Pennsylvania Wind Energy Symposium: Power for the Future
The Pennsylvania Wind Energy Symposium: Power for the Future, was held on the University Park Campus November 17-18, exploring the regional challenges and opportunities of wind energy, the fastest growing renewable electricity source in the world.
The following are presentations from the Symposium (click on the name of the presenter):
DAY 1:
The Basics of the Wind Industry:
Kerry Campbell, Office of Energy and Technology Deployment, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Philippe Giguère, Wind Energy Application Engineering, General Electric (slides not available)
Susan Stewart, Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory
Strategic Project Develpoment: Locust Ridge: A Case Study
Joseph Green - Senior Developer, Iberdrola Renewables
Christy Zulli - Conservation Program Coordinator, Schuylkill Conservation District
Charles Schmehl - Urban Research & Development Corporation
The National Goal: 20% Wind Energy
Liz Salerno - Policy Analyst, American Wind Energy Association
Technology Challenges: Taking the System Apart
Sandy Butterfield - Wind Program Chief Engineer, National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Breakout Groups:
| Siting & Project Implementation Doug Miller - Director, Penn State Center for Environmental Informatics Jason Funk - Tetra Tech Wind Karen Tyrell - Senior VP, BHE Environmental |
Transmission and Distribution |
| Financing Strategies Erik Foley - Director, Renewable Energy Center, St. Francis University J. Ferd Convery III - Attorney, Reed Smith LLP |
Regulatory and Policy Issues |
| Turbine Technology & Meteorology R&D Juan Moya - Engineering Director, Gamesa Wind U.S. Eckart Bodenbach - Service Manager, Winergy Drive Systems Lucille Olszewski - Senior Meteorologist, CH2M Hill |
Small Wind Projects |
DAY 2:
Pennsylvania Wind Energy Supply Chain Initiative
Gerry Susman - Associate Dean for Research, Smeal College of Business, Penn State
James Shillen - Executive Director/CEO, IMC Business Strategies & Solutions
Perspectives on Business Challenges: Supply Chain
Juan Moya - Engineering Director, Gamesa Wind U.S. (no slides)
Gary Verkleeren - Wind Development, Iberdrola Renewables
Robert Rugh - President, DeWind
Russ Montgomery - President, Regional Economic Development District Initiatives of South-central Pennsylvania (no slides)
Tom Burkley - International Marketing Executive, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (no slides)
Perspectives on Business Challenges: Workforce and Training
Stacy Richards - Program Director, Energy Resource Center, SEDA Council of Governments
David Fernandez - COO, Global Energy Services
Scott Anderson - Associate Dean, Business & Technology, Highland Community College
Sally Silver - Program Manager, The Smart Energy Initiative of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Wind Energy in Pennsylvania: Power for the Future
Mr. Wilfred Muskens - Deputy Secretary, International Business Development, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Mr. Fred Dedrick - Deputy Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Posters
Scott Pflumm and Jeff Banks - Technology Demonstration Development for Embedded
Diagnostics for Wind Turbine Health Management and
Wind Farm Maintenance Management
James Erwin, Kenneth Brentner, and Philip Morris - Wind turbine blade noise prediction using the
Nonlinear Disturbance Equations
George Lesieutre - The Penn State Wind Energy Working Group
Michael Thiel, George Lesieutre and Mark Maughmer- A Piezoelectric Actuator for Minature Trailing-Edge Effectors
John Merenich and Susan Stewart - Deloping a Large Scale Wind Turbine Drivetrain Test Facility in the U.S.
Susan Stewart and Jeffrey Brownson- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: Design Optimization Analysis and Tools
Susan Stewart - U.S. Offshore Extreme Wind Analysis Based on Hurricane Return Probabilities
Michael Jonson - Unsteady Force Measurement through Dynamometry for
Fatigue and Noise and Direct Noise Measurement
Chuck Bakis - Recent Research in the
Composites Laboratory
Evelyn Thomchick and Kusumal Ruamsook- Wind Energy Supply Chain
Frank Zajaczkowski, Sue Ellen Haupt, and Kerrie Long - Micrositing Wind Energy Power Plants by Coupling Mesoscale and Computational Fluid Dynamics Models
Contact
For additional information, please contact George Lesieutre, Susan Stewart, or Amy Glasmeier.