AWEA Wind Power Supply Chain Workshop

March 17, 2010
The Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons
Greensboro, North Carolina

With the growing demand for wind energy in the U.S., AWEA is bringing its successful supply chain program to the Southeast! Discover how increasing domestic manufacturing of wind turbines and their components can grow your company, staff and profits. This workshop will provide attendees with a unique opportunity to interact with representatives from a diverse range of industries and hear first hand the wind energy industry’s needs, challenges, and opportunities for growth. Don’t miss this opportunity to share resources and best practices with your peers, industry leaders and experts.

Topics:

• An overview of the wind industry supply chain
• How to enter the wind industry – tips, tools and resources
• Hear from some of the major wind turbine manufacturers in the world

New to the wind industry?
Attend our pre-conference seminar on March 16^th and learn everything that you need to get up to speed including; an overview and status of the wind industry, anatomy of a turbine, and how the wind energy industry supply chain works.

Registration : http://www.awea.org/events/supplychain4/

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AWEA Wind Project Profitability and Reliability Workshop

January 19 - 20, 2010
Westin Gaslamp Quarter
910 Broadway Circle
San Diego, CA

Project profitability and reliability are closely related themes of paramount importance to the “bottom line” of any wind power owner/ operator. Increased operating “up-time” and operating efficiency yields increased productivity of the plant, in turn increasing generation and revenue. Reducing costs of repairs, maintenance and overall downtime also have direct benefits to plant profitability. Learn from experts and fellow practitioners how to get the most out of your project through practical insights on successful strategies and approaches for efficient plant operations and maintenance.

Topics:

• A Year in Transition: Wind Energy 2009 in Review
• Improving Performance and Cost Competitiveness
• Health and Safety: The First Priority
• Wind Variability: Minimizing its Impacts
• Major Component Maintenance and Reliability
• Learning from Equipment and Data: Condition Monitoring and Data Analysis
• Industry Updates
• Training: How will we Meet our Staffing Needs?
• Owner Operator Panel: Getting the Most out of a Project in the Real World
• OEM Perspectives on O&M

Speaker Opportunities:
If you are interested in speaking at this workshop, please email education@awea.orgwith a brief abstract (no longer than 150 words) and a short biography on the presenter; we will accept abstracts until November 10, 2009. Due to the time it takes to finalize the agenda, you will not be notified of your abstract status until a couple weeks before the event.

Exhibitor and Sponsorship Opportunities:
To learn more about exhibit and/or sponsorship opportunities for this workshop, please contact exhibition@awea.org .

Registration : http://www.awea.org/events/ppr10/

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AWEA Wind and Transmission Workshop

March 2 - 3, 2010
Denver, CO

Adequate transmission is necessary to the expansion of wind energy. Learn about the opportunities, potential solutions and challenges the wind industry is facing as we work to overcome the transmission barrier. This workshop will explore ways wind and transmission companies can make more use of existing transmission capacity, work through the logjams in interconnection queues, and expand transmission capacity. It will also examine the roles that the U.S. Congress, FERC and the Department of Energy can play in getting new transmission planned, funded and permitted.

Topics:

• How and when planned transmission becomes actual transmission
• Major transmission lines currently planned for the Western, Texas, and Eastern regions
• Grid operations and integration: ways to enhance the flexibility of the grid, including demand response, new generation, smart grid, energy storage – separating the facts from the hype
• Opportunities to make the grid more efficient and get more wind on the system
• Discussion of the Department Of Energy funded interconnection-wide transmission planning process
• Key challenges and opportunities for wind integration including: legal, regulatory, and technical issues

Registration : http://www.awea.org/events/transmission10/

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AWEA Wind Power Project Siting Workshop

February 17 – 18, 2010
Westin Tabor Center
Denver, CO

With the 2008 record capacity addition of over 8500 megawatts of wind energy in the U.S., proper siting of wind projects is essential to helping wind energy maintain its “good neighbor” reputation. This workshop’s program will address how wind project siting and elements of the human and natural environment interconnect – including aesthetics, stakeholder dynamics and wildlife interactions. Take advantage of this great opportunity to network with other wind energy siting professionals and to learn the latest on important and relevant siting topics.

Topics:

• Visual impacts and stakeholder relations
• Regional permitting structure for wind projects
• Regional transmission initiatives
• Sage Grouse and prairie chicken
• Site construction

Registration : http://www.awea.org/events/projectsiting10/

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