Wind Project Siting & Environ. Compliance 2019

Sessions (53)

Exhibits Open

26 Mar 19
12:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Registration Open

26 Mar 19
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Welcome & Opening Session

26 Mar 19
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Market & Policy Overview: Regulatory Reform and the Case for Wind

26 Mar 19
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Networking Break & Exhibits

26 Mar 19
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Siting Guidelines: Standardization and a Social License to Operate

26 Mar 19
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Presentation of the 2019 Winner of the Andrew Linehan Award for Environmental Excellence

26 Mar 19
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Poster & Networking Reception

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Acoustic Monitoring of Bat Activity and Post-Construction Fatality Monitoring at Wind Projects in the Northeast

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Approaches to Predicting Wildlife Take from Turbine Collisions Before a Wind Facility Is Built

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Are you Repowering? Siting and Wildlife Considerations

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Assessing Hoary Bat Population Trends Through Occupancy Analysis Using Avangrid Renewables’ Operational Wildlife Monitoring Data

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: BAT FATALITY LEVELS IN RELATION TO BAT HABITAT FEATURES

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Break the Ice: How Rising Ice Throw Concerns Are Impacting the Wind Community And How They Can Be Addressed

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Effect of Deterrents on Bat Mortality

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Effectiveness of an Ultrasonic Bat Deterrent at an Opening Wind Farm

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: How Centralized Siting and Permitting Processes Affect Wind Energy Development – a Comparative Evaluation

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Improving Wetland Determination with Unmanned Aerial Systems

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Low-Effect HCPs: Could Your Project Qualify for this Path to Timely Compliance?

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Making Sense of the New NEPA

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Mobile Data Solutions

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Northern long-eared bat foraging ranges and habitat use in Ohio

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Resolving the Disconnect with Wind Energy Planning Among Engineers, Environment, and Management

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: The Changing Landscape of Wind Project Decommission Regulations and Costs

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: The Power to Repower

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: Tribal Involvement in Environmental Review: Integration of Emerging Requirements and Use of Advanced Data Collection on Large Scale Wind Projects

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: UAV technology as an innovative, cost effective tool to support renewable energy infrastructure siting decisions

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster: What to Make of the Trump Administration NEPA Directives Toward Obtaining Incidental Take Permits

26 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

WindPAC Reception (Sierra Vista Room, 19th Floor - Hyatt Albuquerque)

26 Mar 19
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Networking Continental Breakfast

27 Mar 19
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration Open

27 Mar 19
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Habitat Conservation Plans (It won't be boring, I promise!)

27 Mar 19
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

WWRF Overview / Networking Break & Exhibits

27 Mar 19
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

This Is Not Your Grandfather’s Research Program: Let’s Find Solutions!

27 Mar 19
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Repowering: Pitfalls and Processes

27 Mar 19
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Networking Lunch & Exhibits

27 Mar 19
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

The Science of Setbacks: How Far is Far Enough?

27 Mar 19
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Networking Break

27 Mar 19
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Anatomy of a Wind Farm: Decommissioning

27 Mar 19
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Radar & Aviation Technology Issues

27 Mar 19
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Wind Siting Communications Happy Hour: Cracking the Code (Optional Session) (Fiesta Room)

27 Mar 19
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Optional Meet-up - Private Historical Tour of Old Town Albuquerque (Room Tour starts in Old Town at 6:00 pm)

27 Mar 19
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

Networking Breakfast & Exhibits

28 Mar 19
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration Open

28 Mar 19
7:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Community Engagement Track | Survey Results: Predicting Who will oppose a project and how attitudes change once a project is built

28 Mar 19
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

NEPA Streamlining: A Brave New World?

28 Mar 19
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Community Engagement Track | Case Study: Overcoming Opposition in Michigan

28 Mar 19
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Networking Break & Exhibits

28 Mar 19
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Community Engagement Track: Passing the Social License Test

28 Mar 19
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Eagle Permits: Latest and Greatest

28 Mar 19
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Closing Session

28 Mar 19
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Committee Meeting: Siting & Asset Management, Wildlife & Federal Permitting Committee Meeting

28 Mar 19
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Joint Committee Meetings: Siting & Asset Management, Social License (12:30 pm - 2:00 pm) and Community Engagement & External Mobilization Sub-Committee Meeting (1:15 pm - 2:30 pm)

28 Mar 19
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM