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Upcoming Conferences

Event & Topic When Where
CanWEA 2010 Annual Conference and Exhibition

Come visit us at booth #1118.

Nov 01, 2010 Montreal, Quebec
DIREC 2010
Oct 27, 2010 Delhi, India
9th International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power System

Jaclyn Frank, Research Scientist at AWS Truepower, will be presenting a poster titled “Wind Resource and Plant Output Data Sets for Wind Integration Studies”

Oct 18, 2010 Québec, Canada
Solar Power International

Come meet with us at booth #2330.

Oct 12, 2010 Los Angeles, CA
North American Offshore Wind Conference & Exhibition

Whitney Wilson, Senior Engineer at AWS Truepower, will be presenting a poster titled “An Assessment of Wind and Load Coincidence for Offshore EWITS Project Sites”

Come visit us at booth #614.

Oct 05, 2010 Atlantic City, NJ
Webinar: Solar Resource Assessment: Why it Matters

Join AWS Truepower President and CEO, Bruce Bailey and Director of Solar Services, Marie Schnitzer, as they discuss how using established resource assessment methods to characterize utility scale and distributed generation solar projects can lower project risk and improve project and site characterization, thereby providing a thorough analysis of long term performance and potential variation over time.

For more information or to sign up for this event click here.

Sep 30, 2010
AWEA Wind Resource & Project Energy Assessment Workshop

AWS Truepower will be presenting on multiple topics, please see the list below.

Sept. 13: Pre-Conference Seminar: Resource Assessment 101, Dan Bernadett, Chief Engineer
Sept. 14: Wind Assessment: Raw Data to Hub Height Winds, Michael Brower, Chief Technical Officer
Sept. 14: Climatic Adjustment Comparisons, Steve Hatlee, Project Manager
Sept. 15: New Frontiers: Availability Wants/Needs Survey, Eric White, VP – Investor and Asset Management Services

Sep 14, 2010 Oklahoma City, OK

Recent Conferences

Event & Topic When Where
Renewable Energy Chennai 2010 Conference

AWS Truepower’s India Business Head, Arvinder Singh will be presenting on plant underperformance during the “Challenges, Solutions, and Opportunities session.

Aug 25, 2010 India
19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence – American Meteorological Society

Charles Alonge, Scientific Programmer at AWS Truepower, will be presenting on the Sensitivity of Wind Power Production to Changes in Surface Roughness: Impacts on Wind Turbine Siting and Energy Production.

Aug 02, 2010 Keystone, CO
Freshwater Wind 2010

Matt Filippelli, Senior Engineer at AWS Truepower, will be involved in the panel discussion titled, “The X-Factor: Dealing with Ice and Other Extreme Environmental Challenges”.

Jul 19, 2010 Cleveland, OH
Intersolar North America / Greentech Media Conference

Marie Schnitzer, Director of Solar Services at AWS Truepower, will be speaking on Financing Utility-Scale Solar.

Jul 13, 2010 San Francisco, CA
June 15-16, 2010

Bryon Phelps, Product Coordinator at AWS Truepower, will be giving a talk titled: Site Assessment with Modeled Wind Resource Data

Jun 15, 2010 Stevens Point, WI
AWEA WINDPOWER Conference

Scientific Track: Wind Resource Assessment (Bruce Bailey, Session Chair), An Analytical Correction to Treat NRG #40 Data Affected by Vibration/DFW (Podium, Erik Hale), Developing Wind Resource and Plant Output Data Sets for Wind Integration Studies (John Manobianco, Podium), Map-Based Energy Assessments: Estimating Wind Plant Production without On-Site Data (Poster), Quantification of Wind Flow Model Uncertainty (Poster), Increasing Project Energy Production Thru Understanding Of Extreme Winds And Site Specific Turbine Loads (Poaster), Impacts of Directional Sensitivity in Wind Plant Yields (Poster)

May 23, 2010 Dallas, TX, USA
EWEC

Development and Testing of an Innovatve Short-Term Large Wind Ramp Forecasting System (John Zack, Podium), Wake Modeling (Poster), Quanitifying model uncertainty (Poster)

