Windpower 2009 Conference and Exhibition - Last Day
Windpower 2009 has come to a close. I took away two primary impressions from the conference. First, the industry is a jobs driver -- 22,000 people attended and only a small minority were there for the jobs fair. People are employed in this business and working enthusiastically. Second, the conference showed how windpower is maturing as an industry -- as one person I met said, the companies that had big displays at prior conventions put up smaller displays, and the little guys multiplied exponentially. Rather than the 100 or so players you would see five years ago, the industry now has tens of thousands of companies involved. There is depth and diversity in the supply chain that reflects an industry putting down strong roots in our economy. I'm already looking forward to Windpower 2010 in Dallas.
Post authored by David Petersen, partner practicing in Sustainability and Real Estate and Land Use Groups.
