	*Doing Business in … India* Shruti Shukla, GWEC’s Director of Policy and Global Projects, will explain the latest developments in the FOWIND Offshore project and what opportunities lie ahead for the industry in India.
	*Overcoming barriers to international investment in wind energy: the case of local-content requirements* Geraldine Ang will present key findings from the recent OECD report Overcoming Barriers to International Investment in Clean Energy. This report highlights the increasing use of local-content rules in wind energy in emerging economies, as well as OECD countries, mostly since the 2008 financial crisis. It provides new evidence that such rules have hindered international investment in wind energy, in a context of global value chains.