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AWEA Offshore Wind Standards Subcommittee Meeting

15 Oct 18
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Other

The AWEA Offshore Wind Standards Subcommittee and Working Groups for metocean, floating, submarine cables, geotechnical and geophysical, and OCRP 2... More...

Registration Open (Room Capitol B)

15 Oct 18
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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WRISE Networking Reception (not an AWEA event) (Room The Dubliner)

15 Oct 18
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Registration Open

16 Oct 18
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Coffee with Exhibitors

16 Oct 18
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Exhibits Open

16 Oct 18
9:00 AM - 6:35 PM
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Welcome & Opening Keynotes

16 Oct 18
9:55 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker(s): Director General Bjørn Haugstad ; Ethan Zindler ; Nancy Sopko ; Senator Edward J. Markey ; Senator Tom Carper ; Stephanie McClellan ; Thomas Brostrom ; Tom Kiernan
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A Path to Market: Utilities Perspectives on Offshore Wind

16 Oct 18
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Regional Efforts, Transmission/Grid

Speaker(s): Ernesto Rodriguez ; Iulia Gheorghiu ; Melissa Reynolds ; Stephen Wemple
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Networking Lunch, Exhibits & e-Poster Sessions

16 Oct 18
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Tracks: Other

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e-Poster: Evaluating Benefits of Offshore Wind in NEPA (Room Station 1)

16 Oct 18
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM

Tracks: Building Public, Stakeholder & Political Support, Posters

Speaker(s): Andrea Bohmholdt
BOEM must comply with NEPA prior to approving a lessee’s construction and operation plan for a wind project on the OCS. NEPA analyses (EAs or... More...

e-Poster: Offshore Wind in Japan – Building a leasing, permitting and stakeholder outreach framework (Room Station 2)

16 Oct 18
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Building Public, Stakeholder & Political Support, Posters

Speaker(s): Annette Bossler
In 2013 Japan made offshore wind headlines by installation two floating wind turbines and the world’s first floating substation as phase 1 of... More...

e-Poster: Collaboration and Engagement: Lessons from 15 years of Heritage Management in the UK (Room Station 2)

16 Oct 18
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM

Tracks: Continuing Permitting & Leasing Momentum, Posters

Speaker(s): Louise Tizzard
Management of the archaeological resource, whether that be associated with shipwrecks, sunken aircraft, or the preservation of inundated palaeoland... More...

e-Poster: Port Redevelopment in the US – Engineering, Environmental & Permitting Issues to Consider (Room Station 1)

16 Oct 18
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM

Tracks: Ports, Vessels and Infrastructure, Posters

Speaker(s): Alyse Egner
The long and rich history of US marine infrastructure and industry makes America’s ports unique – and brings with it interesting techni... More...

e-Poster: A Stakeholder Working Group to Oversee Wildlife Research and Develop Conservation Guidance (Room Station 1)

16 Oct 18
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM

Tracks: Building Public, Stakeholder & Political Support, Posters

Speaker(s): Kathryn Williams
New York State has formed a standing working group focused on the environmentally responsible development of offshore wind along the east coast of ... More...

e-Poster: Navigating Aquatic Monitoring/Permitting Requirements: Icebreaker Case Study (Room Station 2)

16 Oct 18
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM

Tracks: Posters, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Tim Schmitt
Compared with onshore wind facilities, offshore wind facilities need to engage with a whole new set of stakeholders related to potential impacts on... More...

e-Poster: Advice from Regulators to Address Challenges in U.S. Wildlife Permitting for Offshore Wind Development (Room Station 1)

16 Oct 18
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM

Tracks: Continuing Permitting & Leasing Momentum, Posters

Speaker(s): Sarah Courbis
Development of offshore wind in the U.S. includes permitting, consultation, and environmental assessment by agencies. For wildlife, the main federa... More...

e-Poster: Streamlining NEPA: Considerations for Issues-Based Analysis for Offshore Wind Projects (Room Station 2)

16 Oct 18
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM

Tracks: Posters, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Christine Hartmann
NEPA documents can and should be concise, easy to understand, and defensible. The “kitchen sink” approach to address the threat of liti... More...

e-Poster: Identifying, assessing and selecting transferable skills: lessons learned from Europe (Room Station 2)

16 Oct 18
1:05 PM - 1:15 PM

Tracks: Economic Development, Posters

Speaker(s): Thomas Hopkinson
Identifying transferable skills requires research and investigation. In the UK, we assumed the oil and gas industry would provide ample skills to t... More...

