From left: Rüdiger Eichel, Head of the 'Research, Innovation, Europe' Department of Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture, Karsten Lemmer, Member of the DLR Executive Board responsible for Innovation, Transfer and Research Infrastructure, Stephan Weil, Minister President of Lower Saxony, Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chair of the DLR Executive Board, Meike Jipp, DLR Divisional Board Member for Energy and Transport, Jürgen Zeschky, CEO of ENERCON, and Stephan Barth, Managing Director of ForWind – the Center for Wind Energy Research of the Universities of Oldenburg, Hanover and Bremen.