Small and Community Wind Conference & Exhibition
Detroit, MI - November 3 - 5, 2009
Wind power has emerged as a cost effective, clean, and scalable solution to satisfy growing energy needs. For homes, farms and ranches, businesses, rural electric cooperatives, and municipal utilities, renewable electricity generated and used on-site creates opportunities to make money, save money and be more energy independent.
AWEA had created our first Small & Community Wind Conference & Exhibition to bring together industry leaders, new entrants, project developers, economic development groups, municipalities, land owners and others to formulate and enact growth strategies for small and mid-sized wind applications. Focusing on important topics such as national renewable energy legislation, technology costs, zoning requirements, utility interconnection, tax revenues and investment opportunities, this conference offered valuable information on how best to capitalize on wind technology.
AWEA Wind Power Supply Chain Workshop
Detroit, MI - November 3 - 5, 2009
Held in Detroit in conjunction with the AWEA Small and Community Wind Conference & Exhibition, this workshop attracted representatives from a diverse range of markets to discuss the wind industry's need to strengthen and expand its national supply chain to keep up with growing demand for wind energy and to increase domestic manufacturing of wind turbines and their components for homes and farms, and utility grade wind projects.
AWEA Wind Power Finance and Investment Workshop
New York, NY - October 13 - 14, 2009
While other industries have seen a retraction of financing options due to the economic downturn, the U.S. wind industry shines as a bright spot for investment, seeing a compounded annual growth rate of 30% for the past 5 years. Expectations for continued growth in the U.S. and global wind industry create abundant opportunities for veterans and new entrants alike to increase their participation in the wind energy space.
New this year, AWEA held a Financial Analyst Day on October 13th. This half-day program was an optional event that had invited analysts from the financial community as well as workshop attendees to hear presentations from wind industry companies detailing investment opportunities within the wind market. At the end of the day, network at the workshop kick-off reception the evening of October 13th.
AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment Workshop
Minneapolis, Minnesota - September 30 – October 1, 2009
Each year, the AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment Workshop answers the evolving needs of the wind industry. This year the workshop focused on taking challenging concepts and making them practical to the practicing energy assessor. This workshop took a technical look at various topics from a comparison of modeling techniques and examining sources of uncertainty, to post construction topics that focus on turbine performance and operational assessments.
AWEA Wind Power Health & Safety Workshop
Snowbird, Utah - September 16 – 17, 2009
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With unique equipment and work environments, and ever changing technology, the wind industry has an increasing responsibility to ensure that workers are working under the highest possible safety conditions. AWEA’s Wind Power Health & Safety Workshop had offered opportunities to network with safety professionals, access to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) representatives, and innovative and effective strategies to ensure worker safety.
WINDPOWER® 2009 Conference & Exhibition
Chicago, IL
- May 4 - 7, 2009
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WINDPOWER® welcomed over 23,200 attendees, up from 13,000 in 2008. The U.S. wind energy industry concluded in Chicago, Ill. the world’s largest wind conference, which hosted over 1,200 exhibiting companies.
Wisconsin Wind Energy Supply Chain Seminar
Appleton, WI - March 31, 2009
- We Energies
- The New North
- RENEW Wisconsin
- State of Wisconsin - Office of Energy Independence
- Wisconsin Department of Commerce
- Wisconsin Public Service
- Madison Gas & Electric
- Alliant Energy
- Dairyland Power
- Forward Wisconsin
- Xcel Energy
- WPPI Energy
The wind energy industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, which is bringing major supply chain challenges to the industry while it aggressively “ramps up” domestic manufacturing of wind turbines and their components. As a result, there is significant opportunity for state and local governments, manufacturers and component suppliers across all industries to help feed the supply chain and grow their business.
AWEA Wind & Transmission Workshop
Overland Park, KS - March 17 - 18, 2009
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Transmission is the biggest long term barrier to significant wind energy expansion, and is already leading to significant challenges for developers in the US. This workshop explored ways wind and transmission companies could:
- make more use of existing transmission capacity,
- work through the logjams in interconnection queues,
- expand transmission capacity.
