Message from the Governing Mayor of Berlin

Berlin and Moscow are bound by a close friendship. Indeed, the two metropolises have much in common – not simply because they are capitals and home to federal governments and parliaments. Both cities are also international capitals of culture. The close partnership between the two cities is cemented by a number of cooperative activities and an intense cultural exchange – a bond that was sealed with a joint declaration twenty years ago. Both cities have also undergone a process of rapid development in the past two decades – one that reflects first and foremost the courage and strength to pave new paths. The solar system on the roof of the Memorial Museum for Astronautics was developed in joint German-Russian cooperation and is an excellent example of the extent to which fruitful connections between Berlin and Moscow have also emerged in the field of business. The project receives support from renowned Berlin-based institutions and companies, as well as from the be Berlin capital city marketing campaign. The sustainable use of renewable energies is indeed a global topic. The fact that Berlin-based companies are successful on a global scale in other fields is underscored by the “ich bin ein berliner” campaign. This industrial campaign was launched at the beginning of September by the Berlin Senate and the Berlin business community together with Berlin-based companies under the umbrella of the be Berlin campaign and designed to showcase the tremendous potential of the city as an industrial metropolis. Some of the companies involved in the industrial campaign are also involved in developing the photovoltaic project on the roof of the Memorial Museum. Their work makes them ambassadors for industry in Berlin and pioneers in the field of transnational research and development.  

Klaus Wowereit
Governing Mayor of Berlin

About the Moscow Solar Roof Project

The project is the result of a cooperative agreement between the Russian Federation and the Federal Republic of Germany in the field of energy. The “Moscow Solar Roof” project is supported by the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology (BMWi) as part of the “Renewable Energies Export Initiative.”

PRETHERM Solutions GmbH, Inventux Technologie AG, Solon SE and BAE Batterien GmbH created a solar concept in cooperation with their Russian partners that provides an overview of the perspectives of a modern solar industry.

The inauguration ceremony took place on November 2, 2010 at 3:30 pm in the café of the Astronautics Museum at Prospekt Mira 111, 129164 in Moscow.

Click here for more information on the "ich bin ein berliner" industrial campaign.

Program

3pm             Admission

3:30pm        Inauguration Greetings                    

                     
                     Solomko Juri Michailovitch
                     Director, Astronautics Memorial Museum

                     Dr. Ralf Horlemann (tbc)
                     Embassy Counselor, Department of Economics of the German Embassy in Moscow

                     Gabriele Eichner
                     Project Manager, Regenerative Energies, German Energy Agency
                     

                     Plechanov Sergey Ivanovitch
                     General Director-General Constructor, OAO “NPP “KVANT”

                  
                     Dr. Edgar Korte
                     Managing Director, PRETHERM Solutions GmbH

4pm             Operations Launch by the Director of the Astronautics Memorial Museum

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