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Publisher: Internationales Wirtschaftsforum Regenerative Energien (IWR)

Renewable energy: business climate rises to record level at the end of 2006

Münster – In Germany, the mood in the renewable energy industry rose to a record level in December. The business climate index for the renewable energy industry, published since 2004 by the International Economic Platform for Renewable Energies (IWR), Münster, jumped by 6.9 points in December 2006 to 115.2 points (November: 108.3 points). Whereas the current situation was assessed to be better than in the previous month for the fourth month in a row, the outlook at the end of 2006 for the next six months is making companies particularly optimistic.

“The strong upturn in mood at the end of the year is due to the fact that the tax incentive program for renewable energy in the US has been extended until 2008 and that the new draft for a regulation regarding remuneration by the Spanish Industry and Energy Ministry in December was better than had initially been feared,” said IWR Director Dr. Norbert Allnoch. According to IWR, export prospects for companies will also improve significantly again because these factors which were making the situation uncertain no longer exist.

Course of the business climate index:
https://www.iwr.de/geschaeftsklima

Course of the RENIXX share index:
https://www.iwr.de/erneuerbare-energien/aktien.html

Münster, 5th January 2007

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In 1996, the International Economic Platform for Renewable Energies (IWR) was established as an independent and private service institution of the renewable energy industry. The IWR focuses on the fields of research, economic and policy consultation as well as media and international networks in the renewable or regenerative energies sector. One main objective of the IWR is to play an instrumental role in introducing and spreading awareness for an industrial, international business profile of the renewable energy industry.
Dr. Norbert Allnoch, Director of the International Economic Platform of Renewable Energies (IWR), 1995, on the definition: "According to our definition, the Renewable Energy Industry is one which takes an interdisciplinary approach to the issue of renewable energy supply (protecting both the climate and resources) and the construction of renewable plants and systems (industry policy for the three areas electricity, heat and fuel."Chronology of the Renewable Energy Industry - Important IWR contributions, including prizes and awards - 2007 Publication of the first structural analysis for a federal state according to the IWR-analysis method for renewable systems engineering and servicesï¿½(study "Zur Lage der regenerativen Energiewirtschaft in NRW" )2007 International network-contacts:IWR-director Dr. Allnoch speaks with King Harald V. of Norway and ï¿½slaug Haga, norwegian minister of energy Presentation of the network / RENIXX in the USA, dialogue with McGinty, environment minister of Pennsylvania2006 IWR starts renewable stock index RENIXXï¿½ (