Apr 20, 2010 Warsaw, Poland
Infocast Offshore Wind Development Conference

Panel Discussion: Identifying Opportunities for Offshore Wind Development

Mar 30, 2010 Washington, DC, USA
Infocast – North American Offshore Wind Development Summit

Regional Solutions to Siting and Logistical Concerns (Panel)

Mar 25, 2010 Washington, DC
Renewable Energy World North America

Resolving Wind Plant Underperformance

Feb 23, 2010 Austin, TX, USA
IWPA: International Conference on Wind Energy

Opportunities for Wind Forecasting and Its Influence on Increasing the Value of Wind Generated Electricity (Podium)

Feb 11, 2010 New Delhi, India
RETECH

Wind Session (Bruce Bailey)

Feb 04, 2010 Washington DC, USA
American Meteorological Society – First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy

Philippe Beaucage, Research Scientist at AWS Truepower, will be presenting on Using a Large Eddy Simulation Model to Simulate Wakes from Large Wind Projects.

Jan 20, 2010 Atlanta, GA
AWEA Project Profitability & Reliability

Visit our Booth!

Jan 19, 2010 San Diego, CA, USA
AWEA Project Profitability & Reliability

Workshop Chair (Eric White)

Jan 19, 2010 San Diego, CA, USA
AMS Annual Meeting

Peak Load Matching and the Offshore Wind Resource

Jan 17, 2010 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
AMS Annual Meeting

Using a Large Eddy Simulation Model to Simulate Wakes from Large Wind Projects

Jan 17, 2010 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
AWEA Offshore Wind Project Workshop

Metocean Site Characterization

Dec 03, 2009 Boston, MA, USA
AWEA Offshore Wind Project Workshop

Visit our Booth!

Dec 02, 2009 Boston, MA, USA
India Energy Conference

On- and Offshore Wind Development Opportunities

Nov 13, 2009 Mumbai, India
U.S. Mid-Size Wind Turbine Development Workshop

Panel Member (Dan Bernadett, Chief Engineer)

Nov 06, 2009 Detroit, MI
Solar Power International 2009

Booth #330

Oct 27, 2009 Anaheim, CA
ACE NY’s 3rd Annual Fall Conference & Membership Meeting

Opportunity at the Crossroad: The Federal Stimulus & New York’s Clean Energy Future

Oct 20, 2009 Albany, New York, USA
Progressive Business Audio Conferences

Wind Power: How to Make Accurate Forecasts, Assessments & Evaluations

Oct 08, 2009 Online: http://www.pbconferences.com/L1/0
PV Variability Workshop

Modeling the Solar Resource at Higher Resolution

Oct 07, 2009 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment

MCP Methodologies (panelist)

Sep 30, 2009 Minneapolis, MN, USA
AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment

Shear and Sensing (session chair)

Sep 30, 2009 Minneapolis, MN, USA
AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment

Climatology Session (panelist)

Sep 30, 2009 Minneapolis, MN, USA
AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment

Visit our Booth!

Sep 30, 2009 Minneapolis, MN, USA
AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment

Pre-Conference Seminar: Introduction to Wind Resource Assessment

Sep 29, 2009 Minneapolis, MN, USA
CanWEA Conference and Trade Show

Booth #414

Sep 20, 2009 Toronto, Canada
CanWEA Conference and Trade Show

Solving Tomorrow’s Forecasting Problems for Today’s Grid Operator

Sep 20, 2009 Toronto, Canada
CanWEA Conference and Trade Show

Resolving Wind Plant Underperformance

Sep 20, 2009 Toronto, Canada
CanWEA Conference and Trade Show

Quantifying Sources of Measurement Uncertainty in Wind Resource Assessment (poster)

Sep 20, 2009 Toronto, Canada
EWEA Offshore Conference

Offshore Wind Power Production and the Sea Breeze Circulation (poster)

Sep 15, 2009 Stockholm, Sweden
Renewable Energy Expo, India

Short-term Forecasting of Wind Power: Technology and Regulatory Challenges

Aug 11, 2009 New Delhi, India
Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association Workshop

