Wind Energy Workshops
Here are presentations about wind energy and wind-diesel hybrid systems from Tribal Energy Program workshops in Colorado and Alaska. They're organized under the following headings:
Wind Energy Applications and Training Seminar
These presentations are from a workshop in August 2006 at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, Colorado
Technology Status
- Wind Energy Status and R&D Challenges
Robert W. Thresher, NREL - Wind Energy Update
Larry Flowers, NREL
Technology Choices
- Introduction to Wind Energy Fundamentals
Ken Starcher, West Texas A&M University - Wind Energy Options: One Size Doesn't Fit All
Larry Flowers, NREL - Community Wind Development
Thomas A. Wind, Wind Utility Consulting - Village Power Systems
Robert Foster, New Mexico State University - Interconnection and Transmission for Wind Generation
Thomas A. Wind, Wind Utility Consulting - Wind Energy Information Resources
Native American Wind Interest Group - State Wind Working Group Handbook
Wind Powering America
Resource Assessment
- Wind Resource Assessment
Dennis Elliott et al., NREL - Wind Monitoring Equipment and Measurement Programs
George Scott et al., NREL
Financial Considerations
- Site Selection and Energy Assessments for a Financeable Project
Gordon Randall, Global Energy Concepts - Building Your Proforma
Thomas A. Wind, Wind Utility Consulting - Wind Integration Cost and Ancillary Service Impacts
Michael Milligan (Consultant)
Policy
- Policy Issues for Tribal Wind
Bob Gough, Intertribal Council On Utility Policy - Tackling Climate Change: Potential Contribution from Wind Power
Michael Milligan (Consultant)
Wind-Diesel Workshop
These presentations are from a workshop in April 2008 in Girdwood, Alaska.
Overview
- Wind Energy: The Future Ain't What It Used To Be
Larry Flowers, NREL - Speaker Bios
- Participant Contact List
Wind-Diesel 101
This four-hour introductory course was presented by Ian Baring-Gould, a senior engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
- Wind-Diesel 101 Agenda
- Fundamentals of Wind Energy
- Dispatchable Energy Technology and Plant Control (a Primer)
- Wind-Diesel Power Systems Basics and Examples
- Successful Project Development
Community Issues
- Community Perception, Local Training and Employment
Brad Reeve, Kotzebue Electric Association - Enriching Our Native Way of Life
Tiel Smith, Bristol Bay Native Corporation - Wind-Diesel Project: Nikolski, Alaska
Connie Fredenberg, Umnak Power - Wind Energy Assessment in the Northwest Territories
Jean-Paul Pinard, Aurora Research Institute - International Project Development
Roger Taylor, NREL
Economic Factors
- Construction Costs of Wind-Diesel Projects in Alaska
David Myers, STG - Crude Oil Supply, Demand and Price Trends
James Glennie, Wind Energy Institute of Canada - Green Tags: One Way to Support Renewable Energy Development in Alaska
Chris Rose, Renewable Energy Alaska Project - Role of Government Funding
Peter Crimp, Alaska Energy Authority
Emerging Markets
- Regional Wind Development: An Expanding Market
Martina Dabo, Alaska Energy Authority - Wind-Diesel Project: Ross Island, Antarctica
Ian Baring-Gould, NREL - The Potential for Wind-Diesel Systems in Class 1-2 Wind Regimes in Nicaragua
Christian Casillas, University of California at Berkeley - Wind-Diesel System for the Antarctic Base Eduardo Frei
Benjamin Jargstorf, Factor 4 Energy Projects - Wind-Diesel Corn Islands (Nicaragua) Project Update
Benjamin Jargstorf, Factor 4 Energy Projects - Expected Alaska Wind-Diesel Projects
Hannah Manser, Renewable Energy Alaska Project - Emerging Wind-Diesel Markets: Canada?
