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Program Chair: Matthew Hendrickson,
Director, Energy Assessment, Horizon Wind Energy
Tuesday, September 29 |
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1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Pre-Conference Seminar
Resource Assessment 101
(additional fee required – not included
in conference registration!)
Wednesday, September 30 |
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8:30am – 9:00am
Welcome & Opening Session
Speakers:
Rob Gramlich , Senior Vice President for Public Policy,
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
Matthew Hendrickson, Director, Energy Assessment,
Horizon Wind Energy
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9:00am – 10:30am
Uncertainty Analyses
This session will examine the primary methods used to calculate major sources of uncertainty. It will look at both the traditional techniques and newer methods. It will also examine in greater detail specific sources of uncertainty.
Session Chair:
Tom Hiester, Vice President, Development, Acciona Energy North America
Speakers:
Alan Derrick, Senior Technical Manager, RES Limited
Gordon Randall, Senior Technical Advisor, DNV Global Energy Concepts
Panelists:
Bob Sperhac, Executive Director, JPMorgan Capital Corporation
Greg Cisz, Director, Wind Technologies, Third Planet Windpower, LLC
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10:30am – 11:00am
Break & Exhibits
Location: Salon A-D Foyer
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11:00am – 12:15pm
Climatology
Receive up-to-date information in the world of ground based reference stations,
as well as, a look into vendor validation of the synthetic reference using 3-D atmospheric mesoscale models.
Session Chair:
Greg Poulos, Atmospheric Scientist, V-Bar, LLC
Speakers:
Rich Simon, Director, V-Bar, LLC
Justin Sharp, Manager, Wind Asset Management Meteorology, Iberdrola Renewables USA
Panelists:
Michael Brower, Principal, AWS Truewind, LLC
Li Dong, Climatologist, WindLogics
Scott Eichelberger, Director of Resource Assessment, 3TIER
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12:15 pm – 12:25 pm
AWEA Legislative & Grassroots Program: What We Are
Doing in Washington, D.C.
Speaker:
Bree Raum, Director of Grassroots Advocacy and WindPAC,
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
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12:25 pm – 1:30 pm
Networking Lunch
Location: Salon A-C
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1:30pm – 3:30pm
Modeling
Part 1: Looks into the performance and validation of current wake models and provides updates on the status of emerging considerations, like deep array effects.
Part 2: Provides updated studies on how well existing wind flow models are working in various types of terrain.
Session Chair:
Jack Kline, Consulting Meteorologist, RAM Associates
Speakers:
Andrew Tindal, Director, Garrad Hassan & Partners Ltd.
John Vanden Bosche, Principal Engineer, Chinook Wind
David Van Luvanee, Project Engineer, DNV Global Energy Concepts
Panelist:
Yuanlong Hu, Manager of Wind Farm Design, NexEra Energy Resources
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3:30pm – 4:00pm
Break & Exhibits
Location: Salons A- D Foyer
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4:00pm – 5:30pm
MCP Methodologies
Digs into the pitfalls of using existing MCP techniques as well as updates on the progress of new methodologies available.
Session Chair:
Andrew Oliver, Vice President of Technologies, RES Americas Inc.
Speakers:
Jeremy Bass, Senior Technical Manager, RES Limited
Marc LeBlanc, Principal Engineer, Garrad Hassan Canada, Inc.
Panelists:
Erik Hale, Meteorology Group Assistant Manager, AWS Truewind, LLC
David Baker, Vice President, Wind, GENIVAR Wind
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5:30pm – 5:45pm
Daily Wrap-Up
Program Chair:
Matthew Hendrickson, Director, Energy Assessment, Horizon Wind Energy
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5:45pm – 6:45pm
Networking Reception
Location: Salons A–D Foyer
Thursday, October 1 |
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8:30am – 8:45am
Morning Summary
Program Chair:
Matthew Hendrickson, Director, Energy Assessment, Horizon Wind Energy
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8:45am – 10:15am
Met Towers & Sensors – Science & Equipment Considerations
This session examines the characteristic responses of currently used sensors, under various conditions. It also looks at the reasons for using lattice towers
or the commonly installed tubular tower and examines specific questions
about the effect of towers on anemometer data.
Session Chair:
Mark Young, Head of Section, Engineering & Testing,
DNV Global Energy Concepts
Speakers:
Grant Brummels, Senior Manager, Technical Services, Foresight Wind
Brad Schneider, Energy Assessment Manager, Horizon Wind Energy
Panelists:
Kristofer Zarling, Wind Data Analyst, RES Americas Inc.
Rob Istchenko, Manager, Wind Resource, GENIVAR Wind
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10:15am – 10:45am
Break & Exhibits
Location: Salons A- D Foyer
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10:45am – 12:15pm
Shear and Remote Sensing
Looks at techniques and pitfalls of extrapolating lower measurements to hub height as well as considers the application of remote sensing in a standard resource assessment program.
Session Chair:
Bruce Bailey, President, AWS Truewind, LLC
Speakers:
Jerry Crescenti, Director, Meteorology, Iberdrola Renewables USA
Dariush Faghani, Section Head, R&D, Helimax Energy Inc.
Panelists:
Neil Kelley, Principal Scientist — Atmospheric Physics,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Ron Nierenberg, Consulting Meteorologist
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12:15pm – 1:30pm
Networking Lunch
Location: Salon A–C
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1:30pm – 3:00pm
Turbine Performance
Presents results of a current survey of US operating wind farm availability and
also discusses the effects of meteorological considerations on turbine efficiency.
Session Chair:
Clint Johnson, Vice President - Energy Assessment & Development Services, Garrad Hassan America, Inc.
Speakers:
Ioannis Antoniou, Measurement Engineer, Siemens Wind Power A/S
Alicia Cushman, Energy Assessment Manager, enXco
Panelists:
Scott McBride, Regional Site Manager, Padoma Wind Power, LLC
Mark Young, Head of Section, Engineering & Testing,
DNV Global Energy Concepts
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3:00pm – 3:30pm
Break & Exhibits
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3:30pm – 5:00pm
Operational Assessments
This session opens the hood of a wind project by way of the operational assessment. Methods of teasing out the needed data in this expert analysis
are examined.
Session Chair:
Mark Ahlstrom, CEO, WindLogics, Inc.
Speakers:
Brad Horn, Director of Wind Analytics, NextEra Energy
Eric White, Vice President, Consulting Services, AWS Truewind, LLC
Panelists:
AnneMarie Graves, Regional Manager of Asset Management,
Garrad Hassan America, Inc.
Stephen Dictor, Performance Analyst, Horizon Wind Energy
Justin Sharp, Manager, Wind Asset Management Meteorology,
Iberdrola Renewables USA
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5:00pm – 5:15pm
Wrap-Up
Program Chair:
Matthew Hendrickson, Director, Energy Assessment,
Horizon Wind Energy
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(Program schedule and topics subject to change without notice.)
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