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9:00-10:00am
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Overview of the Wind Industry
Bruce Bailey, President, AWS Truewind, LLC
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10:00-10:45am
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Economics Overview
Keith Martin, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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10:45-11:00am
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Break
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11:00-11:45am
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Wind Resource Analysis
Larry Jacobs, Senior Marketing and Sales Engineer, NRG Systems, Inc.
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11:45-12:45pm
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Lunch
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12:45-1:30pm
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Siting Issues
Karen Tyrell, Senior Vice President, BHE Environmental, Inc.
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1:30-2:30pm
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Technology Overview / Supply Chain Challenges & Solutions
Sandy Butterfield, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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2:30-2:45pm
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Break
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2:45-3:45pm
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Transmission and Integration Issues for Wind Power Plants
Joseph Fagan, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Sergio Pozzerle, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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3:45-4:00pm
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Wrap-up / Q&A Session
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9:00-9:15am
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Opening Remarks
Jeff Schlichting, Principal, HMH Energy Resources, Inc.
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9:15-11:00am
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Site Control
Chris Taylor, Chief Development Officer, Element Power -North America
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9:15-11:00am
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Wind Resource Measurement and Documentation
Gordon Randall, Senior Technical Advisor, DNV Global Energy Concepts (DNV-GEC)
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9:15-11:00am
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Permitting and Site Assessment
Aileen Giovanello, Director of Business Development, Tetra Tech EC, Inc.
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11:00-11:15am
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Break
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11:15am-12:30pm
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Interconnection and Transmission
Michael Hornstein, Babcock & Brown LP
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11:15-12:30pm
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Power Purchase Arrangements / Offtake Agreement
Ed Feo, Partner, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
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12:30-1:30pm
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Lunch
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1:30-2:45pm
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Procurement & Financing
Randy Becker, Senior Director, Black & Veatch
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1:30-2:45pm
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Construction / Operations & Maintenance
Joe Stevens, Vice President, Independent Engineering Group, Garrad Hassan America, Inc.
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3:00-4:00pm
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Panel Discussion
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9:30-9:35am
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Welcome & Introduction
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9:35-10:15am
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Wind Energy Industry Overview & Outlook
Kathy Belyeu, Manager of Industry Information Services, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
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10:15-10:45am
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Break
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10:45-11:45am
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Anatomy of a Wind Turbine
Matt Garran, Technical Manager, Great Lakes Wind Network - WIRE-Net
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11:45-1:15pm
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Lunch
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1:15-2:15pm
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Major Component Sourcing
Parthiv Amin, President, Winergy Drive Systems Corporation
Gene Cuenot, Vice President, Vestas Nacelles Americas GP&SC
Dan McDevitt, VP, Supply Management, Nordex USA Inc.
Perry Wozney, Director, Strategic Procurement, Acciona Windpower North America
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2:15-3:00pm
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Value Chain Services
Scott Meador, Vice President, Shermco Industries
Vikash Patel, Logistics Sourcing Leader, GE Energy
Trent Schon, Director of Safety, Mortenson Construction
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3:00-3:30pm
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Break
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3:30-4:00pm
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Case Studies
John Grabner, President, Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Co., Inc.
David Lisle, President & Chief Executive Officer, Wausaukee Composites, Inc.
