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Program Chairperson:
Mike Kelly, Director, Operations Services,
Horizon Wind Energy
(A couple of special meetings are scheduled in conjunction with this workshop. Click here to see the schedule.)
Thursday, January 17 |
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7:30 am
Registration Open
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Thursday Breakfast & Breaks Sponsored by
Shermco Industries, Inc.
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All Education Sessions
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8:30 am - 8:45 am
Welcome & Introduction
Comments on AWEA Anti –Trust Guidelines
John Dunlop, Senior Technical Outreach Engineer,
American Wind Energy Association
Introduction to Operations & Maintenance Issues
Program Chair: Mike Kelly, Director, Operations Services,
Horizon Wind Energy
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8:45 am – 9:15 am
Why is America's Availability Lower than Europe's?
Speakers:
Joe Stevens, Vice President of Independent Engineering, Garrad Hassan America, Inc.
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9:15 am – 9:45 am
Pre End-of-Warranty Inspection Process
- Planning for warranty turnover at time of purchase
- Tracking operations during warranty period
- Executing meaningful warranty inspections
Speakers:
Chris Walford, Engineering Services Manager,
Global Energy Concepts, LLC
Don Roberts, Project Engineer, Global Energy Concepts, LLC
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9:45 am – 10:15 am
Computerized Maintenance Management System(CMMS)
- What is CMMS?
- How is CMMS used in power plants?
- How can CMMS benefit the wind industry?
Speaker:
Patrick Ombrellaro,
North American Energy Services Company
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10:15 am – 10:45 am
Break/Exhibits
Location: Santa Fe
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10:45 am – 11:15 am
SCADA Data Mining and IT Needs to Improve
Plant Operation and Downtime
Speaker:
Gordon Randall, Technical Analyst,
Global Energy Concepts, LLC
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11:15 am – 11:45 am
Current Safety & Health Issues at Wind Plants
- Medical Exams & Ergonomic Issues for Wind Plant Operations
- First Aid & AEDs at Wind Plants – New OSHA Guidelines
- Hazard Identification & Control- Job Safety and Root Cause Analysis
- Owner & Contractor Safety Plan Issues
- Current Work of the AWEA Safety Committee
Speaker:
Gary LeMoine, Director, Environment, Health & Safety,
PPM Energy / AWEA Safety Committee
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11:45 am – 1:15 pm
Lunch
Location: The City Terrace
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1:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Lightning Damage - “What Should be Expected?”
- Lightning impact on a wind turbine
- Lifetime considerations
- Wind turbine influencing on the lightning strike density
Speaker:
Kim Bertelsen, Electricon A/S
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1:45 pm – 2:15 pm
Gearbox Reliability Experience
Speaker:
Thomas Jonsson, Business Manager,
Energy Maintenance Service, LLC (EMS)
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2:15 pm –2:30 pm
AWEA Legislative Update: What’s Going on in
Washington,D.C.
And How It Relates to You,
Your Company and the Industry
Speaker:
Bree Raum, Manager, Grassroots Advocacy & WindPAC,
American Wind Energy Association
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2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Break / Exhibits
Location: Santa Fe
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3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Post-Warranty Service Options, “Meeting the Need”
Moderator: TBA
Speakers:
- O&M Budgeting
- Understanding post-warranty operation costs
- Setting up capital reserve accounts
- Post Warranty Service Considerations
Bo Thisted, Chief Executive Officer, Upwind Solutions, Inc.
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4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Condition Monitoring: Applying the Lessons Learned from Industrial Applications
Condition monitoring is fully integrated into many aircraft, ships and shop-floor industrial machinery. Some companies in the wind energy industry have
embraced these technologies but it is certainly not universal. This session is to discuss the science and results of applications of some of these technologies
Moderator: Sandy Butterfield, Chief Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Speakers:
Tony Amato, Executive Vice President, Operations and Finance,
SWANTECH, LLC
David Clark, Director, Turningpoint Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring
Richard Dupuis, Applications Engineering Specialist, GasTOPS Ltd.
Erik Smith, SKF Reliability Systems Account Manager, SKF USA Inc
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Networking Reception
Immediately following the program for an hour
Sponsored by Knight & Carver
Immediately following their AWEA Workshop Reception on Thursday evening, Knight & Carver Wind Group will host a tour of their blade production/repair facility in National City. A bus will be leaving from outside the hotel lobby. Please note that bus capacity will be limited.
Friday, January 18 |
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7:30 am
Registration Open
Location: California Foyer
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Friday Breakfast & Breaks Sponsored by Shermco Industries, Inc
Location: Santa Fe Foyer
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8:30 am – 8:45 am
Daily Update
Program Chairperson: Mike Kelly, Director,
Operations Services, Horizon Wind Energy
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8:45 am - 9:15 am
Forecasting Performance
- Update on performance accuracy, data delivery
Speaker:
Pascal Storck, President, 3TIER
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9:15 am - 9:45 am
Enterprise SCADA Provider:
Speaker:
Dave Roberts, OSI Soft, Inc.
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9:45 am – 10:15 am
NERC Compliance: Legal Issues and Lessons Learned
- Mandatory Reliability Standards
- Unresolved ambiguities in applicability to wind generators
- Lessons from registration disputes and enforcement
Speaker:
Vincenzo Franco, Van Ness Feldman, P.C.
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10:15 am – 10:45 am
Break / Exhibits
Location: Santa Fe
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10:45 am – 11:15 am
Cultivating Future Technicians
- Training a new work force for the wind industry
- Training for the current work force within the wind industry
- Industry support for training organizations
Speaker:
Al Zeitz, Iowa Lakes Community College
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11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Individual Turbine and Overall Plant Performance Verification
Moderator: Eric White, Director of Engineering, AWS Truewind, LLC
Speakers:
Benjamin Bell, President and CEO, Garrad Hassan America, Inc.
Gordon Randall, Technical Analyst, Global Energy Concepts, LLC
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12:15 pm – 12:30 pm
Wrap-up Session
Program Chairperson: Mike Kelly, Director, Operations Services,
Horizon Wind Energy
(Program schedule and topics subject to change without notice.)
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