e-Poster: Marine Archaeology and Offshore Wind: Lessons Learned from 40 years of Offshore Oil & Gas (Room Station 1)

16 Oct 18
1:05 PM - 1:15 PM

Tracks: Continuing Permitting & Leasing Momentum, Posters

Speaker(s): Amanda Evans
All federal undertakings must consider the effects of the activity on historic properties within the area of potential effect. In the oil & gas... More...

e-Poster: Reducing the Cost of Construction, Operations & Maintenance with Real-time Sea State Data (Room Station 2)

16 Oct 18
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM

Tracks: Metocean, Posters

Speaker(s): Breanne Gellatly
Offshore wind farms face challenges from unique local environmental conditions, such as swift currents, tidal surges, and a dynamic sediment regime... More...

e-Poster: Regulatory Issues Affecting The Offshore Wind Industry (Room Station 1)

16 Oct 18
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM

Tracks: Continuing Permitting & Leasing Momentum, Posters

Speaker(s): Mark Kalpin
Substantial progress has been made over the last two decades on the development of a streamlined regulatory and permitting process for offshore win... More...

Approaches to Community Engagement (Room Regency)

16 Oct 18
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Building Public, Stakeholder & Political Support

Speaker(s): Alla Weinstein ; Bonnie Ram ; David Bidwell ; Jason Gershowitz ; Lauren Burm
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Building a Cost-Efficient Supply Chain for the Northeast (Room Capitol A)

16 Oct 18
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Economic Development, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Regional Efforts

Speaker(s): Anders Krogh ; Andy Geissbuehler ; Anne Marie McShea ; Clint Plummer ; Doreen Harris ; Jørgen Scheel ; Ragnhild Katteland
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Lessons Learned from Taking Offshore Measurements (Room Capitol B)

16 Oct 18
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Resource Assessment

Speaker(s): Antonio Ruiz
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New Jersey Offshore Wind Resource Modeling (Room Capitol B)

16 Oct 18
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Resource Assessment

Speaker(s): Joseph Brodie
Since 2011, the NJ BPU has funded offshore wind resource assessment modeling by the Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RU CO... More...

Resource & Loads Assessment: Technology Update (Room Capitol B)

16 Oct 18
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Speaker(s): Amy Robertson ; Antonio Ruiz ; Joseph Brodie ; Matthew Hendrickson
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Status and Future Needs for Offshore Wind Dynamics Modeling; Lessons from IEA Wind Task 30 (Room Capitol B)

16 Oct 18
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Technology and Innovation

Speaker(s): Amy Robertson
To advance offshore wind technologies to commercial maturity, the current suite of modeling tools used for designing offshore wind systems needs to... More...

Demystifying Offshore Wind Financing, An IE’s Perspective (Room 3)

16 Oct 18
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

Tracks: Project Financing

Speaker(s): Chris Elkinton
Financing US onshore wind projects is well understood. Although many similarities exist with financing structures for offshore wind, key difference... More...

Exploring Port and Infrastructure Offshore Wind Adaptations & Innovations (Room Capitol A)

16 Oct 18
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

Tracks: Economic Development, Ports, Vessels and Infrastructure, Regional Efforts

Speaker(s): Jay Borkland ; Jenny Briot ; Jesper Bank ; Matthew Vestal ; Peter Toft Madsen
Thoughtful development and transformation of port infrastructure on the East Coast will provide tremendous opportunities for business development a... More...

Technical Risks in Offshore Wind Financing (Room Capitol B)

16 Oct 18
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

Tracks: Project Financing, Technology and Innovation

Speaker(s): David Hang ; Michael Galea ; Michael Stephenson ; Michael Thompson
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Technology roadmaps – providing a framework for innovation to thrive (Room 3)

16 Oct 18
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

Tracks: Technology and Innovation

Speaker(s): Michael Stephenson
The Carbon Trust initiated its flagship Offshore Wind Accelerator programme in 2008, and in that time has helped support, develop and commercialize... More...

