Detailed Program
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Opening Remarks Jeff Schlichting, Principal, Sustainable Legacy, LLC |
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Site Control Emily Sanders, Vice President, Western Region, Element Power |
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Wind Resource Measurement and Documentation Robert Poore, Vice President of Business and Service Development for Cleaner Energy, DNV |
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Permitting and Site Assessment Anne Mudge, Partner, Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP |
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Interconnection and Transmission Sean Croup, Project Manager, T&D Planning and Analysis, SAIC Energy |
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Power Purchase Arrangements/Offtake Agreement Ed Feo, Managing Director, US Renewables Group |
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Procurement & Financing Randy Becker, Director, Black & Veatch |
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Construction Joe Stevens, Director of Development Technical Services, AES Wind Generation |
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Operations & Maintenance Phil Stiles, Renewable Energy System Operation Manager, Acciona Energy North America |
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Understanding OSHA Carlos Diaz, Director, Edison Mission Energy |
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Understanding OSHA Ken Atha, Region IX Administrator, US DOL - Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
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Understanding OSHA Brian Sturtecky, OSHA |
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Understanding OSHA Stephen Yohay, Partner, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. |
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Creating a Culture of Environmental, Health &Safety Robert Edinger, HSE Senior Regional Manager, US and Canada, Vestas - American Wind Technology, Inc. |
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Creating a Culture of Environmental, Health &Safety Rick Kroon, Vice President, Sustainability, Vestas Americas |
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Creating a Culture of Environmental, Health &Safety Doug Grove, Zurich North America |
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Creating a Culture of Environmental, Health &Safety Joshua Shaw, Vice President of Consultation, Amerisafe Consulting & Safety Services |
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Operational Wind - Environmental Compliance Mary Connor, Environmental Program Manager, Edison Mission Energy |
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Wind Energy in Electricity Markets Today |
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Insights on Electricity Market Rules and Regional Differences, Locational Pricing, and Implications for Wind Generation Scott Englander, Director, Charles River Associates |
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Selling Wind Energy into RTO/ISO Markets, Including Day-to-Day Operational Aspects Manuel Arancibia, Deal Structuring & Portfolio Manager, Horizon Wind Energy LLC |
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Transmission Constraints and How they Impact Wind Projects Melissa Seymour, Manager, Regional Markets & Regulation, Iberdrola Renewables |
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Wind Energy in Electricity Markets of Tomorrow |
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Pricing Issues for Wind in the Future, in Light of Shale Gas and Other External Forces Frederick Pickel, President, Wilshire Energy Consulting Group Inc. |
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Regulatory and Market Changes Affecting Wind Generation in RTOs and ISOs Mike McMullen, Director, West Regional Operations, Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator |
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PPA Designs, New Business Models, and Offtaker Agreement Structures for the Future Kellie Metcalf, Director - Power Marketing, Pattern Energy Group LP |
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Overview of the Wind Energy Industry Jessica Isaacs, Policy Analyst, American Wind Energy Association |
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Economics / Resource Assessment Overview Phil Dutton, Senior Vice President, Engineering Services, North America, GL Garrad Hassan, North America |
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Technology Introduction Dan Radomski, Partner, Kinetik Partners |
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Siting / Transmission Overview Kevin Martin, Director of Environmental Permitting, Terra-Gen Power, LLC |
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First Time Attendee Orientation Lori Rugh, Director of Marketing & Sales, American Wind Energy Association |
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First Time Attendee Orientation Jeff Anthony, Director of Business Development, American Wind Energy Association |
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First Time Attendee Orientation Annie Sznajder, Education Program Manager, American Wind Energy Association |
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| Monday, May 23 | |||||||||||||||
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State of the Wind Energy Industry Denise Bode, CEO, American Wind Energy Association |
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Welcome & Opening Session The Honorable Earl Blumenauer, U.S. House of Representatives, D-OR-3rd District The Honorable Sam Brownback, Governor of Kansas |
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Welcome & Opening Session Ted Turner, Turner Enterprises, Inc. |
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Independent Power Producers Retool Development Strategies To Position for Industry Recovery Tim Stephure, Senior Analyst, IHS Emerging Energy Research |
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Building Projects in a PPA Constrained Market Tracy Stoddard, Director, Business Development, Gamesa Energy |
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The Use Of Price Hedging Contracts In Lieu Of PPAs Edward Zaelke, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP |
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The RPS implementation and the RFP Mechanism: How California Can or Cannot Get Renewable MW Built Jan Smutny-Jones, Independent Energy Producers Association (IEP) |
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Cost Competitiveness and Growth Potential of Wind in California, Pricing and Deliverability Stuart Hemphill, Senior Vice President, Power Supply, Southern California Edison |
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In-State / Out-of-State REC Market: California as a Regional Leader for the West Donald Furman, Senior Vice President, Iberdrola Renewables |
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Challenges to Wind Development in the California Desert Legal and Policy Perspective Nancy Rader, Executive Director, California Wind Energy Association |
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Overview of the Wind Industry Jeff Anthony, Director of Business Development, American Wind Energy Association |
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Siting Overview Kevin Martin, Director of Environmental Permitting, Terra-Gen Power, LLC |
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Economics Overview Ed Feo, Managing Director, US Renewables Group |
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Panel Discussion Gordon Randall, Principal Consultant, DNV |
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Panel Discussion Pascal Storck, CEO, 3TIER, Inc. |
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Panel Discussion Gisela Kroess, Managing Director, Project & Commodity Finance, UniCredit Bank AG |
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Panel Discussion Julie Lundquist, Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder |
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Panel Discussion Thomas Hiester, Vice President, Development (West Region), RES America Developments Inc. |
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Technology Overview Sandy Butterfield, CEO, Boulder Windpower |
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Transmission and Integration Issues Hans Detweiler, Clean Line Energy Partners |
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Wind Resources Analysis / Forecasting Overview Bruce Bailey, President, AWS Truepower |
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Tracking the US Wind Industry: Update on Cost, Performance, and Pricing Trends Ryan Wiser, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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Moving Towards Long-Term Price Signals in the State RPS Markets Peter Toomey, Manager, Environmental Markets, Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. |
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State Laws And Incentives For Wind Energy Development Brent Stahl, Partner, Stahl, Bernal & Davies |
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Wind Energy Competitiveness William Fehrman, President and Chief Executive Officer, MidAmerican Energy Company |
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Learning Community: How to Manage Issues Before They Manage You Erik Tilkemeier, Senior Associate, James Kent Associates |
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The Political Campaign Model for Getting Projects Built Mark Williamson, Partner/Chairman, Putnam Roby Williamson Communications |
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Assessing Stakeholder Priorities in Wind Energy Eric Lantz, Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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Developing Mid-Sized Projects - The Time is Right Cynthia Crooks, Chief Operating Officer, OwnEnergy, Inc. |
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Public Land Issues Tom Darin, Western Regional Representative, American Wind Energy Association |
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Whats Going on in the West Brian Silverstein, Senior Vice President, Transmission Services, Bonneville Power Administration |
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Wind Industry Perspective on CAISO Transmission Planning and Wind Integration Efforts Dariush Shirmohammadi, Transmission Advisor, California Wind Energy Association |
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Transmission in the Western U.S. Bob Anderson, Director, Western Grid Group |
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Influence Of Thermal Stratification On CFD Simulated Wind Profiles Arne R. Gravdahl, Chief Executive Officer, WindSim AS |
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Mapping Geographical Trends Of Extreme Wind Shear Events Across The Great Plains Jack Kline, Consulting Meteorologist, RAM Associates |
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Regional Interannual Wind Production Variability Across the United States Clint Johnson, Senior Vice President, GL Garrad Hassan |
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What Temperature Change with Height Means to Energy Estimates Kevin Walter, Director of Meteorlogy, TradeWind Energy |
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Wind Power Plant Safety: Transparency of Consequence Todd Karasek, Vice President of Environmental, Health, & Safety, Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation |
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TBA Brian Sturtecky, OSHA |
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Understanding and Developing an At-Height Rescue Program Kevin Denis, Training Manager, Gravitec Systems, Inc. |
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Arc Flash Calculations for Wind Farms Wally Tinsley, Lead Power Systems Engineer, Eaton Corporation |
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TBA Ramiro Garcia, Edison Mission Energy |
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Quantifying The Local Economic Benefit of Wind Energy Construction Tim Delaney, President, The Delaney Group, a Tetra Tech Company |
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The Economic Development Impacts of Gigawatt Scale Wind Deployment in Wyoming Suzanne Tegen, Senior Energy Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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Indiana Case Study Connie Neininger, Executive Director, White County Economic Development, Indiana |
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TBA Tanuj Deora, Director, Governor’s Energy Office at The State of Colorado |
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A Study in Wind Farm Compatible Radar Architectures Including Empirical Flight Trial Data Christopher Atherton, Technical Director, TPS-77/FPS-117 Long Range Radar Product Line, Lockheed Martin |
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Energy Siting Clearinghouse: Early Evaluation and Mitigation of Wind Energy Projects David Belote, Director, Energy Siting Clearinghouse, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense |
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European and US Wind Turbine Clutter Mitigation Trials Rick Fagan, Raytheon |
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New Criteria for Evaluating Wind Turbine Impacts on Nexrad Weather Radars Richard Vogt, Director, Radar Operations Center, NOAA/National Weather Service |
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Development in Cost Allocation for New Transmission Steve Gaw, SPP Policy Director, The Wind Coalition |
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Developments in Cost Allocation for New Transmission Lynn Coles, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
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Getting the Best Lines in the Best Corridors with Collaborative Planning Jay Caspary, Director, Transmission Development, Southwest Power Pool |
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PJMs Perspectives/Expectations Craig Glazer, Vice President, Federal Government Policy, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. |
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Technical Benefits of HVDC Integration in System Planning Jimmy Glotfelty, Executive Vice President, Clean Line Energy Partners |
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Do More Sophisticated Models Produce More Accurate Wind Resource Estimates? Philippe Beaucage, Research Scientist, AWS Truepower |
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Low-Level Jet Interaction With a Ridge Measured by an Operating Wind Farm Robert J. Conzemius, Senior Atmospheric Scientist, WindLogics Inc. |
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Meteorological Controls on Wind Turbine Wakes Rebecca Barthelmie, Professor, Indiana University |
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Blade Leading Edge Erosion: Effects of Leading Edge Erosion on Turbine Output & Maintenance Costs James Sadlo, Market Development Manager, 3M Company. |
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Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbine Generators Using Motor Circuit Analysis Techniques Rye Kennedy, Senior Electrical Engineer, GL Garrad Hassan |
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Selecting Maintenance Strategies for Balance of Plant Equipment Nancy Field, GE Energy |
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Wind Turbine Asset Management Technology Assessment Frederico Allevato, Senior HSE Consultant, DNV |
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| Tuesday, May 24 | |||||||||||||||
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Keynote Address Rick Needham, Director, Google |
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AWEA Board Chair Messages Ned Hall, AES EVP and AES Wind Generation President, AES Wind Generation Victor Abate, Vice President for Renewables, GE Energy / AWEA Past Board Chair |
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Wind Industry Leaders Panel Discussion Ned Hall, AES EVP and AES Wind Generation President, AES Wind Generation Sonny Garg, President, Exelon Power Victor Abate, Vice President for Renewables, GE Energy / AWEA Past Board Chair Rick Needham, Director, Google Pedro Pizarro, President, Edison Mission Group Steve Trenholm, Chief Executive Officer, E.ON Climate & Renewables North American Inc. Jan Blittersdorf, President/CEO, NRG Systems, Inc. |
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Panel Discussion Bob Gates, Chief Commercial Officer, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Clipper Windpower, Inc. |
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Panel Discussion David Takash, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, North America, Gamesa |
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Panel Discussion Richard Reno, GM, Wind Products, GE Renewable Energy, GE Energy |
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Panel Discussion Michael Revak, Vice President, Technical Sales and Proposals, Siemens |
