Offshore wind 💙🌊 ⚓ in North Rhine-Westphalia? – Yes, absolutely!

17th NRW Wind Energy Industry Day July 1-2, 2025 at the Zeughaus in Neuss

Offshore wind 💙🌊⚓in North Rhine-Westphalia? – Yes, absolutely! – #NRW is at the center 🎯of the German energy transition – not only as a major electricity consumer💡of offshore wind power⚡, but also as an industrial driver and driving force for a networked energy future. 💚🌍

Under the patronage of Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy and Deputy Minister President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the event on July 1️⃣ in #Neuss will receive political backing and a clear message: 📢 Offshore wind is not just a coastal issue – it is a crucial industrial project for the future for the whole country and for #Europe. #Value creation #Industry #Jobs 💪🌊⚓

The 1️⃣7️⃣. Branchentag Windenergie NRW on July 1 and 2, 2025 in Neuss will focus on the topic of offshore wind 🌊⚓ already at the center of the opening session🎯in the Zeughaus: strong, inspiring words of welcome ➕ impetus ➕ an exciting panel discussion on the topic:

➡️ Offshore wind for and in NRW at state and federal policy level.
NRW has been one of the most employment-intensive federal states since the start of offshore wind energy. This is where the issues of green steel, the necessary sustainable energy supply and the offshore wind industry come together with a view to a true #circulareconomy ♻️. NRW provides valuable shares for the resilient expansion of offshore wind energy and is traditionally home to a strong energy industry.

The excitement continues:
➡️ Block II: Offshore wind know-how from NRW & offshore wind at EU policy level
➡️ Block III: Offshore wind energy for NRW – transformation of the districts

As a North German and yet a native of Duisburg, I am very much looking forward to moderating 🎤 and exchanging ideas with the experts at the Offshore Wind Day, organized by Offshore Wind Kommunikation at the NRW Wind Energy Industry Day, hosted by Lorenz Kommunikation 🤝 🙏 🤗 🙏 #strongertogether🤝

Offshore Wind 💙🌊⚓ Know-how from NRW & European offshore wind policy await participants at the 1️⃣. July in Neuss in block 2️⃣ of the NRW Offshore Wind Day at the 17th NRW Wind Energy Industry Day.

#NRW plays a key role in the resilient expansion of #wind energy at sea. The Federal Ministry of Economics is currently looking into the implementation of the #NZIA Clean Industrial Deal. I am therefore 🤩 particularly pleased that Giles Dickson, CEO WindEurope, will give us an update on European wind policy. 🌬️🌊⚓wind policy.

Block2️⃣: Offshore wind know-how from NRW & offshore wind EU policy:
➡️ Pascal Daleiden, CEO for Hitachi Energy Germany/Austria/Switzerland and Slovenia: 📢”Affordability, critical supply chain. How can OEMs contribute to solutions?”
➡️ Giles Dickson, CEO WindEurope: 📢 “Update on European Wind Policy”
➡️ Marcel Hilgers, Vice President Markets, Customers & Technology, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG: 📢 “Collaborative Decarbonization: Establishing Green Lead Markets for CO2-Reduced Electrical Steel
At the heart of 🎯of the concluding panel discussion in Block 2️⃣ will focus on the competitive situation for the offshore wind and steel industry in Europe – today and in the future. In addition to the speakers, the panel will be joined by Dr. Bernd Horstmann, Director Project Development, Summit Renewable Power GmbH and Pim Reuderink MIGEM MIET MIScT, Regional Technical Manager, Bureau Veritas Benelux 💪💡🙏

Since the start of offshore wind energy, North Rhine-Westphalia has been one of the most employment-intensive federal states. 💪 federal states. With a view to a genuine circular economy, this is where ♻️ the topics of #greensteel, the necessary sustainable energy supply and the offshore wind industry come together here.

Block 3️⃣ Offshore wind energy for NRW – transformation of the districts 💚😎

Next Tuesday, 1️⃣. July, in Neuss, I am very much looking forward to the Experts & Experts Roundtable Offshore Wind Energy ⚡for NRW 💙🌊⚓- Transformation of the districts”
We can expect 3️⃣ inspiring presentations followed by a concluding discussion round with an outlook 🔜:

➡️ Karina Würtz, Managing Director of the OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE Foundation 📢 “Offshore wind in Germany and prospects for 2030ff,
➡️ Dr. Carsten Lehmköster, Managing Director of Amprion Offshore GmbH📢 “How NRW is becoming a coastal state – value creation and prospects through offshore wind energy”
➡️ Björn Wittek, Managing Director of Rhenus Offshore Logistics GmbH & Co. 📢 “Dismantling offshore wind: perspectives and current assessments of a logistics company”

Karina Würtz, Dr. Carsten Lehmköster, Björn Wittek and Michael Pett from OIS Offshore Industrie Service GmbH will join us for the final panel discussion 😎 Our topic: “Offshore Wind Energy for NRW – Transformation of the districts” – Thank you for joining us! 🙏

Central 🎯Questions❓:
👉 What is the significance of the North Sea and Baltic flows for NRW?
👉 Is there additional acceleration potential for grid expansion and what course must be set for this?
👉 What needs to happen for offshore wind decommissioning and recycling?
👉 What added value does the expansion of offshore wind energy create for NRW?
(…) 4️⃣0️⃣ GW by 2️⃣0️⃣3️⃣4️⃣

The mEErFrauen eV will be at the start 🚀 and will join you on the 🔍search for female and male leadership models from 5 pm. Anne Lorenz 💚 will moderate the session “Power women in renewables: Women networking the future”

We Lorenz Kommunikation and Offshore Wind Kommunikation are looking forward to seeing you! During the day in the Zeughaus and for the networking evening in the Vogthaus 🤝🥳🎉 – Stay tuned 😎 – #strongertogether🤝

Click here to register: https://nrw-windenergie.de/tickets/