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4:00-4:15pm
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Wrap-up Session
Britt Theismann, Director of Membership, American Wind Energy Association
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AWEA Board Member
Brian McNiff, President, McNiff Light Industry
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WINDPOWER 2009 Conference Program Co-Chairs
Mark Ahlstrom, Chief Executive Officer, WindLogics
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AWEA Representative
Britt Theismann, Director of Membership, American Wind Energy Association
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WINDPOWER 2009 - Welcome and Opening Session
Level 3 North Hall B1
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Tuesday, May 5 2009
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
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Speaker(s):
The Honorable Pat Quinn, Governor, State of Illinois
The Honorable Richard Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago
Denise Bode, Chief Executive Officer, American Wind Energy Association
The Honorable Ken Salazar, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior
Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, FERC
Miguel Sebastian, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Government of Spain
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General Session: Governors' Wind Energy Coalition Roundtable
Level 3 North Hall B1
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Tuesday, May 5 2009
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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Speaker(s):
Session Chairperson:
The Honorable Chet Culver, Governor, State of Iowa
Moderator:
Denise Bode, Chief Executive Officer, American Wind Energy Association
The Honorable Jim Doyle, Governor, State of Wisconsin
The Honorable Ted Strickland, Governor, State of Ohio
The Honorable Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor, State of Michigan
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Co-locating Renewable Energy Technologies: Shaping production, securing our clean energy future
Edward Einowski, Partner, Stoel Rives LLP
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RE-Powering America's Land: Renewable Energy on Contaminated Land and Mining Sites
Pam Swingle, US Environmental Protection Agency
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Wind Energy Opportunities with Tribal lands
Bob Gough, Secretary, Intertribal Council On Utility Policy
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Federal Lands
Ray Brady, Manager, Energy Policy Act Team, Bureau of Land Management
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Global Markets
Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council
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European Markets
Christian Kjaer, Chief Executive Officer, European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)
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CanWEA's Wind Vision 2025: Working for 20% Wind Penetration in Canada
Robert Hornung, President, Canadian Wind Energy Association
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German Wind Market: Status and Future Developments
Hermann Albers, President, German Wind Energy Association
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Chinese Markets
Qin Haiyan, Secretary General, Chinese Wind Energy Association
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Spanish Wind Market: Current Status and Future
Pedro L. Marin Uribe, General Secretary for Energy, Spanish Ministry for Industry, Telecommunications and Tourism
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SPP Wind Penetration And Integration Studies
Jay Caspary, Director, Transmission Development, Southwest Power Pool
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Risks of Extreme Wind Generation Output Changes in the ERCOT Market
Reigh Walling, Director, GE Energy
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Assessment of Integration Cost of New Wind Power Plants
Nader Samaan, Power Systems Engineer, EnerNex Corporation
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Calculating Wind Integration Costs: Separating Wind Energy Value From Integration Cost Impacts
Michael Milligan, Principal Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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SPANISH EXPERIENCE ON THE INTEGRATION OF WIND POWER INTO THE ELECTRICAL GRID
Alberto Cena, Technical Director, SPANISH WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION
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Transmission and Wind Integration
Michael Goggin, AWEA
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Transmission Planning at a Landscape Scale: Renewable Energy Zones
Abby Arnold, Senior Mediator, National Wind Coordinating Collaborative
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Securing Transmission Service: How to Take Control of the Process
Jay Matson, Partner, Day Pitney LLP
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Fitting Wind into Electricity Markets
Erik Ela, Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Permitting Policies and Pitfalls of Offshore Wind
Katherine Roek, Attorney, Stoel Rives, LLP
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Overview of European Offshore Wind and Grid Developments
Bruce Douglas, Chief Operating Officer, European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)
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UK Offshore Wind: How the US Can Benefit from Lessons Learned
John Buckley, Head of Trade Promotion, UK Renewables
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Rules for Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures. Site Conditions Uncertainties
Miguel A. Sanchez Cano, Project Engineer, DNV
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Offshore Wind Power Production and the Sea Breeze Circulation
Jeffrey Freedman, Senior Research Scientist, AWS Truewind LLC
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Navigating the Carbon and Renewable Energy Markets: A Practical Guide
Andrew Kolchins, Director, Renewable Energy Markets, Evolution Markets Inc.
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Getting the National REC Market Right: a Generator's Perspective on the State RPS ExperienceRPS
Peter Toomey, Manager, Environmental Markets, IBERDROLA RENEWABLES
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How carbon premiums will change regional and nodal markets.
