E vent venues and the industries on which their events focus sometimes have clear links That s the case with the trade fair Renexpo Interhydro which is also open to the general public Held at Messezentrum Salzburg it is consid ered to be the number one international platform for hydropower in the Germany speaking world It thus takes place at a ven ue that gets 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy Although the venue on the bank of the River Salzach makes no claims to be a provider of expertise in the field of hydropower there is a power plant nearby also on the Salzach The power plant is a fixture in Renexpo s accompanying programme of events Visitors can go on a guided tour and learn about the benefits of hydropower Much greater amounts of renewable en ergy will have to be generated in order to en sure energy security in the future To achieve that surpluses and shortfalls in the grid will have to be balanced out Hydroelectric pow er plants will play a central part in this since they offer flexibility in electricity generation and also make it possible to store energy Hy dropower thus has a key role to play as the decision makers at Messezentrum Salzburg affirm hydroelectric power plants can be used as baseload or peaking power plants Thanks to their rapid startup capability and extremely short response times they can re spond to load requirements in the grid with in a very short space of time These power plants can be started and stopped very quickly and the amount of electricity they generate can be adjusted to suit require ments Renexpo Interhydro which also in cludes a conference is now organised by Messezentrum Salzburg itself last year the trade fair centre took it over from Reeco which had organised the event for many years 125 exhibitors 467 conference dele gates and around 2 500 visitors came to it last time The aim is to follow on from that this year on 28 and 29 November www ren expo hydro eu In other respects as well Messezentrum Salzburg is a green event venue which also spares no effort to make energy savings natural daylight in the halls ensures a pleasant ambience and also re duces energy consumption All spotlights and strip lighting use energy saving fluores cent lamps Motion detectors have been in stalled in the corridors and toilets to cut en ergy consumption lights are no longer left constantly on In addition all ventilation and air conditioning systems are equipped with heat recovery technology www messezen trum salzburg at PB 20 FOCUS TradeFairs Internation al 3 2019 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRES Guided tours just upstream Austria gets a significant proportion of its electricity from hydropower A well known hydropower trade fair there is held at a venue that somehow seems fitting Im Vorjahr hat das Messezentrum Salzburg die Kongressmesse Renexpo Interhydro übernommen Last year Messezentrum Salzburg took over Renexpo Interhydro trade fair and congress Die Renexpo Interhydro gilt als internationale Plattform für Wasserkraft im deutschsprachigen Raum Renexpo Interhydro is an international platform for hydropower in German speaking countries Ph ot o V og l P er sp ek tiv e Ph ot o V og l P er sp ek tiv e

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