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Nor th Rhine-Westphalia is the leading energy region in Europe. “Particularly in the field of renewable energies, North Rhine-Westphalia has a great deal to be proud of. For example, at 4.4 billion kilowatt hours, wind power makes the largest contribution to power generation from renewable energies in the state, ahead of bioenergy, hydroelectric energy, and photovoltaics. Technology from North Rhine-Westphalia is also used to produce wind energy abroad. One out of every two gearboxes installed in wind turbines throughout the world is manufactured in North Rhine-Westphalia,” said Gessner. He added that the purpose of his visit to Renewtech India in Pune was to intensify and consolidate the relations begun by Economics minister Christa Thoben on her trips to India in 2007 and 2008, especially in the field of renewable energies.
Admitting that the global meltdown has affected potential investments in NRW as in other parts of the world, Stephanus Lintker, project manager foreign affair said that this is seen as a temporary phase that needs to be tided over before things bounce back to normalcy. He added though that they see a huge market in India for renewable energies.
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