AWEA Wind Power Project Siting Workshop
Seattle, WA - February 24 - 25, 2009
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AWEA’s annual Wind Power Project Siting Workshop was held February 24-25, 2009, in Seattle, Washington. Wind project siting issues span the entire range of project planning, construction and operation. Responsible siting of wind projects requires an understanding of interactions with permitting agencies, the public, wildlife, and surrounding land uses during each stage of a project. At the 2009 Siting Workshop we discussed the latest on relevant siting topics for the region. The recent approval of a 909 MW wind project in Oregon and the 2008 review of the Washington Wind Power Guidelines make the Pacific Northwest an ideal place to engage on these issues.
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AWEA Wind Power Asset Management Workshop
San Diego, CA - January 12 - 13, 2009
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With great enthusiasm we announced our fourth AWEA Wind Power Asset Management Workshop. We offered the very latest information in topics like:
- Current Safety & Health Issues at Wind Projects
- Operations & Maintenance Breaking News
- Individual Turbine and Overall Plant Performance Optimization
- Wind Project Life Cycle Costs
- Opportunities for Revenue Improvement
- Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring and Reliability Assessment
- Major Component Reliability Experience
- Maintenance, Service and Operations Options
- New and Improved Technologies and Methods
- The US Financial Challenges and the Impact on Wind
Old hands or newcomers, owners or wrench-turners -- our sessions were designed to fill in gaps in your on-board knowledge base. Join us and build on last year’s success!
AWEA Wind Power Supply Chain Workshop
Cleveland, OH - December 8-9, 2008
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The American Wind Energy Association was proud to host its 2nd Supply Chain Workshop in 2008.
The second workshop attracted approximately 850 representatives from a diverse range of industries, including foundries, tooling companies, gearbox manufacturers, railroads and other transportation providers, electronics manufacturers and metal fabricators, as well as state economic development officers.
AWEA Wind Energy Fall Symposium 2008
Palm Desert, California - November 19 - 21, 2008
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The American Wind Energy Association welcomed over 880 wind energy professionals to the 4th annual AWEA Wind Energy Fall Symposium held November 19 – 21, 2008 at Desert Springs, a JW Marriott Resort and Spa in Palm Desert, California. The AWEA Wind Energy Fall Symposium provided the perfect opportunity to speak one-on-one with prospective customers, current clients, and industry colleagues in a casual resort setting conducive for business.
AWEA Wind Power Health & Safety Workshop
Denver, CO - October 29 - 30, 2008
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Due to the unique combination of new equipment, power generation and elevated working conditions, the wind industry has a particular desire to ensure a safe working environment for all who visit or work at a wind project. This workshop focused on safety issues that were most pertinent to the wind industry and provided innovative and effective strategies to ensure worker safety, as well as fostering continued communication aimed at providing a safe work environment.
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Kansas Wind Belt Tour
Kansas - October 13 - 17, 2008
The AWEA Kansas Wind Belt Roadshow took place October 13-17 in Wichita, Liberal, Colby, Beloit and Overland Park, Kansas. A combined 264 people attended events during the Wind Belt Tour. This was AWEA’s first Roadshow through the state of Kansas, and it was a great opportunity to speak to community leaders, including local elected officials, economic development professionals and other stakeholders about the benefits of the U.S. and Kansas growing from a 1.5% wind economy to a 20% wind economy.
AWEA Wind Power Finance & Investment Workshop
New York City, NY - October 6 - 7, 2008
The AWEA Wind Power Finance & Investment Workshop, took place October 6-7 in New York City, promised to be interesting, thought-provoking and controversial. AWEA's fifth workshop in New York City, this was the premier financing workshop in the industry and took a detailed look at wind project economics and investments.
AWEA Wind Resource & Project Energy Assessment Workshop
Portland, OR - September 24 - 25, 2008
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Each year, the AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment Workshop has evolved with the needs of the wind industry. The first workshop included a sold-out 2-day program focused on current practices in the industry, while the second workshop—which attracted over 320 attendees—examined how well current practices work, how to reduce bias and uncertainty in energy estimates, and emerging tools in the field. The third event, on September 24 - 25, 2008 in Portland, Oregon, tackled unresolved issues from previous workshops and conferences, bringing them to the forefront for in-depth discussion.
AWEA Offshore Wind Project Workshop
Wilmington, DE - September 9 - 10, 2008
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Offshore wind energy is moving forward in the U.S. with new proposed projects, new market entrants, and new permitting rules under development. AWEA’s Offshore Wind Power Workshop provided a national picture of the offshore wind energy market, rules of the road in various regions, technology considerations, and lessons from Europe.
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