News
04-24-2008
Girl’s Day 2008: Great interest in BARD offshore wind power
Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister is going to activate the prototype
21 girls and boys have come to visit the rotor blade production and wind turbine assembly plants at BARD Emden Energy GmbH & Co. KG (BEE) at Jarßum harbour on Thursday (24.4.2008). The county-wide “Girl’s Day”, which is called “Future Day for Girls and Boys” in Lower Saxony is to provide primarily girls from the age of ten with the opportunity to learn about typical “man’s jobs” to allow them to make an informed choice when choosing a profession. At BARD, the schoolgirls were immediately introduced to a multitude of different technical professions. From electrical engineers over composite fibre engineers to mechatronics engineers – all professions with bright prospects for the future. Because this industry is booming.
The girls were particularly impressed by the powerful offshore rotor blades. A complete 3-piece set of blades is currently being stored outside the BARD production halls, more of the 60 meters long and up to 6 meters wide blades are in the process of being made. The girls learned that technology and trade don’t have to be dry and boring at all when they were able to witness the processing of the composite fibreglass material, which the rotor blades and the generator casing for the BARD offshore wind farms are made of. BEE HR manager Nina Bleckmann, encouraged the participants to apply for a job with one of the BARD Group’s companies. BARD Emden Energy GmbH & Co. KG is going to offer commercial as well as engineering apprenticeships, for the fist time this autumn. The workforce is to be increased, too. At the end of the year, when the serial production of the offshore wind energy converters is in full swing, there will be 300 employees working for BARD in Emden.
For the official commissioning of both BARD-VM prototypes at Rysumer Nacken on May 3rd ,, the company is expecting Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Christian Wulff. He will symbolically be pressing the start button to enter into the future of power generation in front of 400 invited guests. The five megawatt wind turbines with a hub height of 90 meters were built at the end of last year and are currently in the process of being certified.