The International Green Energy Expo & Conference Korea (IGEEC) is a significant event addressing an extraordinary product area from photovoltaic to wind power to renewable energy. Held from April 2-4, 2014 at the EXCO in Daegu, Korea, the IGEEC aims at establishing an appropriate marketing base in the Asian market.It is Top 3 of Asia's and Top 10 of the world's PV & Renewable Professional Exhibitions, has grown by 40% every year since it was first held in 2004.
In particular, this is the largest exhibition in Korea and some of the world's major companies like Siemens, SMA, Centrotherm and others, as well as domestic major companies like Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung SDI, Hanhwa SolarOne and others participate in this exhibition. It is an International exhibition on energy generation and conservation, to showcase the progress made, deliberate the potential opportunities and challenges facing the industry and to create a roadmap for sustainable growth and development.
Since its 2004 premiere in Korea, visitors to the IGEEC have steadily increased at a rate of 45% annually. The 2014 event is expected to be attended by 400 companies from 25 countries and host 45,000 visitors. IGEEC is certified as a professional and superior exhibition and conference by federalinstitutions. Up to 70 technical exhibitor presentations and 50 scholarship conferences in 15 sectors of renewable energy and climate change politics will be available to attendees of the three-day event.
Sometimes we may wonder, why it is so popular?
Whether you believe there are hundreds of years or just a few decades left of this resource, the fact remains that it is a finite resource. At some point, fossil fuels are going to either be gone or they are going to become too expensive to realistically use.
To some, this is a problem that the "market" should figure out. That is, when fossil fuels become too expensive to use people will just start using something else. Though this may work well in theory, the reality is that shifting from fossil fuels is not the same as shifting from one brand of shampoo to another. You can't just "stop using" fossil fuels when they become too expensive.
This is due entirely to the fact that humans rely so much on the infrastructure they have developed-- an infrastructure which is entirely reliant upon this one resource, accounting for 85% of the United States's energy. If the world was entirely reliant upon solar energy, that would be fine because sunlight is a perpetual resource. However, at the current state of things, humanity is in a dangerous position due to its complete reliance upon one single finite input.
While there are some who will say that "the science is still out" on climate change, it's a fact that the climate is changing and that fossil fuel emissions are contributing greatly to that change.
By contrast, solar energy panels and wind turbines generate zero emissions in their generation of electricity. However, the manufacturing process by which the components of these renewable energy systems are created is entirely reliant on fossil fuel inputs. This stands as an even more poignant example of the necessity of renewable energy development. Society can benefit not only from shifting electricity generation off of a finite resource, but it can also benefit from shifting its manufacturing system away from them.
As it stands, when a person wants electricity they are forced to purchase it from someone else. The average person does not have access to coal mining equipment or coal-fired power plants to make their own electricity. However, the average person does have access to the sun.
While renewable energy systems on a large scale are an important step for keeping national and international infrastructures intact, it's also important to understand the scalability of renewable energy solutions. The average person who can't afford their own coal-powered power plant is generally capable of purchasing a home solar array or small wind turbine. When individuals are able to own the equipment that generates their electricity, that means that they don't have to rely on fluctuating prices or shortages from outside energy producers.
By recent Greenpeace estimates, the world could save around $180 billion a year by switching 70% of the planet's electricity production to renewable options. While this alone is an excellent economic argument in favor of renewable energy, the truth is that the sheer savings involved aren't the only economic factors that support the use of renewable energy as a positive way forward. Some local markets are already starting to gain access to renewable energy options in their local power grid that have them saving more money than with traditional fossil fuel sources.
There are a lot of good reasons to move toward the use of renewable energy both now and in the future. However, the most powerful of these arguments is simply that at some point you will no longer have the option. Whether it's you specifically or your grandchildren, fossil fuels will be left behind at some point. The question now is whether society wants to transition away from fossil fuels on its own terms or be forced into it by desperate necessity sometime down the line.
The development of green energy needs the effort of every government, every company especially leading company in renewable energy industry such as SMA, KACO and WELLSEE, we can believe, renewable energy will replace traditional energy one day.