Jeff Bladen, Vice President, Market Planning & Strategy, Gamesa Energy USA
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The Role of the Voluntary Renewable Energy Market in New Capacity Development
Alex Pennock, Manager, Green-e Energy, Center for Resource Solutions
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Current Market Situations
Keith Hays, Research Director, Global Wind Advisory Service, Emerging Energy Research
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Major Cost Drivers and the Factors that Influence Them
Mark Bolinger, Staff Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Trends in Wind Power EPC Costs
Mark Goodwin, Director, Turbine Procurement & Technology, Horizon Wind Energy
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Examining the Cost of Producing Wind Energy: The Cost of Capital
Edward Zaelke, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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WIND DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Jay Gallegos, Ceo, Mesomerica Energy
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Wind Development in Brazil
Lauro Fiuza, President, Brazilian Association of Wind Energy
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Wind Development in Mexico
Cesar Fuentes, AMDEE (Mexican Wind Energy Association – MEXWEA)
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Wind Development in Chile
Cristobal Garcia Huidobro, Civil Engineer, Centinel
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Emerging Wind Energy Markets and the Role of IFC Financing
Dana Younger, Senior Adviser, Renewable Energy & Sustainability, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
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Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) "Wind Ramp Event" Tracking System
John Pease, Project Manager, Bonneville Power Administration
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Improving Wind Farm Energy Forecasting through Improved Data Quality
James Blatchford, Sr. Policy Issues Representative, CAISO
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Advanced Wind Forecasting for Improved Power System Operations
Audun Botterud, Energy Systems Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory
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Capacity Requirements to Support Inter-Balancing Area Wind Delivery
Brendan Kirby, Consultant, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Ohio's RES Rulemaking, Siting Legislation, and Property Tax Issues
Terrence O'Donnell, Associate, Bricker & Eckler LLP
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Indiana's RES Legislative Activity and llinois' Taxation Issues
Bob Crowell, Sr Vice President, Development, E.ON Climate & Renewables North American Inc.
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Midwest Wind Energy, on Illinois Issues and Wisconsin Issues
Stefan Noe, President, Midwest Wind Energy, LLC
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Illinois's Renewable Energy Procurement Methods and Taxation Issues
Sherman Elliott, Commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission
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Advanced Tower Systems; The Construction Of The Highest Hybrid Tower
Frans Brughuis, Managing director, Advanced Tower Systems / Mecal
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Welding of Towers: New Welding and Inspection Methods
William Mohr, Principal Engineer, EWI
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Codes And Standards For Wind Turbine Foundations: An Overview and Future Outlook
Tomas Vazquez, Management Consultant, Sargent & Lundy, LLC
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Seismic Forces for Wind Turbine Foundations
Eric Ntambakwa, Senior Civil Engineer, Garrad Hassan America, Inc.
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Carbon Regulation & Climate Change: US Federal Action
Lisa Jacobson, Executive Director, Business Council for Sustainable Energy
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Climate Policy as a Driver for Wind
Dorthe Scherling Nielsen, Manager, Government Relations, Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc.
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Carbon Regulation & Climate Change
Danielle Osborn Mills, Regulatory Policy Coordinator, CEERT
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AWEA President's Message
Don Furman, Senior Vice President, Development, Transmission and Policy, Iberdrola Renewables
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Panel Discussion: Strategic Outlook for Wind Development
Vic Abate, Vice President for Renewables, GE Energy
General Wesley Clark, (ret.) Emergya Wind Technologies, B.V. Director and Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Ditlev Engel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Declan Flanagan, CEO, E.On Climate & Renewables N.A. Inc.
Michael Polsky, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invenergy
Jim Walker, Vice Chairman of the Board, enXco
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In Conversation with T. Boone Pickens
T. Boone Pickens, Chairman, BP Capital Management
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Evolving Financing Strategies
Keith Martin, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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Investing in the Winds of Change
Tim Howell, Managing Director, GE Energy Financial Services
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Tax Equity Structures and Market
John Eber, Managing Director-Energy Investments, JPMorgan Capital Corporation
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Tax Equity Landscape
Andrew Redinger, Managing Director and Group Head, KeyBanc Capital Markets
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The Development Challenges of North American Suppliers Regarding Critical Wind Turbine Components.
Ian Cluderay, Vice President of Supply Chain Management, Clipper Windpower, Inc.