Using Commercial Fishing Data in Engagement and Development (Room Regency)

16 Oct 18
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

Tracks: Cross-Industry Engagement, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Aileen Kenney ; Andrew Lipsky ; Annie Hawkins ; Kris Ohleth ; Lyndie Hice-Dunton ; Nick Napoli
There are a variety of data sets that are publicly available that characterize the spatial extent of the types of commercial fishing that occur on ... More...

e-Poster Sessions

16 Oct 18
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM

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ePoster: A Fleet To Catalyze The Offshore Wind Industry (Room Station 1)

16 Oct 18
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Ports, Vessels and Infrastructure, Posters

Speaker(s): Emily Huggins Jones
The future of the US Offshore Wind Industry has arrived. Nothing signals this better than the announcement in April that a complete fleet of Jones ... More...

e-Poster: Characteristics of OSW Deployment Ports (Room Station 2)

16 Oct 18
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Ports, Vessels and Infrastructure, Posters

Speaker(s): Simon Brett
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e-Poster: Modeling of tower shadow effects on load variation of downwind turbine tower (Room Station 2)

16 Oct 18
4:05 PM - 4:15 PM

Tracks: Posters, Technology and Innovation

Speaker(s): Shigeo Yoshida
Downwind rotor is promising concept for multi megawatt class large offshore wind turbines by the advantages in safety and cost reduction. But they ... More...

e-Poster: Offtake Awards And Opportunities For US Offshore Wind Projects (Room Station 1)

16 Oct 18
4:05 PM - 4:15 PM

Tracks: Posters, Project Financing

Speaker(s): Mary Ann Christopher
Securing a project revenue stream is essential for commercial financing of a utility-scale offshore wind project. This presentation will provide an... More...

Comparison of Boat-based Surveys and Digital Aerial Surveys for Monitoring Sea Turtles (Room Regency)

16 Oct 18
4:10 PM - 5:35 PM

Tracks: Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Kathryn Williams
Sea turtles are of conservation concern worldwide, and accurate counts and distribution data are critical to inform management actions related to o... More...

Connecting US Offshore Wind Projects to the Grid (Room Capitol A)

16 Oct 18
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM

Tracks: Regional Efforts, Transmission/Grid

Speaker(s): Chris Wissemann ; Doug Copeland ; Kevin Pearce ; Michael Goggin ; Michael Hagerty
A reliable revenue stream for an offshore wind project requires a reliable energy stream.  This panel explores the unique challenges of connec... More...

IEA Wind TCP Supports Offshore Wind’s Future Through International Collaborative Research (Room Capitol B)

16 Oct 18
4:10 PM - 4:35 PM

Tracks: Technology and Innovation

Speaker(s): Ignacio Marti
IEA Wind Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) is the leading international wind energy research organization. For 40 years IEA Wind TCP has mul... More...

Navigating Underwater Acoustic Requirements in the USA: Perspectives from Global Projects (Room Regency)

16 Oct 18
4:10 PM - 5:35 PM

Tracks: Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Kristjan Varnik
This presentation provides a high-level overview of offshore noise regulations in the USA and globally, with the goal of understanding how to lower... More...

Understanding The Real Risk of Bird Collision From Offshore Wind Farms (Room Regency)

16 Oct 18
4:10 PM - 5:35 PM

Tracks: Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Jan Matthiesen
Compliance with regulatory requirements demands clear evidence on how birds behave within and around offshore wind farms. However, there is conside... More...

Wildlife Compliance: Challenges and Opportunities for Offshore Wind Developers (Room Regency)

16 Oct 18
4:10 PM - 5:35 PM
Speaker(s): Dale Youngkin ; Jan Matthiesen ; Kate Williams ; Kristjan Varnik ; Ruth Perry ; Sarah Courbis
The U.S. has myriad laws and policies associated with evaluating impacts of offshore wind on wildlife and permitting activities necessary to develo... More...

Wildlife Compliance: Challenges and Opportunities for Offshore Wind Developers (Room Regency)

16 Oct 18
4:10 PM - 5:35 PM

Tracks: Cross-Industry Engagement

Speaker(s): Ruth Perry
Offshore industries have decades of experience permitting and monitoring large offshore development projects. I propose to lead a panel discussion ... More...

Planned Transmission, Or Not? (Room Capitol A)

16 Oct 18
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM

Tracks: Transmission/Grid

Speaker(s): Upendra Chivukula
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) is working with stakeholders to determine the proper avenues for the development of offshore wind re... More...