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Panel Discussion Andy Cukurs, CEO North America, Suzlon Wind Energy Corp. |
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Panel Discussion Scott Gros, Senior Vice President of Sales, Vestas American Wind Technology, Inc. |
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Whooping and Sandhill Crane Behavior at an Operating Wind Farm Laura Nagy, Natural Resources Discipline Lead, Tetra Tech |
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Habitat Conservation Planning 201: The Winds of Change Karen Tyrell, Senior Vice President, BHE Environmental, Inc. |
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Harnessing Wind/Wildlife Data With A Web-Based Approach Abby Arnold, Executive Director, American Wind Wildlife Institute |
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TBA Wallace Erickson, Statistician/Biometrician/Senior Manager, Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST) |
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Discusss Trends and Shifts in Terms and Timing of Financing, as well as Shift from TSL Financing to Vendor Financing Guy Cirincione, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Siemens Financial Services, Inc. |
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Financing Wind Farms in a Post-Grant World Keith Martin, Parnter, Chadbourne & Parke LLP |
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Creative Financing Structures Clearing the Market Lance Markowitz, Senior Vice President, Leasing and Asset Finance Division, Union Bank |
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TBA Yale Henderson, Managing Director - Energy Investments, JPMorgan Capital Corporation |
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Panel Discussion Steven Clarke, Assistant Secretary for Energy, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |
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Panel Discussion Mark Cooper, Senior Fellow for Economic Analysis, Vermont Law School |
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Panel Discussion John Eber, Managing Director-Energy Investments, JPMorgan Capital Corporation |
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Panel Discussion Jay Godfrey, Managing Director, Renewable Energy, American Electric Power - AEP |
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AWEA R&D Committee, Industry Research Needs P. Barry Butler, Interim Executive VP and Provost, The University of Iowa |
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DOE Update on Research Efforts Mark Higgins, Wind and Water Power Program Manager, Department of Energy (DOE) |
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Industry Perspective on Future Directions Matthew Hendrickson, Director, Energy Assessment, Horizon Wind Energy |
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NOAA Support for Terrestrial and Offshore Wind Energy Sally Yozell, Director of Policy, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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Global Markets Update Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) |
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A Status Report on Wind Energy Development in Canada Robert Hornung, President, Canadian Wind Energy Association |
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European Markets Update Christian Kjaer, CEO, European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) |
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Chinese Wind Markets Update Li Junfeng, Deputy Director General of Energy Research Institute & Secretary General, China Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA) |
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Latin American Markets Update Lauro Fiuza, President, Servtec |
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Cultural Resources: Connecting Developers with Local Communities Sydne Marshall, Cultural Resources Discpline Lead, Tetra Tech |
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Low Frequency Sound And Infrasound From Wind Turbines A Status Update Robert O'Neal, Principal, Epsilon Associates, Inc. |
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Visual Impacts: Providing Decision-Makers with the Information They Need Thomas Priestley, Senior Environmental Planner, CH2M HILL |
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What Drives Growing Opposition to Wind Energy Projects Jay Vincent, SVP - Energy Sector Practice Leader, The Saint Consulting Group |
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Valuation of Energy Projects By Stage in the Project Development Process T.N. (Tim) Libson, Principal Consultant, Trintek Energy Consulting, Inc. |
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PPA Trends/Issues: Increasing Development Risks on Developers, Costs, Valuation and Financing Implications Michael Garland, Pattern Energy |
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Financial Analyst Covering Wind Companies to Dicuss Market Perspective on Wind Energy Company Valuations Future Consolidation Angie Storozynski, Managing Director, Equity Research, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. |
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Return on Development Capital Joseph Slamm, Partner, Hudson Energy Partners |
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Integrated Resource Planning and Wind Power Scott Weaver, Manager, Strategic Policy Analysis, American Electric Power |
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Use of Pre-Paid Power Purchase Agreements to Support Financing of Wind Projects David Lowman, Partner, Hunton & Williams LLP |
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Worldwide Experiences with Wind Power Integration - From Utility Planning to Operations Lawrence Jones, Director, Strategy & Special Projects Worldwide, Areva T&d |