Implementing Real-Time Wind Forecasting in India

May 30, 2009 Chennai, India
Community Wind Web Conference

Estimating On-Site Energy Production Potential Through Wind

May 26, 2009 GreenEnergyConferences.com
openWind® Seminar Series

Unlocking the Power of Wind Farm Design

May 08, 2009 McCormick Place West, Chicago, IL
AWEA Windpower Conference

Understanding Plant Underperformance – The Effects of Non-ideal Conditions

May 06, 2009 Chicago, IL, USA
AWEA Windpower Conference

Power Session Panel: Wind Integration in Utility Control Room Operations with Wind Forecasting

May 06, 2009 Chicago, IL, USA
AWEA Windpower Conference

Offshore Wind Power Production and the Sea Breeze Circulation

May 06, 2009 Chicago, IL, USA
AWEA Windpower Conference

Using a Mesoscale Model to Simulate Wakes from Large Wind Projects (poster)

May 05, 2009 Chicago, IL, USA
AWEA Windpower Conference

Adjustment of Degraded NRG #40 Anemometer Readings for Energy Production Estimates (poster)

May 05, 2009 Chicago, IL, USA
AWEA Windpower Conference

Quantifying Sources of Measurement Uncertainty in Wind Resource Assessment (poster)

May 05, 2009 Chicago, IL, USA
AWEA Windpower Conference

Using Simulated Wind Data From A Mesoscale Model In MCP (poster)

May 05, 2009 Chicago, IL, USA
AWEA Windpower Conference

Pre-Conference Seminar: Wind Energy 101: Fundamentals of Wind Energy

May 04, 2009 Chicago, IL, USA
MIT Wind Week

Offshore Wind Resource Assessment

Apr 03, 2009 Cambridge, MA, USA
Infocast Offshore Wind Development Conference

Assessing Metocean Characteristics for Sites

Mar 30, 2009 Washington, DC, USA
Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America

Understanding and Closing the Gap on Plant Underperformance

Mar 12, 2009 Las Vegas, NV, USA
UWIG Workshop on Wind Forecasting Applications to Utility Planning & Operations

Managing Forecast Expectations, Priorities & Respective Roles

Feb 19, 2009 Phoenix, AZ, USA
UWIG Workshop on Wind Forecasting Applications to Utility Planning & Operations

Wind Forecasting Capabilities Panel

Feb 18, 2009 Phoenix, AZ, USA
UWIG Workshop on Wind Forecasting Applications to Utility Planning & Operations

Operations Forecasting Basics

Feb 18, 2009 Phoenix, AZ, USA
AMS Annual Meeting

An Icing Climatology for the US and Southern Canada

Jan 13, 2009 Phoenix, AZ, USA
AWEA Wind Power Asset Management Workshop

Wind Forecasting Performance Update

Jan 13, 2009 San Diego, CA, USA
AWEA Fall Symposium

Advanced Operating Strategies to Maximize Plant Performance

Nov 21, 2008 Palm Desert, CA, USA
AWEA Fall Symposium

Assessing New and Non-traditional Data Sources for Determining the Long-Term Wind Climate

Nov 20, 2008 Palm Desert, CA, USA
AWEA Fall Symposium

Fundamentals of Wind Energy

Nov 19, 2008 Palm Desert, CA, USA
AWEA Fall Symposium

Program Chair (Dr. Bruce Bailey, President/CEO)

Nov 18, 2008 Palm Desert, CA USA
CanWEA Fast Forward to Wind

The Optimization of a Wind Forecast System for the Prediction of Large Ramps in the Power Production from Southern Alberta Wind Farms

Oct 22, 2008 Vancouver, BC, Canada
CanWEA Fast Forward to Wind

Understanding and Closing the Gap on Plant Underperformance

Oct 21, 2008 Vancouver, BC, Canada
CanWEA Fast Forward to Wind

Predicting The Future From The Past: Assessing Data Sources For Determining The Long-Term Wind Climate

Oct 20, 2008 Vancouver, BC, Canada
AWEA Wind Resource & Project Energy Assessment Workshop

Addressing Bias in Wind Measurements – Part 1

Sep 24, 2008 Portland, OR, USA
AWEA Wind Resource & Project Energy Assessment Workshop

Wind Flow Modeling Program Chair

Sep 24, 2008 Portland, OR, USA
4th Annual Problem-Based Science Workshop for Elementary School Teachers