Networking Reception

16 Oct 18
5:35 PM - 6:35 PM
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e-Poster: US Waters - Port readiness for offshore wind with geotechnical considerations (Room Station 1)

16 Oct 18
5:40 PM - 5:50 PM

Tracks: Ports, Vessels and Infrastructure, Posters

Speaker(s): Sean McDonald
The coming decade offers numerous exciting opportunities for the development of offshore wind projects. The overall readiness of our ports sets the... More...

e-Poster: Visual and Acoustic Mapping Technologies Reduces Risk and Costs for Siting Wind Farms (Room Station 2)

16 Oct 18
5:40 PM - 5:50 PM

Tracks: Posters, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Drew Carey
Offshore wind farm siting benefits from early reconnaissance surveys to supplement desktop studies. We integrated optical and acoustic mapping tech... More...

e- Poster: Advanced simulation solutions for wind construction and O&M assessment (Room Station 1)

16 Oct 18
6:00 PM - 6:10 PM

Tracks: Posters, Technology and Innovation

Speaker(s): Michael Bjerrum
“Case story – Using advanced simulation solutions for construction and O&M assessment of the Icebreaker Wind Project” Summary... More...

e-Poster: IEA Wind Task 32 - Wind Lidar. International Collaboration on Offshore Remote Sensing (Room Station 2)

16 Oct 18
6:00 PM - 6:10 PM

Tracks: Metocean, Posters

Speaker(s): Andrew Clifton
Wind Lidar allow offshore wind energy developments to get more actionable data during resource assessments, during construction, and during plant o... More...

e-Poster: Connect large offshore wind parks at 230 kV and higher voltage (Room Station 1)

16 Oct 18
6:20 PM - 6:30 PM

Tracks: Posters, Transmission/Grid

Speaker(s): Maxime Toulotte
In Europe, with the increasing size of the offshore wind parks, the voltage of the export cables has increased from 145 kV in end 2000's to 245... More...

e-Poster: Offshore Wind Energy: The Federal Process From Start to Finish (Room Station 2)

16 Oct 18
6:20 PM - 6:30 PM

Tracks: Building Public, Stakeholder & Political Support, Posters

Speaker(s): Josh Wadlington
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is the lead Federal agency responsible for offshore renewable energy ... More...

e-Poster: Freezing Spray and Icing: Forecasting and Mitigation (Room Station 2)

17 Oct 18
7:30 AM - 7:40 AM

Tracks: O&M and Asset Management, Posters

Speaker(s): Ashley Petersen
This study investigates two meteorological case studies to help determine the effects of extreme winter weather on offshore wind turbines in the Un... More...

e-Poster: Stressors and Impacts of Offshore Wind on Wildlife: Integration of Best Available Science (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
7:30 AM - 7:40 AM

Tracks: Posters, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Sarah Courbis
For offshore wind to be sustainable, the potential impacts to wildlife must be managed. This presentation will provide a summary of the most curren... More...

Exhibits Open

17 Oct 18
7:30 AM - 1:35 PM
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e-Poster: A New, Safe and Efficient Way of Handling Installation Equipment: IQIP Combi Lifting Tool (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
7:45 AM - 7:55 AM

Tracks: Foundations/Substructure, Posters

Speaker(s): Coen van Ruitenburg
Typical offshore cranes have a set of slings to connect to equipment. The main hook needs to be lowered to deck level to connect and disconnect the... More...

e-Posters: Insights from the First Generation of US Offshore Wind Competitive Auctions (Room Station 2)

17 Oct 18
7:45 AM - 7:55 AM

Tracks: Continuing Permitting & Leasing Momentum, Posters

Speaker(s): Scott Lundin
BOEM has conducted seven competitive auctions for US offshore wind leases between July 2013 and March 2017. Over the nearly four years; thirty-five... More...

e-Poster: A Practical Approach for Wind Park Performance Warranties (Room Station 2)

17 Oct 18
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Tracks: Posters, Technology and Innovation

Speaker(s): Karl Fatrdla
The presented methodology proposes a complete new approach for performance warranties, that allow to verify the performance of all wind turbines in... More...

e-Poster: Navigating the Environmental Permitting Sea Change (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Tracks: Posters, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Elizabeth Diller
Offshore wind projects are now subject to an alphabet soup of new National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) streamlining directives including EO 138... More...

Registration Open

17 Oct 18
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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e-Poster: Mitigation & Monitoring of Offshore Wind Impacts to Wildlife: Priorities & Practicability (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
8:15 AM - 8:25 AM

Tracks: Posters, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Katie Guttenplan
To avoid unsustainable impacts, offshore wind development requires mitigation and monitoring. There are a plethora of workshop reports, agency anal... More...

e-Poster: Optimal Estimation of Floating Wind Turbine Platform States (Room Station 2)

17 Oct 18
8:15 AM - 8:25 AM

Tracks: Posters, Technology and Innovation

Speaker(s): Mert Geveci
In this presentation, the implementation and verification of a control-oriented model of a semi-submersible floating wind turbine platform as well ... More...

e-Poster: Driving Down The Cost Of Offshore Energy Through Robust Offshore Layout Optimization (Room Station 2)

17 Oct 18
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM

Tracks: Posters, Resource Assessment

Speaker(s): Michael Bobbin
To support the pursuit of the lowest cost of offshore energy, DNV GL will demonstrate a sophisticated offshore turbine layout tool that optimizes o... More...

e-Poster: Maximizing the Potential of Protected Species Observer Data (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM

Tracks: Posters, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Stephanie Milne
Protected Species Observers (PSOs) are deployed offshore on variety of industry as a regulatory requirement to implement monitoring and mitigation ... More...

Preparing the U.S. Workforce (Room Capitol B)

17 Oct 18
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Tracks: Cross-Industry Engagement, Economic Development, Regional Efforts

Speaker(s): Elise Korejwa ; Nils Bolgen ; Paul Rich ; Philip Jordan ; Sebastian Mertens
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View from the Hill (Room Capitol A)

17 Oct 18
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Tracks: Building Public, Stakeholder & Political Support

Speaker(s): Blaise Sheridan ; Bree Raum ; Brianne Miller ; Kate Juelis
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Workforce And Training Needs Of The Offshore Wind Industry In The Northeastern U.S. (Room Capitol B)

17 Oct 18
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Tracks: Economic Development

Speaker(s): Elise Korejwa
Building off of a body of research conducted by the Public Policy Center, including a workforce assessment for the Massachusetts Clean Energy Cente... More...

e-Poster:Tools for Offshore Planning and Design for Clusters and Wind Farm (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
8:45 AM - 8:55 AM

Tracks: Posters

Speaker(s): Ignacio Marti
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U.S. Offshore Wind Program: The Federal Perspective and Beyond the Strategy

17 Oct 18
9:35 AM - 10:35 AM
Speaker(s): Alana Duerr ; James Bennett ; Joan Barminski ; Michael Olsen ; Valerie Sarisky-Reed
An overview and update on the Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Renewable Energy Program from the key officials in the two Federal agencies mos... More...

e-Poster: Environment Monitoring and Maritime Safety in the Offshore Wind Farm, South Korea (Room Station 2)

17 Oct 18
10:35 AM - 10:45 AM

Tracks: Posters, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Taeyun Kim
South Korea has a plan for the development of a large-scale offshore wind farm with a total capacity of 2.5 GW through three phases (proof phase, t... More...

e-Poster: Reducing the Levelized Cost of Energy of Floating Wind by Integrating Hydrokinetic Devices (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
10:35 AM - 10:45 AM

Tracks: Posters, Technology and Innovation

Speaker(s): Roy Robinson
The present offshore renewable energy (ORE) market is focused on fixed wind power extraction, but as the global market advances and turbine size in... More...

Networking Break, Exhibits & e-Posters

17 Oct 18
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
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e-Poster: Onshore Interconnection – A Critical, But Often Underestimated Element of Offshore Wind (Room Station 2)

17 Oct 18
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Posters, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Nancy Palmstrom
A critical but often underestimated aspect of offshore wind projects is the environmental permitting of the interconnections. The offshore project ... More...

e-Poster: Regulatory Considerations Affecting The Development of Offshore Wind Transmission (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Posters, Transmission/Grid

Speaker(s): Mark Kalpin
A great deal of interest recently has been focused on the development of integrated offshore electric transmission systems in connection with the o... More...

Best Practices and Lessons Learned: Fishing, Navigation, and Viewshed (Room Regency)

17 Oct 18
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Speaker(s): Annie Hawkins ; Brandi Carrier ; Brian Hooker ; Captain J. Stuart Griffin ; Ellen Crivella ; John O’Keeffe ; Martin Goff
This panel will discuss the lessons learned and effective approaches to working with stakeholders to address the most common issues associated with... More...

Codes, Standards, and Approvals in US Offshore Wind - De-Mystifying the FDR and FIR (Room Capitol B)

17 Oct 18
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Continuing Permitting & Leasing Momentum

Speaker(s): Matthew Palmer
One of the key areas of uncertainty and risk in the US Offshore Wind business is obtaining the federal approval for the design of a project through... More...

