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Sessions (35)

Registration Open

27 Sep 17
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Welcome & Opening Session

27 Sep 17
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Speaker(s): Brian Healer

State of the Art Operational Energy Assessments

27 Sep 17
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker(s): Aaron Perry ; Matthew Bullard ; Nick Johansen ; Stephen Lightfoote
While methodologies for predicting long term energy production of a plant from operational data are fairly well aligned across the industry, key di... More...

Networking Break & Exhibits

27 Sep 17
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

External Perspectives: Operations

27 Sep 17
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker(s): Alex Clerc ; Daniel Charlton ; Erik Hale ; Joe Stevens ; Josie Prentice
Get out of the bubble! This session will first review the current state of estimate accuracy in the industry, and then focus on the gap between pre... More...

Poster and Networking Reception Sponsored by NRG Systems (Ballroom Mezzanine)

27 Sep 17
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Educational Posters will be on display throughout the duration of the conference located in the Ballroom Mezzanine (directly above the exhibito... More...

Poster: Can a Mesoscale Model Reasonably Estimate Turbulence Intensity

27 Sep 17
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker(s): Philippe Beaucage

Poster: Dash-12 for Dummies: A user’s guide to IEC 61400-12-1 Edition 2

27 Sep 17
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker(s): Dan Bernadett
Edition 2 of the IEC 61400-12-1 Power Performance Measurement standard has been officially released as of March 3rd, 2017. However, even before the... More...

Poster: Icing Losses - Comparison Between Mast and Turbine Production Data

27 Sep 17
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker(s): Adam Chehouri
The deployment of wind energy in cold climate (CC) areas is growing rapidly. However, the performance of turbines in cold climates is significantly... More...

Poster: Improvements to SoDAR Turbulence Measurements

27 Sep 17
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker(s): Andrew Black

Poster: Investigation on the Effect of Density on Anemometer Calibration

27 Sep 17
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker(s): JUNDA ZHU
There has been an on-going discussion on the effect of air density variation on the calibration constants of anemometers. The direct implication of... More...

Poster: Optimizing Towards a Balance Between Cost of Energy, Nameplate Capacity and Marketability

27 Sep 17
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker(s): Nathan Lehman
Scale generally applies in project design in the sense that increased production outweighs increased cost. However, in an optimization for cost of ... More...

Poster: Validating CFD-based flow curvature bias correction for remotely sensed winds in complex terrain

27 Sep 17
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker(s): Niels LaWhite
Flow curvature bias remains the leading impediment to widespread adoption of remote sensing for wind resource assessment in complex terrain. Previo... More...

Poster: Wake Up: Assessing the Impacts of Turbine Wakes

27 Sep 17
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker(s): Jessica Tomaszewski

Poster: Wasted Curtailment or Smart Curtailment for Bats

27 Sep 17
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker(s): Taurin Spalding
Twenty five to 75% of bat curtailment hours are wasted. This waste occurs because, even under low wind speed conditions, bat exposure to the turbin... More...

Poster:Improved Turbulence Metrics Using Cup Anemometers

27 Sep 17
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Speaker(s): JUNDA ZHU

AWEA Wind Resource Assessment Working Group Meeting (Superior Room)

28 Sep 17
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
For more information about this meeting or to RSVP, contact John Hensley at jhensley@awea.org. More...

Registration Open

28 Sep 17
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Industry Benchmarking Update

28 Sep 17
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Speaker(s): Jason Fields

Liquid Power Markets 101

28 Sep 17
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Speaker(s): Brian Healer ; Carl Ostridge ; Kevin Walter ; Lee Taylor ; Ryan Leonard
How m/s (meters per second) become d/h (dollars per hour) and why it is important to you.  Including an introductory course on liquid power ma... More...

Networking Break & Exhibits

28 Sep 17
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Flow Models: Where Atmospheric Science Meets Your Flow Model

28 Sep 17
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s): Claude Abiven ; Cory Jog ; Greg Poulos ; Pep Moreno ; Scott Eichelberger
The industry employs many different flow modeling methodologies that span a broad range of sophistication. This session will provide an overview of... More...

Networking Lunch & Exhibits

28 Sep 17
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM

Remote Sensing: What Works? What Doesn't?

28 Sep 17
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Speaker(s): Errol Halberg ; Evan Osler ; Matthew Filippelli ; Robert Schultz ; Rolando Tejeda
The use of Remote Sensing devices has proliferated across pre-construction measurement campaigns and operational wind farms. Industry trends and ne... More...

Networking Break & Exhibits

28 Sep 17
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Turbine Performance

28 Sep 17
2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Speaker(s): Alex Head ; Dan Bernadett ; Mark Young ; Melissa Elkinton ; Taylor Geer
Will we ever move on from talking about turbine performance? Probably not, but that might not be a bad thing. In order to continue to bring down th... More...

AWEA Technical Achievement Award Presentation

28 Sep 17
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker(s): Daniel Jaynes ; Melissa Elkinton

Rapid-Fire Session

29 Sep 17
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker(s): Alan Germain ; Enrique Angola ; Joseph C. Y. Lee ; Matt Smith ; Matthew Hendrickson ; Roberto Martinez ; Wiebke Langreder ; Zachary Parker
This session breaks from the mold by providing a home for speakers and topics that would not otherwise fit within the formal program structure. Top... More...

Networking Break & Exhibits

29 Sep 17
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

The Role of Data Science in Energy Production Assessment

29 Sep 17
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Speaker(s): Bingqing Peng ; Jason Fields ; Matthew Filippelli ; Patrick Pyle ; Vineet Parkhe
The wind resource community often utilizes data science to solve complex problems for assessments in development and operations. How the data is mi... More...

Closing Session

29 Sep 17
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Daniel Jaynes
Wrap up with remarks capturing some of the highlights from the conference. More...