Vogel Business Media is expanding its industry expertise and presenting a new topic platform for the booming renewable energy sector. The microsite www.mm-erneuerbare-energien.de of the wide-reaching specialist medium MM MaschinenMarkt from VOGEL is a brand-new source of collective knowledge for companies in production and trade. Vogel Business Media is thus consistently expanding its online offerings thematically and supplementing the large business efficiency portals with small, highly focused microsites that offer target group-specific advertising platforms.



German companies are among the global market leaders in wind turbines as well as in photovoltaics, bioenergy generation and hydropower plants. Domestic companies have grown strongly in recent years, both as suppliers of components and in the manufacture of complete systems: according to estimates by the German government, the number of employees in these sectors rose from 160,500 in 2004 to 300,500 last year. And this growth is set to continue for years to come.



The aim of politicians is to increase the share of renewable energies in gross electricity consumption from around 16% today to 30% in 2020. The VDMA (German Engineering Federation) even estimates that this share could rise to almost 50% by 2030.



The renewable energy market is and will remain a market that is influenced to a considerable extent by political decisions. And these are by no means only made in Brussels or Berlin, but also in faraway Beijing. With editorial offices in 11 countries, www.mm-erneuerbare-energien.de from Vogel Business Media will report on all relevant technological and political developments.



"With our international editorial offices and magazines, we can pave the way for German suppliers abroad. At www.mm-erneuerbare-energien.de we provide this unique offer for the production and trade of renewable energies in Germany" comments Ken Fouhy, Publisher, MM MaschinenMarkt.



About Vogel Business Media: The specialist media company is one of the leading German specialist information providers with around 100 trade journals and 60 websites as well as numerous international activities. Its headquarters are in Würzburg. The print and online media primarily serve the industrial, automotive, information technology and legal/business/tax sectors. They offer advertisers customized communication solutions ranging from reach and image building to lead generation. Multi-media via print, online, events and services.