Demystifying the CVA Process (Room Capitol B)

17 Oct 18
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Continuing Permitting & Leasing Momentum

Speaker(s): Rain Byars
Several US projects with expected COD in the 2020-2022 timeframe are moving into the design, fabrication, and installation phase. On the outer cont... More...

Demystifying the CVA Process, the FDR, and the FIR (Room Capitol B)

17 Oct 18
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Tracks: Continuing Permitting & Leasing Momentum

Speaker(s): John Cushing ; Matthew Palmer ; Rain Byars ; Sid Falk
This panel will delve into the roles and responsibilities of the Certified Verification Agent (CVA), the Facility Design Report (FDR), and Fabricat... More...

Streamlining the Federal Review and Permitting Process for Offshore Wind Energy Projects (Room Capitol A)

17 Oct 18
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Speaker(s): Bill Brown ; Michaela Noble ; Michelle Morin ; Ted Boling
This panel will discuss many of the regulatory requirements, processes and obstacles in the obtaining of federal approvals.  Specifically, the... More...

e-Poster: Economics at tipping point whilst technology stably ballasted? (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM

Tracks: Posters, Technology and Innovation

Speaker(s): Carolyn Heeps
A number of diverse floating wind concepts has been tested at demonstration sites around the world (Hywind Scotland breaking production records). T... More...

e-Poster: What Europe Has Learnt From Recent Wind-Wildlife Studies (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM

Tracks: Posters, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Stuart Clough
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Networking Lunch, Exhibits & e-Poster Sessions

17 Oct 18
12:15 PM - 1:35 PM

Tracks: Other

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e-Poster: An Application of Bird Sensitivity Indices to Offshore Wind Development (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM

Tracks: Posters, Siting, Wildlife & Environmental Monitoring

Speaker(s): Julia Robinson Willmott
We developed a method to quantify the vulnerability of birds to offshore wind development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (AOCS). With spec... More...

e-Poster: Under the sea – subsea crossover opportunities (Room Station 2)

17 Oct 18
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM

Tracks: Cross-Industry Engagement, Posters

Speaker(s): Michael Stephenson
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator recently ran a competition targeted at driving innovation in subsea services for offshore wind &... More...

e-Poster: Integration of Offshore Wind into a US Market - A Technical Overview (Room Station 2)

17 Oct 18
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM

Tracks: Posters, Transmission/Grid

Speaker(s): Dan Kell
With the expected proliferation of offshore wind in the North-East US, one has to step back and take look at how best to integrate this new energy ... More...

e-Posters: Wildlife interactions with offshore wind: Building certainty and clarity (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM

Tracks: Building Public, Stakeholder & Political Support, Posters

Speaker(s): Emilie Reeve
Europe has ~4,000 offshore wind turbines operating (~2,000 pending) across 9 countries - all permitted under rigorous planning laws & environme... More...

e-Poster: A Review of the State-of-the-Practice of Floating Lidar for Offshore Wind Development (Room Station 2)

17 Oct 18
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM

Tracks: Metocean, Posters

Speaker(s): Daniel Mendelsohn
Floating Lidar (FLiDAR) is a relatively new wind speed and turbulence profiling measurement technique, allowing observations of wind speed with hig... More...

e-Poster: Industrial Jackets Fabrication by Means of Prefabricated Components and Standardized Tubes (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM

Tracks: Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Posters

Speaker(s): Michels Georg
Salzgitter Mannesmann Renewables has created a strategy to address a step change in foundation cost reduction through the use standards, mass-produ... More...

e-Poster: Top Ten Confessions Of A Former Regulator (Room Station 2)

17 Oct 18
1:05 PM - 1:15 PM

Tracks: Building Public, Stakeholder & Political Support, Posters

Speaker(s): Mary Anne Sullivan
The permitting challenges of offshore wind are daunting. What is on the mind of the regulators who must issue the permits? 1. Regulators want to se... More...

e-Poster: Unique Challenges for Hawaii Offshore Wind (Room Station 1)

17 Oct 18
1:05 PM - 1:15 PM

Tracks: Building Public, Stakeholder & Political Support, Posters

Speaker(s): Jaap Eijzenga
The state of Hawaii is rapidly developing renewable energy strategies and advancing toward its goal of 100% clean energy by 2045. Hawaii’s wi... More...
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