Windpwer Overview

Jun 30, 2008 St. Rose, Albany NY
American Meteorological Society 18th Symposium on Boundary Layers & Turbulence

Effect of Climate Change on Regional Surface Layer Winds

Jun 10, 2008 Stockholm, Sweden
AWEA Windpower Conference

Understanding and Closing the Gap on Plant Underperformance

Jun 04, 2008 Houston, TX, USA
AWEA Windpower Conference

Gulf of Mexico and New England Offshore Wind Resource Mapping

Jun 03, 2008 Houston, TX, USA
AWEA Windpower Conference

Adjustment of Anemometer Readings for Energy Production Estimates

Jun 02, 2008 Houston, TX, USA
AWEA Windpower Conference

Improving wind farm operations: Unlocking plant potential through SCADA data mining (poster)

Jun 01, 2008 Houston, TX, USA
AWEA Windpower Conference

Optimizing Wind Farm Design for Profitability (poster)

Jun 01, 2008 Houston, TX, USA
AWEA Windpower Pre-Conference Seminar

The Basic Science of Weather Prediction: Focus on Mesoscale Modeling

Jun 01, 2008 Houston, TX, USA
Federal WEATS Workshop

Wind Resource Assessment

May 20, 2008 Cape Cod, MA
iped: Financing Wind Power: The Future of Energy

Title TBD

May 08, 2008 Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Windustry’s Community Wind Energy 2008

Title TBD

Apr 15, 2008 Albany, NY USA
European Wind Energy Conference

Density Errors in Wind Resource Assessment (poster)

Mar 31, 2008 Brussels Expo, Belgium
AWEA and CanWEA Wind and Transmission Workshop

Grid Optimization Mechanisms

Mar 18, 2008 Detroit, MI, USA
Wind Forecasting Applications to Utility Planning and Operations Workshop

Title forthcoming

Feb 21, 2008 St. Paul, MN, USA
Power-Gen Renewables International

Wind Power Market Development: Financing & Market Trends II

Feb 20, 2008 Las Vegas, NV, USA
AWEA Wind Power Project Siting Workshop, Pre-conference Seminar

Wind Resource Analysis Overview

Feb 13, 2008 Austin, TX, USA
Leadership Tech Valley

Working through the Business of Politics

Feb 08, 2008 Albany, NY, USA
American Meteorological Society Annual Conference

Climate and Wind Energy: Recent Trends in Wind Speed and Potential Effects of Climate Change

Jan 25, 2008 New Orleans, LA, USA
AWEA Wind Power Asset Management Workshop

Individual Turbine and Overall Plant Performance Verification (Moderator)

Jan 18, 2008 San Diego, CA, USA
European Offshore Wind Conference and Exhibition

Validation of Modeling and Forecasting Techniques to Evaluate the Design and Operating Environment of Offshore Wind Projects

Dec 04, 2007 Berlin, Germany
CanWEA Annual Conference and Trade Show

A Practical Guide to Minimize Uncertainties in Wind Measurement (poster)

Sep 30, 2007 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
CanWEA Annual Conference and Trade Show

Losses – Site Specific Assignment and Verification (poster)

Sep 30, 2007 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
CanWEA Annual Conference and Trade Show

A Method for Evaluating Operational Wind Farm Performance (Poster)

Sep 30, 2007 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Renewable Energy Sources (RES) & Energy Efficiency Conference and Exhibition

Wind Power Production Forecasting: Current Status and Outlook for the Future

Sep 28, 2007 Nicosia, Cyprus
Renewable Energy Sources (RES) & Energy Efficiency Conference and Exhibition

Wind Energy Assessment Approaches for Meeting Financial Requirements for Wind Plants in Cyprus

Sep 28, 2007 Wind Energy Assessment Approaches for Meeting Financial Requirements for Wind Plants in Cyprus
AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment Workshop

Uncertainty and Bias with Anemometers

Sep 18, 2007 Portland, OR, USA
AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment Workshop

Recent Studies of Wind Speeds in North America

Sep 18, 2007 Portland, OR, USA
AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment Workshop

The Role of Modeling and Mapping

Sep 18, 2007 Portland, OR, USA
Wind Turbine Reliability Workshop

Matching Site Conditions with Turbine Design

Sep 17, 2007 Albuquerque, NM, USA