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Estimation of Wind Turbine Power Curves Emil Hedevang, Industrial PhD student, Siemens Wind Power A/S |
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Wind Farm Layout Optimization Using an Integrated Energy Production and Loading Model Graeme McCann, Senior Engineer, GL Garrad Hassan |
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Measurement of the aerodynamics and performance of a SWT-2.3-101 wind turbine Paul Medina, R&D Engineer, Siemens Energy |
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The Utility Perspective on Wind Power's Role as a Generating Resource Tom Imbler, Vice President of Commercial Operations, Xcel Energy |
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The Utility Perspective on Meeting RPS Requirements Matt Burkhart, San Diego Gas & Electric |
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The Public Power Utility View on Wind Power Chris Hansen, GM Power Origination, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
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The Utility Perspective on Wind Project Development Bill McNeill, Vice President of Energy Acquisition, Commonwealth Edison |
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The ISO Perspective on Wind Integration James Blatchford, Lead Renewable Integration Specialist, California Independent System Operator CAISO |
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Updates from U.S. Department of Commerce Brian O’Hanlon, Senior International Trade Specialist for Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Commerce |
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Financing International Wind Projects: Resources of the Export-Import Bank Craig O'Connor, Director - Office of Renewable Energy, Export-Import Bank of the United States |
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Discuss Export Opportunities Global and then into the Latin American Market Klaus Rave, Chairman, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) |
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Case Studies on Exporting Manufacturing Product Patrick Strom, Sales Account Manager, International Markets, NRG Systems, Inc. |
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Cerro de Hula- Driving US Turbine Production via US EXIM Bank Financing David Takash, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, North America, Gamesa |
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Vulnerabilities and Opportunities for Wind Developers Neil Newhouse, Partner, Public Opinion Strategies |
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Winning Acceptance in Suburban and Urban Communities Cathy Hartman, Professor of Marketing/Co-Director, Utah State University |
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Public Preferences Toward Offshore Wind Power Jeremy Firestone, Professor and Center Director, University of Delaware Center for Carbon-free Power Integration |
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How to Counter Disinformation Campaigns That Attack Renewable Energy Mike Casey, President, Tigercomm |
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Mitigating Risk in Revenue Agreements in the Face of Economic and Regulatory Uncertainty Vanessa Tanaka, Special Counsel, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP |
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Trapdoors and Springboards: Navigating Development Agreements with Wind-Savvy Local Governments Jeff Becker, Associate Counsel, Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. |
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State and Local Tax Renn Neilson, Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P. |
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Managing Risk in Design and Construction of Balance of Plant Work Peter Halls, Partner, Faegre & Benson LLP |
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Investigation of Data Fusion Applied to Health Monitoirng of Wind Turbine Drivetrain Components Shuangwen (Shawn) Sheng, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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Merging of Technologies Performance Monitoring Meets Condition Monitoring Paul Legac, Applications Engineer, AWS Truepower |
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PHM: Actuarial Engineering Perspective Sameer Vittal, Engineering Technical Leader - Analytics, GE Energy |
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| Wednesday, May 25 | |||||||||||||||
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Developing A Supply Chain As A Wind Industry Start-up Company Bill Berghoff, Director of Manufacturing, Danotek Motion Technologies |
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Domesticating Our Supply Chain One Part at a Time Tom Waggoner, Director, Strategic Procurement, Acciona Windpower North America |
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Supply Chain Development at Gamesa James Buddelmeyer, V.P. of Purchasing NA, Gamesa |
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Wind Turbine OEMs Struggle to Remain Competitive Matthew Kaplan, Associate Director, IHS Emerging Energy Research |
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Offshore Wind: Expediting the Permitting Approval Process Through Cooperative Federalism Kimberly Diamond, Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler PC |
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Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: A Help or Hindrance for Offshore Wind? Kris Ohleth, Director of Permitting, Atlantic Wind Connection |
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The Oceanic Offshore Wind Power Resource in PJM Scott Baker, Business Solutions Analyst, PJM Interconnection |
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Predicting Accessibility Losses for the First Generation of American Offshore Wind Farms Jacob Royle, SgurrEnergy Ltd |
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Impacts of Frequency Responsive Wind Plant Controls on Grid Performance Kara Clark, Principal Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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Field-Testing Active Power Control on Wind Turbines Erik Ela, Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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Integrated Control System Provides Cost Effective Reactive Power Control Andy Clary, Electrical System Studies Engineer, POWER Engineers |
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Application of Wind Turbines for Series-Compensated Systems Robert Nelson, Senior Expert Engineering Manager, Siemens Wind Turbines - Americas |
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Mechanical Stress Reduction on the Gearbox of the Variable Speed Wind Turbines Adel Nasiri, Professor, University of WIsconsin-Milwaukee |
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Advanced Drive Train Analysis and Validation at NREL on a 3MW Turbine Albert Fisas, Innovation Director, ALSTOM Wind NAM |
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Rotor Blade Transportation Challenges In Situ Dynamics Parimal Tathavadekar, Sr. Test Engineer, Clipper Windpower, Inc. |
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Wind Turbine Towers: Practical Advice for Stress Verification and Structural Risk Avoidance Nestor Agbayani, Principal Structural Engineer, Agbayani Structural Engineering |
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Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Wind Turbines Using LIDAR David Schlipf, Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Wind Turbines Using LIDAR, Endowed Chair of Wind Energy at Institute of Aircraft Design Universität Stuttgart |
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On Innovative Concepts of Wind Turbine Blade Design Find Moelholt Jensen, Senior Researcher, Risoe DTU |
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Wind Turbine Structural Path Stress & Fatigue Reductions Resulting from Active Aerodynamics Dale Berg, Principal Member Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories |
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Cost Creep in Logistics Jeanne Lynch, Financial Consultant, TMO Global Logistics, LLC |
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Facilitating Wisconsin's Role in the Heavy-Haul Supply Chain Peter Lynch, Freight Operations Program Manager, Wisconsin Department of Transportation (TOPS Lab) |
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Leveraging Economies of Scale for Wind Power Component Transportation: A Case Study Tom Williams, Vice President, Industrial Products Sales, BNSF Railway Co. |
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Rail and Wind Energy Logistics David Walker, Director, Project Cargo, Canadian Pacific |
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Pursuing Qualifying Facilities (QF) offtake contracts in a tight PPA market Sakis Decossard, OwnEnergy, Inc. |
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TBA Randolph Mann, Vice President, Wind Development, Edison Mission Energy |
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TBA Dan Juhl, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Juhl Wind, Inc. |
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TBA James Schaefer, Berkshire East Ski Resort |
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NERC, FERC and Wind in the Market Wind as Mainstream Generation Mark Ahlstrom, Chief Executive Officer, WindLogics, Inc. |
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How Does Wind Affect Coal? Cycling and Costs Debra Lew, Senior Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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Value of Balancing Area Cooperation and Wind Forecasting Improvements Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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Wind Integration in the Pacific Northwest Jennifer Martin, Partner, STOEL RIVES LLP |
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Comparing In-field Gearbox Response to Different NREL Dynamometer Test Conditions Brian McNiff, President, McNiff Light Industry |
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Advanced Wind Turbine Technology Assessment Ruth Marsh, Senior Engineer, Consulting, DNV |
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Testing Of Wind Turbine Blade Pitch Bearings In A Scaled Test Rig Robert Pallini, Director of Engineering Wind Energy and Slewing Bearings, RBC Bearings, Inc. |
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Component Certification Hallmark and entrance for US-suppliers to worldwide wind market Axel Dombrowski, Dipl.-Ing., Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services GmbH, Renewables Certification |
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Hurricane Risk Assessment for Offshore Wind Farms Hamidreza Arabshahi, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin |
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Tension Leg Spar-Type Offshore Wind Turbine with Upwind or Downwind Rotor Configuration Madjid Karimirad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
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Testing of Intermediate Scale Floating Wind Turbines in the Gulf of Maine Anthony Viselli, Research Engineer/ PhD Candidate, University of Maine |
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Guideline for Compliance of Large Wind Turbine Support Structures Kevin Smith, Business Development Leader, DNV |
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Cheaper, Faster, More Reliable Ways To Construct Access Roads And Crane Platforms Jim Penman, Director of Business Development, Site Solutions Consultant |
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TBA Herb Sargent, President, Sargent Corporation |
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TBA Steve Reutcke, Vice President, Construction, RES Canada Construction LP |
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Community Wind Pushing the Envelope on Project Finance Mark Bolinger, Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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Definition of Community Wind and Policy Discussions Chandler Goule, Vice President of Government Relations, National Farmers Union |
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Focus on Development Advantages Unique to Community Wind Paul White, President, Project Resources Corporation |
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PPAs for the Public and Private Sector: A Community Wind Growth Model Brett Pingree, Vice President, Americas, Northern Power Systems |
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Wind Plant Collector Systems Introduction Mitchell Bradt, P.E., Program Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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NEC and NESC Considerations from a Construction Perspective Wayne Dilling, Electrical Design Phase Executive, Mortenson Construction |
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National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) (ANSI/IEEE C2) Applicability in Wind Farms Christopher Brooks, Senior Consultant, S&C Electric Company |
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NECs Applicability to Wind Power Plant (WPP) Collection Systems and Grounding Design Abdou Sana, Senior Electrical Design Engineer, Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. |
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Copenhagen Class A New Concept For Wind Turbine Blade Design Søren Horn Petersen, Sales Director, SSP Technology A/S |
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Carbon in Wind Blades To Be or Not To Be Kyle Wetzel, President, Wetzel Engineering, Inc. |
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Use Of Prepregs To Improve Spar Caps In Infused Blades Chris Shennan, Dr, Hexcel Corporation |
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Wind Turbine Blade Replacement Methods For Controlling Maintenance Costs Brian Thomas, Vice President of Business Development, Barnhart Renewables |
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Application of Probabilistic Wind Power Forecasting in Electricity Markets Audun Botterud, Energy Systems Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory |
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Economic Valuation of Wind Energy and Flexible Resources at Increasing Penetration Levels Andrew Mills, Principal Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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Large Wind Penetration Scenarios: Backup Generation and Energy Storage Requirements Victor Diakov, senior engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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IFC Financing for Emerging Market Wind Projects in Mexico and Latin America Dana Younger, Senior Adviser, Renewable Energy & Sustainability, International Finance Corporation (IFC) |
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TBA Lauro Fiuza, President, Servtec |
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TBA John Paul Moscarella, Emerging Energy & Environment, LLC |
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TBA Leopoldo Rodriguez, President, Asociación Mexicana de Energía Eólica (AMDEE) |
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Developing the workforce of the future through STEM K-12 education Anne Seifert, STEM Coordinator, Idaho National Laboratory |
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Wind Energy Workforce Development, a roadmap to a wind energy educational infrastructure Ian Baring-Gould, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
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The challenges of finding and retaining Qualified renewable workers Paul Idziak, Manager Renewable Energy, Shermco Industries |
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Getting Retention Right Chris Sellers, Vice President, EnergyWorks Field Services |
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Improving Distributed Wind's Bottom Line: Identifying the Best Policies Alice Orrell, Energy Analyst, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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Growing the Small Wind Market through Testing and Certification Brent Summerville, Technical Director, Small Wind Certification Council |
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Benefits of Advanced Control of Stall Regulated Direct Drive Turbines Jim Stover, Vice President, Engineering and Product Management, Northern Power Systems |
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A Consensus Forecasting Approach for Improved Turbine Hub Height Wind Speed Predictions William Myers, Software Engineer, National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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A Seasonal Wind Anomaly Forecasting Tool Using Long Term Wind Data Jeff Freedman, Senior Research Scientist, AWS Truepower |
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Boundary Layer Observations for Wind Energy Applications Larry Berg, Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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