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On April 27, 2024, the German Wind Power Museum in Stemwede-Oppendorf hosted the so-called “Renewable Energy Day.” The reason for this is that this day commemorates the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Numerous events related to this topic are taking place throughout Germany, including at the German Wind Power Museum. The museum is supported by a non-profit association, which, as every year, organized several speakers who provided an informative supporting program with their specialist presentations.

After the welcome address, architect and civil engineer Andreas Hennemann opened the event by reporting on the planning and use of a so-called plus-energy district. In the second presentation, energy consultant Sahard Agam from Rahden explained the Building Energy Act, which came into force on January 1, 2024. Project manager Knuth Nolting spoke about the sensible use of a PV system. Project manager Yasar Keser from Bremen demonstrated how water is broken down into its components in an electrolyzer, which, in conjunction with a battery storage system, provides a sustainable solution for storing electricity from renewable energies.

Wilfried Winkelmann guided visitors through the museum grounds and provided some fascinating insights into the history of wind energy technology, which is vividly described in the museum’s over 25 open-air exhibits. In addition to the primarily German systems, there are also exhibits from the former GDR, the Netherlands, France, the USA, and Denmark in the outdoor area.

The next speaker, Prof. Dr. Klaus Kuhnke from the Osnabrück Solar Energy Association, will present Solar Package 1, which has eliminated bureaucratic obstacles to operating a solar system and significantly simplified the registration of a balcony power system. Reinhard Ernst, an engineer from Diepholz, shared his experiences with community energy projects. Urban Schippmann reported on the latest developments in the wind energy industry. Finally, the museum’s educational director spoke about the regional impacts of climate change and the resulting opportunities for action.

The German Wind Power Museum is now proud to boast a fast-charging station for electric bikes on the museum grounds. The station was developed and installed by a company from neighboring Espelkamp.

The Westfalen Blatt newspaper reported on this in detail.

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At the beginning of the year, the German Wind Power Museum secured another grant from the North Rhine-Westphalia state government.

This grant will enable the museum to offer a three-year full-time/half-time position in the educational field.

The corresponding official job posting can be found on the homepage.

Further details can be found in the following article.

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Museum manager Arne Jaeger provides detailed reports on the current developments regarding the museum’s funding projects and the exhibits in the exhibition spaces in the trade magazine “Wind Kraft Journal,” issue 5/2023.

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The German Wind Power Museum once again had the opportunity to present itself to over 200 guests from the wind industry, wind turbine operators, project planners, and others at the last “Hasewind Stammtisch” in Osnabrück on October 9, 2023.

The photo shows the museum’s small booth at the Hasewind Stammtisch. This was made possible by Gerhard Hinnah, the event organizer. The German Wind Power Museum would like to take this opportunity to thank Gerhard Hinnah for the invitation!

The German Wind Power Museum’s open day, which took place on September 9, 2023, was briefly covered by the Westfalen Blatt newspaper.

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As part of the “REACT-EU” funding program, a film crew visited the German Wind Power Museum in the fall of 2022 (see “Documentary on the REACT-EU Funding Program” from November 4, 2022).

The footage about our museum has now been edited by the company Matrix into a separate film and published on the YouTube portal.

The German Wind Power Museum thanks Matrix for this kind gesture!

See the following link:
https://youtu.be/FYgK0ObalY8

From May 11-13, the German Wind Power Museum was represented with a large booth at this year’s “GoFuture” training fair in Minden, focusing specifically on environmental education. With a total of 120 exhibitors, the goal was to educate potential apprentices about the attractiveness of skilled trades. Ulrich Zieske, chairman of the educational advisory board, headed the Wind Power Museum’s booth.

The Stemweder Bote newspaper reported extensively on this topic.

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The project on “Renewable Energies – Digitally Communicated and Analyzed,” supervised by Ulrich Zieske and Arne Jaeger, has officially been successfully completed.

An article on the topic has been published in the Stemweder Boten.

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In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the EU has developed REACT-EU, a program designed to mitigate the economic and social consequences of the pandemic in Europe.
REACT-EU (Recovery Assistance for Cohesion and the Territories of Europe) allocates a total of €400 million for projects in North Rhine-Westphalia over the next two years. Of this, €260 million will be used within the framework of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
The ERDF is being implemented by the North Rhine-Westphalia state government. The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia is the lead agency.
The North Rhine-Westphalia state government has also commissioned the production of a documentary film in 2022, which will showcase five exemplary projects from the program, including the German Wind Power Museum.
The film can now be viewed on YouTube at the following link: