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Program Chairperson:
Hunter Armisted, Babcock & Brown
(A couple of special meetings are scheduled in conjunction with this workshop. Click here to see the schedule.)
Tuesday, September 9 |
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7:00 am
Registration Opens
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
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8:00 am - 9:00 am
Welcome & Keynote Address
Location: Grand Ballroom, Longwood
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9:00 am - 10:30 am
Understanding Offshore Wind Energy
- European experience
- Offshore wind technology
- Public benefits
- Economic opportunities
Moderator: Hunter Armisted, Babcock & Brown LP
Speakers:
Walt Musial, Senior Test Engineer, NREL
Greg Watson, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Peter Mandelstam, President, Bluewater Wind
George Hagerman, Senior Research Associate, VA Tech Advanced Research Institute
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10:30 am - 11:00 am
Break
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
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11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Regulatory Roundtable—Creating a Favorable
Climate for Offshore Wind Development
Location: Grand Ballroom, Longwood
- Legal overview/framework
- Federal: Minerals Management Service
- States: Texas, Delaware, Rhode Island, New Jersey
- Great Lakes
Moderator: Laura Morton, Senior Counsel, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Speakers:
Maureen Bornholdt, Program Manager, Minerals Management Services (MMS)
Andrew Dzykewicz, Commissioner, Office of Energy Resources State of Rhode Island
Dallas Winslow, Commissioner, Delaware Public Service Commission
B. Scott Hunter, Renewable Energy Program Administrator, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
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12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch
Location: Grand Ballroom, Hagley and Salon C
Sponsored by Alston & Bird
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2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (concurrent session)
Metocean Site Characterization
Location: Grand Ballroom, Longwood
- Offshore Wind Characteristics
- Defining Waves & Currents
- Physical siting issues and standards
Moderator: Bruce Bailey, President/CEO, AWS TrueWind
Speakers:
Bruce Bailey, President/CEO, AWS TrueWind
Jim Manwell, Professor, Renewable Energy Research Laboratory, University of Massachusetts (RERL)
Alok Jha, Associate, MMI Engineering
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (concurrent session)
U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative: A Conversation Among States Advancing Offshore Wind
Location: Grand Ballroom, Winterthur
- Ongoing state planning and development efforts
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3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Break
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
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4:00 pm – 5:30 pm (concurrent session)
New Technology Frontiers for Offshore Wind
Location: Grand Ballroom, Longwood
- Offshore Turbines
- Foundations: Fixed and Floating
- Construction, Logistics and Vessels
- Offshore Grids
Moderator: Walter Musial, Principle Engineer – Ocean Renewable Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Speakers:
Benjamin Bell, President/CEO, Garrad Hassan America, Inc.
Soren Peterson, Director, Ramboll Danmark A/S
David Eppinger, Vice President – Sales, Fluor Corporation
Bruce Humenik, Senior Vice President, Applied Energy Group (AEG)
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm (concurrent session)
U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative: A Conversation Among States Advancing Offshore Wind
Location: Grand Ballroom, Winterthur
- Federal-state coordination on proposed projects
- Developer-state interactions
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5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Networking Reception/Poster Reception
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
Sponsored by Shermco
Wednesday, September 10 |
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7:00 am
Registration Open
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
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8:00 am – 9:20 am
Offshore Wind: State Power Planning
Location: Grand Ballroom, Longwood and Winterthur
- Finding the offshore resource
- Rhode Island case study
- California offshore wind energy potential
- Mid-Atlantic potential
Moderator: Bruce Bailey, President/CEO, AWS TrueWind
Speakers:
Bruce Bailey, President/CEO, AWS TrueWind
Daniel Mendelsohn, Northeast Regional Director, Applied Technology & Management, Inc.
Mike Dvorak, Stanford University
Willett Kempton, University of Delaware
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9:20 am – 10:40 am
Offshore Finance
Location: Grand Ballroom, Longwood and Winterthur
Moderator: Tom Amis, Partner, Alston + Bird LLP
Speakers:
Tom Emmons, Head of Structured Finance, HSH Nordbank AG,
New York Branch
Jerome Guillet, Head of Energy, Dexia Credit Local
Yale Henderson, Managing Director, JPMorgan Capital Corporation
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10:40 am – 11:10 am
Break
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
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11:10 am – 12:30 pm
Utility Perspective
Location: Grand Ballroom, Longwood and Winterthur
- Grid integration
- What a utility is looking for to make development work
Moderator: Peter Mandelstam, President, Bluewater Wind
Speakers:
Mark Finfrok, PEPCO Holdings
William Whitehead, Executive Director, PJM Interconnection
Elizabeth Philpott, Southern Company
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12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Lunch
Location: Grand Ballroom, Hagley and Salon C
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2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Environmental Assessment
Location: Grand Ballroom, Longwood and Winterthur
- Avian and bat studies
- Marine mammal concerns
- Minimizing construction impacts
Moderator: Glen Besa, Chapter Director, Sierra Club-Virginia Chapter
Speakers:
Bonnie Ram, Energetics Inc.
Michelle Nannen, Senior Marine Ecologist, Energy & Environmental Analysts, Inc. (EEA)
Jack Clarke, Massachusetts Audubon Society
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3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Break
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Understanding Community Acceptance
Location: Grand Ballroom, Longwood and Winterthur
- Public attitudes regarding offshore wind
- A unique approach to project development
- Visual simulations
- Optics in the offshore environment
Moderator: Ivy Main, Volunteer, Sierra Club-Virginia Chapter
Speakers:
Daniel Cohen, President, Fishermen's Energy of New Jersey
Rob Mann, Chief Executive Officer, TRUESCAPE - Visual Reality
Nils Bolgen, Program Manager, Renewable Energy Trust, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware
(Program schedule and topics subject to change without notice.)
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