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Building a Wind Components Industry in America
Ed Weston, Director, Great Lakes Wind Network
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A New Paradigm for Wind Farm Supply Chain Management
Graham Brisben, President, Professional Logistics Group, Inc. - PLG
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Robotic Automation For Wind Turbine Composite Component Manufacturers
Christopher Lutz, VP Business Development, KMT Robotic Solutions
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LADWP's Public Utility Perspective on Wind Resources in their RPS Program
Brian Koch, Manager Of Resource Development, LADWP
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Renewable Energy as a Hedge Against Uncertain Fossil Fuel Prices and Carbon Regulation Compliance Costs
Galen Barbose, Staff Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Utility Case Study: Wind Power - IRP Results and Process
Mark Rathbun, Renewable Energy Project Leader, Great River Energy
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Energy First IRP: The Next Generation
Bob Anderson, Managing Director, Western Grid Group
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Utility Perspective on PHEVs
Jeff Anthony, Manager of Utility Programs, American Wind Energy Association
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The Analytical Basis for PHEVs Growth and Wind Power's Role in Powering our PHEV Fllet
Richard Lordan, Director of Grid Operations and Planning, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
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Beyond and Before V2G: Plug-ins Can Support Wind in Many Ways
Lena Hansen, Senior Consultant, Rocky Mountain Institute
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Making PHEVs Work ? Challenges and Benefits for Power Systems Operations
Lawrence Jones, Senior Product Marketing Manager, AREVA T&D Inc.
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Benchmarking the Operational Performance of Wind Assets
Chris Ziesler, Wind Analysis Manager, Shell WindEnergy Inc
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Effects of Complex Wind Regimes on Turbine Performance and Power Curve Warranties
Elisabeth Rareshide, Power Performance Testing Manager, Garrad Hassan America, Inc.
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Effects of Atmospheric Conditions on Power Performance and Proposed Correction Technique Evaluation
David VanLuvanee, Project Engineer, DNV Global Energy Concepts (DNV-GEC)
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Wind Project Performance Optimization
Dariush Faghani, Section Head, R&D, Helimax Energy Inc.
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Climate Legislation and Stimulus Implementation Issues with Focus on Grant Program
Tom Vinson, Environment Legislative Manager, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
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Stimulus Implementation Issues with Focus on DOE Loan Guarantee Program
Kenneth W. Hansen, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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Panel Discussion
Raymond Wood, Co-Head of Alternative Energy Group, Credit Suisse
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Panel Discussion
Gisela Kroess, Director, Global Structured & Project Finance, UniCredit-HVB
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Panel Discussion
Steve Dean, President, DAI Management Consultants, Inc.
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Panel Discussion
Sandip Sen, Citibank
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Panel Discussion
John C. Plaster, Managing Director, Barclays Capital
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Latest Developments in the US Wind Turbine Supply Market
Ty Daul, CEO, Element Power -North America
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Trends in Wind Turbine Warranties
Edward Zaelke, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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Current Trends in Wind Turbine Debt Financing
Tony Muoser, Senior Vice President - Energy, HSH Nordbank AG
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Experiences in Trans-National Wind Turbine Supply Negotiation
John Yost, Vice President & Sr. Project Manager, E.ON Climate & Renewables North America Inc.
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Alternative Business Models for Electric Cooperatives to Integrate Wind Energy
Robert Putnam, Renewable Energy Technical Services Manager, CH2M HILL
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Our Utility's Process from Solicitation to Power Purchase Agreement
Peggy Simmons, Manager-Renewable Energy, American Electric Power
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The National Renewables Cooperative Organization
Amadou Fall, NRCO
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Wind Projects and Transmission Infrastructure -- A Utility Perspective
Dan Chase, Contract Negotiator, Renewable and Alternative Power Dept., Southern California Edison
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The Challenges of Coastal Wind Forecasting
Stephen Woll, WeatherFlow Inc.
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Temporal Forecast Uncertainty for Ramp Events
Craig Collier, Senior Meteorologist, Garrad Hassan
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New Concepts in Wind Power Forecasting Models
Vladimiro Miranda, Director, INESC Porto LA
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Describing Uncertainty: The Development And Verification Of Probabilistic Weather Forecasts
Matthew Pocernich, Associate Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
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An Improved Process for Rotor Blade Replacement in an Operating Wind Farm
Michael Johnson, Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation
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Improving Performance of WEC through Pitch Angle Optimization and Rotor Balancing
Anke Grunwald, Marketing & Sales Engineer, WindGuard North America Inc.
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Real-time Rotor Icing and Imbalance Monitoring for Improved Operation and Maintenance
Toby King, CEO, Insensys
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Best Practices: Controlling Oil Contamination In Wind Turbine Gearboxes And Hydraulic Systems
William Needelman, Chief Science Advisor, Donaldson Company
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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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Wind Energy in the Mitigation of Carbon Emissions Under Various Policy Scenarios
Walter Short, Group Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Competitive Markets and the Development of Wind Energy
William Massey, Former FERC Commissioner, Covington and Burling
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"US Wind Policy: In Search of Sustainability"
Seth Dunn, Renewables Policy Leader, Americas, GE Energy
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Recent Developments in Wind PPAs: Who's Doing What to Whom, and Why
Bill Holmes, Partner, Stoel Rives LLP
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Considering Intermittent Resource Market Rule Changes As Wind Penetration Increases
Sean A. Atkins, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP
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State And Local Tax Issues Facing Wind Energy Developers
Renn Neilson, Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.
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Lessons From The Siting Wars
Trey Cox, Partner, Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP
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Wind Energy Education at UMass: Experience and Recommendations
James Manwell, Prof., University of Massachusetts
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Sourcing Talent to Fuel our Future
Bob Paxton, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Broadwind Energy, Inc.
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Developing World-class Technicians to Service the World's Best Running Fleet
Daniel Lance, Global Training Leader, Wind Field Operations, GE Energy Renewables
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Status Update on Workforce Development and Education in the Wind Industry
Liz Salerno, Manager of Policy Analysis, American Wind Energy Association
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Workforce Development to Achieve 20% Wind Energy by 2030: DOE Wind Program Initiatives
Linda Silverman, Special Assistant for Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
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User Panelist
James Blatchford, Sr. Policy Issues Representative, CAISO
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User Panelist
Barry Gilman, Manager, Contract Compliance, Southern California Edison
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User Panelist
Mike McMullen, Director, West Regional Operations, Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator
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Provider Panelist
Mark Ahlstrom, Chief Executive Officer, WindLogics
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Provider Panelist
Bruce Bailey, President, AWS Truewind, LLC
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Provider Panelist
Pascal Storck, President, 3TIER
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Generation Interconnection Policies and Wind Power: A Discussion of Issues, Problems, and Potential Solutions
(Handout Listing Only)
Kevin Porter, Vice President, Exeter Associates
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Nailing the Basics: Safety Standards and Management Systems
Amira Bitar, Regional EHS Lead, GE Energy
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Preparing for the Worst: Rescue Systems and Procedures
Jan Holan, President, Skala Inc.
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Taking Safety to the Next Level: Pursuing OSHAs VPP Star Program
Sean Dei, Next Era Energy Resources
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AWEA Updates
Michele Myers, Manager, Industrial Health & Safety Programs, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
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Issues in Missouri
Dean Baumgardner, Executive Vice President/Chief Development Officer, Wind Capital Group
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Key questions for IPPs active in Nebraska
David Levy, Partner, Baird Holm LLP
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Wind Generation Development in Nebraska
Dave Rich, Renewable Energy Develoment Manager, Nebraska Public Power District - NPPD
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Wind Development Issues in North Dakota
Tony Clark, Commissioner, North Dakota Public Service Commission
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Kansas Overview
Robert Freeman, Chief Executive Officer, TradeWind Energy, LLC
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Panel Discussion
Andris Cukurs, CEO North America, Suzlon Wind Energy Corp.
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Panel Discussion
Sean Fitzgerald, 1.5MW Platform Manager, GE Energy
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Panel Discussion
Marc Fioravanti, Director, Commercial Operations, Clipper Windpower Inc.
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Panel Discussion
Scott Gros, Senior Vice President of Sales, Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc.
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Panel Discussion
Adrian E. LaTrace, Vice President and General Manager, Acciona Windpower North America
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Panel Discussion
Jose Ignacio Llorente, Engineering Manager, Gamesa
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Panel Discussion
Michael Revak, Vice President Sales and Proposal, Siemens Energy, Inc., Wind Power Americas
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A WAY FORWARD: WIND FARM -- WEATHER RADAR COEXISTENCE
Richard Vogt, Director, Radar Operations Center, NOAA/National Weather Service
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Region 9 & 10 Process: Moving Ahead Collaboratively
DeEllen Brasher, Regional Environmental Coordination Officer, U.S. Department of Defense
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Military Radar & Wind: Case Study & Ideas for Moving Forward
Mark Tholke, Regional Project Development Manager, enXco, Inc.
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Overview of Mitigation Efforts at Wind Projects in the UK and US
Geoff Blackman, Principal, Westslope Consulting, LLC
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Gap Filler Radar for WInd Farm Mitigation
Y. Francis Lok, LRR SLEP Technical Director, Raytheon Company
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Panel Discussion
Nina Plaushin, Director Federal & Legislative Affairs, ITC Holdings
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Panel Discussion
Henry R. Tilghman, Senior Manager-Technical Compliance, External Relations, Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc.
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Panel Discussion
Beth Soholt, Director, Wind on the Wires
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Panel Discussion
Monty Humble, General Counsel, Mesa Power Group, LLC
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Comparison of WAsP, CFD, NWP and Analytical Methods for Estimating Site Wind Speeds
David VanLuvanee, Project Engineer, DNV Global Energy Concepts (DNV-GEC)
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Predicted Versus Actual Production Using Various Modeling Approaches
Alicia Cushman, Energy Assessment Manager, enXco
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Wind Shear and Uncertainties in Power Curve Measurements and Wind Resources
Ioannis Antoniou, Measurement Engineer, Siemens Wind Power A/S
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Increasing wind resource correlation accuracy while preserving simplicity through artificial neural networks
Seth Langford, Renewable Energy Engineer, Hydro Tasmania Consulting
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Direct Drive - A Commercial Alternative?
Henrik Stiesdal, Chief Technology Officer, Siemens Energy
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Engineering of Reliable Components with Advanced Drivetrain Simulation - ADTSII
Frank-D. Krull, Head of Research & Development Department, Eickhoff Antriebstechnik GmbH
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NREL Gearbox Reliability Collaborative Analysis Round Robin
Francisco Oyague, Research Eng, NREL
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PM Generator and Full Size Converter The New Drive Train Standard
Anders Troedson, Vice President, The Switch Controls and Converters, Inc.
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The Economic Development Impacts of Community Wind: A Review and Empirical Evaluation
Eric Lantz, Markets and Policy Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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An Analysis of the Technical and Economic Potential for Mid-Scale Distributed Wind
Robert Kwartin, Vice President, ICF International
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Virtual Net Metering in Massachusetts
Andrew Brydges, Principal Consultant, KEMA, Inc.
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Creation of a Development Model for Community Wind Projects: A Case Study
Loren Pruskowski, VP of Finance, Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc.
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Panel Discussion
Steve Dayney, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, REpower USA Corp.
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Panel Discussion
Frank Epps, Emergya Wind Technolgies Americas - EWT
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Panel Discussion
Andy Lockhart, Executive Vice President, DeWind Inc
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Panel Discussion
Jan Ross, Director of Sales and Project Management, Fuhrländer AG
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Panel Discussion
Ralf Sigrist, President & CEO, Nordex USA, Inc.
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Avian and Bat Protection Plans as a Risk Mitigation Tool
Andrew Linehan, Director, Wind Permitting, Iberdrola Renewables
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Assessing The Risk Of Avian And Bat Mortality At Commercial Wind Farms
Gino Giumarro, Certified Wildlife Biologist / Senior Associate, Stantec
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Evaluating whooping crane stop-over habitat at potential windpower sites to minimize risk
Karl Kosciuch, Ecologist, Tetra Tech EC
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ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF WIND TURBINES ON BATS
Ed Arnett, Conservation Scientist, Bat Conservation International
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California's Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative
David Olsen, Director, Western Grid Group
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What the Joint Coordinated System Plan Transmission Overlays Provide
Dale Osborn, Transmission Technical Director, Midwest ISO
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Findings And Next Steps for SPPs Latest EHV Overlay Study
Jay Caspary, Director, Transmission Development, Southwest Power Pool
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Colorado's Approach to Overcoming Transmission Roadblocks
Morey Wolfson, Utilities Program Manager, Colorado Governor's Energy Office
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Investigation of the NRG #40 Anemometer Slowdown
Steven Clark, Mechanical Engineer, NRG Systems, Inc
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Lidar Profilers in Wind Energy The State of the Art
Michael Courtney, Senior Scientist, Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy
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Met-tower And SODAR Hybrid: Reducing Cost and Improving Accuracy of Wind Measurements
Pramod Jain, Chief Technology Officer, Wind Energy Consulting and Contracting, Inc.
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Control Algorithms For Eliminating Tower Vibration Events On Active Stall Wind Turbines
Chris Spruce, Senior Specialist, Vestas Wind Systems
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Platform Pitch Control And Blade Load Reductions For Floating Wind Turbines
Matthew Lackner, Assistant Professor, Wind Energy Center, UMass Amherst
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Combined Individual Blade Pitch and Active Aerodynamic Load Controller Investigation for the 5MW UPWIND Turbine
David Wilson, Mechanical Engineer, Sandia National Laboratory
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Community Wind: Development Challenges
Eric Luesebrink, Director, Development, Edison Mission Energy
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How to Manage Environmental and Engineering Consultants on Wind Projects
Aileen Giovanello, Director of Business Development, Tetra Tech EC, Inc.
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Community Wind Development: Project Participation for Farmers and Ranchers
Edwin Ing, Principal, Law Office of Edwin T. C. Ing
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Creative Community Wind Financing
Clayt Tabor, Director of Finance, Midwest Wind Finance, LLC - MWF
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The good, the bad and ugly of selling wind to end users.
Jeff Bladen, Vice President, Market Planning & Strategy, Gamesa Energy USA
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Innovations in Retailing Wind Power
Quayle Hodek, Chief Executive Officer, Renewable Choice Energy
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Investment and Innovation in the REC Market
Nathan Hanson, Vice President, NextEra Energy Resources
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How Will National RPS and Federal Climate Change Policy Affect Retail Buyers of Wind Energy?
Eric Thumma, Iberdrola Renewables
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Wind and Noise Policy in Populated Areas - No Simple Technical Solutions
Phil Ponebshek, Senior Project Manager, ERM Southwest
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Siting Conflicts With Non-FAA Recognized Airports
James Griffin, Attorney, Schain, Burney, Ross & Citron, Ltd.
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Resolving the Television Reception Roadblock for continued Wind Energy Growth
Lester Polisky, Senior Principal Engineer, Comsearch
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Sound Advice: Evaluating Noise Impacts in a Changing Landscape
Ken Kaliski, Director, Resource Systems Group, Inc.
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GENERATION INTERCONNECTION POLICIES AND WIND POWER
Kevin Porter, Vice President, Exeter Associates
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Generation Interconnection Study Improvements At Southwest Power Pool
Jay Caspary, Director, Transmission Development, Southwest Power Pool
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Extended Ride Through Capability, Testing And Results Of A 2.5MW Wind Turbine.
Hanif Mashal, Power Systems Technical Lead, Clipper Windpower Technology, Inc.
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Inertial Response Option for Wind Turbine Generators
Nicholas Miller, Director, GE Energy
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Is a Non-linear MCP Method Useful for North American Wind Regimes?
Marc LeBlanc, Director, Principal Engineer, Garrad Hassan Canada Inc
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Time Of Day correlations for improved wind speed predictions
Andrew Oliver, VP Technologies, RES Americas Inc
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Nesting Large-eddy Simulations Within Mesoscale Simulations for Wind Energy Forecasting, Resource Assessment
Jeffrey Mirocha, Atmospheric Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Extreme Wind Estimates with Modest Uncertainty - a Contradiction?
Wiebke Langreder, Chief Engineer Wind&Site, Suzlon Energy A/S
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Importance Of Airfoil Post-Stall Characteristics For The Prediction Of Extreme Loads.
Sandeep Gupta, Manager - Loads Engineering, Clipper Windpower, Inc.
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Fast Prototype Blade Design
Kristian Dixon, Development Engineer, Siemens Wind Power
TestFirst TestLast, Form Tester, Test - Netronix
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Load Modeling Of Parked Wind Turbine Rotors In Hurricane-Prone Areas
Oliver Probst, Professor, ITESM Physics Department
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Challenges in Megawatt Scale Blade Manufacturing
Gary Kanaby, Vice President / Sales, Knight & Carver Wind Group
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Status of the U.S. Small-Wind Market
Ron Stimmel, Small-Wind Advocate, American Wind Energy Association
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Distributed Wind Markets and Policy: Future Market Opportunities and Past Incentivized Markets
Trudy Forsyth, Senior Project Leader II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Certifying the Performance of Small Wind Turbines
Larry Sherwood, Executive Director, Small Wind Certification Council
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Incorporating Turbulence Loss Factors For Improved Small Wind Turbine Production Estimates
Stephanie Savage, Senior Analyst, NexGen Energy Partners, LLC
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Case Study of a Small Commercial Wind Project
John Haselden, Principal Engineer, Indianapolis Power & Light
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Great Lakes Wind Energy Center (GLWEC) Pilot Project and Applied Research Center
David Matthiesen, Professor, Case Western Reserve University
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Public Service Commission of Wisconsin's Investigation Into Great Lakes Off-Shore Wind
Lauren Azar, Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
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Michigan's Offshore Great Lakes Wind Policy Council
Michael Klepinger, Proprietor, Mikinetics Consulting, LLC
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Geotechnical Challenges of Siting Offshore Wind Turbines in the Great Lakes
Tom McNeilan, vice president, Fugro Atlantic
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Working in Communities on the Ground to Promote Projects
Marion Trieste, Managing Director, GEOS Global, LLC
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WPA’s Look at the Social Acceptance of Wind
Larry Flowers, Principle Supervisor, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Advocating for Wind Policies
Jennifer Alvarado, Executive Director, Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association
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Landowner’s Perspective on the Growing Industry
Johnna Bruhn, Landowner Association Organizer, New Mexico
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Technology For Measuring and Enhancing the Performance Of Wind Turbine Projects
James Maughan, GM, Product Service and Warranty, GE Wind Energy
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A Framework for an effective O&M strategy
Robert Barkley, Due Diligence Manager, Garrad Hassan Canada
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The Application of ARM Modelling for Reliability Improvement
Henrik Stiesdal, Chief Technology Officer, Siemens Energy
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Combining Environmental, Operational and Condition Data for Optimum Asset Utilization
Tony Amato, President, SWANTECH, a Curtiss Wright Company
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Necessity for Using Nonlinear Structural Analysis in Designing Blades
Kyle Wetzel, President, Wetzel Engineering, Inc.
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Active Aerodynamic Blade Load Control Impacts on Utility-Scale Wind Turbines
Dale Berg, Member of Tech Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
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"Analysis of Structural Failures of Wind Towers"
Dilip Khatri, Senior Structural Engineer, URS
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Wind Turbine Systems
Chris Spruce, Senior Specialist, Vestas Wind Systems
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Small Wind Turbine Testing Results from the National Renewable Energy Lab
Amy Bowen, Test Engineer, National Renewable Energy Lab
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Design and Manufacture of the Cal Poly Wind Turbine Rotor
Patrick Lemieux, Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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Advanced Turbine Technology Benefits for Community Wind
Jim Stover, Vice President of Product Management, Northern Power Systems
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Optimizing the Rooftop Placement of Building Integrating Wind Turbines
Brad Cochran, Sr. Associate, CPP, Inc.
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