Organized by

World Wind Energy Association WWEA

Center for the Study of Renewable Energy Technologies CETERof the Higher Polytechnic Institute Jose Antonio Echeverria CUJAE

in conjunction with

Latin American Wind Energy Association (LAWEA)

Ministry of the Basic Industry MINBAS of Cuba

Cuban Society for Renewable Energy Promotion and Environmental Respect CUBASOLAR

Invitation to become Sponsor or Exhibitorof the 12th World Wind Energy Conference 2013Opening Doors to Caribbean Wind(WWEC2013)

Havana, Cuba, 3-5 June 2013

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On behalf of the World Wind Energy Association and the Center for Study of Renewable Energy Technologies (CETER) of the Higher Polytechnic Institute Jose Antonio Echeverria CUJAEwe havethe pleasure to invite you, as a leading international renewable energy organization, to become Sponsor or Exhibitor of the 12th World Wind Energy Conference 2013 & Renewable Energy Exhibition, taking place in Havana (Cuba) from 3 to 5 June 2013 at the Convention Palace of Havana. The official announcement of the event took place during the closing ceremony of the 11th World Wind Energy Conference in Bonn, Germany, 3-5 July 2012 where all the participants expressed their support. As you know for achieving a successful result the event needs the collaboration and participationof different organizations and specially organizations of the region.

The conference’s purpose is to provide in the Caribbean region for the first time an international wind forum for professionals from the academic sector and industry, from developing and developed countries, to share their research, ideas, and perspectives. The event offers a special opportunity to get to know the advances and prospects of wind power and renewable energy in general in the Caribbean, in Central American and in all Latin American countries. Hence the appropriate theme of WWEC2013 is:

OPENING DOORS TO THE CARIBBEAN WINDS.

The central topics of the event are those proper of the wind energy and other topics related to other renewable energy sources.

The approximate 800 participants of WWEC2013 will be representatives from local, regional and national governments, international organizations, academic and research sector, wind farm developers, engineers, wind turbine manufacturers, renewable energy technologies manufacturers and developers and more. The topics of the event are:

  1. Local, national and regional policies, barriers, incentives
  2. International frameworks and programmes
  3. Community power, poverty alleviation and further strategies tooptimizesocial benefits of wind powerand other renewable energies
  4. Local and regional plans for 100 % renewable energy supply
  5. Capacitybuilding, training and education
  6. System integration and optimization, grid connection
  7. Decentralised and distributedenergygeneration
  8. Wind turbine technology, systems, and components
  9. Wind resource assessment and prediction
  10. Wind farmplanning
  11. Wind farms under extreme climateconditions
  12. Wind in the built environment: energy, habitability and vulnerability.
  13. Monitoring, operation and maintenance of wind farms
  14. Wind power and tourism
  15. Energy and water
  16. Food and energy
  17. Supply energy for communities in rural areas
  18. Small wind energy systems, their potential role, and what policies are necessary
  19. Hybrid systems, isolated systems and storage
  20. Financing: Equity, loans and other measuresincluding international funds like CDM, Green Climate, Global FIT, etc.
  21. Industrial strategies, cost optimizationand creation of local manufacturing capacities
  22. Energy culture and communication

We would appreciate very much whether you accepted our invitation.If you accept to be sponsor of the event you will have different opportunities and benefits in dependence of sponsor's class and your promotion requirements.

The WWEC2013 exhibition will showcase new technologies, suppliers and manufacturers in the renewable energy sector.If you accept to be exhibitor you will also have different options in the exhibition space with different prices (space is limited).

If you accept the invitation please send us an A4 page with basic information of your organization where you express your intention.

Please do not hesitate to contact us forany comments or proposals you might have – we are looking forward to your reply!

With kind regards,

Prof. Dr Conrado Moreno Figueredo

Chair WWEC2013

Member WWEA World Wind Energy Association’s Board

Representative WWEA for the Caribbean and Central America

Center for the Study of Renewable Energy Technologies (CETER)

Higher Polytechnic Institute Jose A. Echeverria (CUJAE)

Havana, Cuba

Ph ´+53 7 266 3637, +53 7 640 5546, Mob +53 5 345 4347

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For more information, please visit the WWEC2013 Websites: wwec2013.cujae.edu.cu,