Tim Weis, Pembina Institute - Wind-Diesel Technology: Getting It Right
James Glennie, Wind Energy Institute of Canada - Commercializing Wind-Diesel for the Beaufort Communities
David Connelly, Ile Royale Enterprises - Sakha Energo Joint-Stock Company
Gavril Levin, Sakha Energo - Energo Center Joint Stock Company
Sergey Mikryukov, Sakha Energo - Native Renewables: Emerging Markets and Systems Under Development
Bob Gough, Intertribal Council On Utility Policy
Technical Issues
- Present Wind-Diesel Challenges
Dustin Murdock, PB New Zealand - Key Technical Challenges
Charles Newcomb, Entegrity Wind Systems - Kotzebue Wind-Diesel Electric SCADA System
Daniel Rogers, Electric Power Systems
Other Issues
- Stakeholders' Perspectives on Barriers to Remote Wind-Diesel Power Plants in Canada
Tim Weis, Pembina Institute - Alaska Energy Plan
Steve Haagenson, Alaska Energy Authority - Business Models for Development
Charles Newcomb, Entegrity Wind Systems - Community Issues and Institutional Perspectives
- Wind Energy Development in Harsh Climatic Conditions in Switzerland
Robert Horbaty, Swiss Wind Energy Association
Operational Experiences
- Operational Experiences with AVEC Wind-Diesel Applications
Brent Petrie, AVEC - Integration of Medium – to High-Penetration Wind without Energy Storage
Bill Thomson, AVEC - The NorthWind100: An Arctic Turbine that Landed in a Tropical Application
Brett Pingree, Distributed Energy Systems - Wind-Diesel Power System: Coral Bay, Western Australia
Dustin Murdock, PB New Zealand - Wind-(Hydro)-Diesel Power Systems: Flores and Gracisa Islands, Azores
Dustin Murdock, PB New Zealand - Wind-Diesel Project: Ruhnu, Estonia
Per Lundsager, Darup Associates - IPSYS Applications: Cape Verde and Faroe Islands Power System Analyses
Per Lundsager, Darup Associates - St. Paul Island Project
John Lyons, TDX Power: foundation, tower erecting and blade repair
Company Technology Reports
- NorthWind100 Turbine
Brett Pingree, Distributed Energy Systems - Powercorp Experiences and Projects
Erin McLarnon, Powercorp Alaska - Flywheels in Wind-Diesel Systems
Dustin Murdock, PB New Zealand - VRB Energy Storage System
Brian Beck, VRB Power Systems - Advanced Cell Architecture for Managing Electric Power Systems with High Penetration of Distributed Energy Resources
Larry Adams, Spirae - Developing a Distributed Fleet
Charles Newcomb, Entegrity Wind Systems - Wind-Diesel Technology Development
Steve Drouilhet, Sustainable Automation - Wind Resource Assessment in Remote and Harsh Climates (Alaska)
Doug Vaught, V3 Energy - HOMER: Recent Advances
Peter Lilienthal, NREL - Wind-Diesel or Wind-Gas Cases and Possibilities by Wartsila
Niklas Wagar, Wartsila - Vergnet Wind Turbines
Pascal Larsonneur, Vergnet Eolien
Research and Development Updates
- Overview of WEICan and Recent Developments
James Glennie, Wind Energy Institute of Canada - SYSLAB: A Platform for Research and Testing of Decentralized Energy Resource Based Power Systems
Per Lundsager, Darup Associates - Alaska Energy Authority Switchgear Advances
Lenny Landis, Alaska Energy Authority - VRB Flow Battery Testing
Dennis Witmer, University of Alaska at Fairbanks - Small Wind Certification Council
James Glennie, Wind Energy Institute of Canada - Hydro-Quebec's 25 kV Test Line and Simulation Facilities at IREQ
Yves Brissette, Hydro-Quebec's Research Institute (IREQ) - Dynamic Control Communication System for Hybrid Power Systems
Utama Abdulwahid, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Operation Modes: San Cristobal and Santa Cruz/Baltra, Galapagos Islands
Benjamin Jargstorf, Factor 4 Energy Projects