7:30 am - 8:30 am
Registration Open
& Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 8:50 am
Opening Remarks
Randall Swisher,
Executive Director, AWEA
8:50 am - 9:20 am
Keynote Speaker – Wind Energy and Environment
Christopher Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute
9:20 am - 10:00 am
Project Siting Overview
Project Siting Overview
Dave Rapaport, Vice President, East Haven Wind Farm
Wind Project Siting
Jim Gordon, President, Cape Wind Associates
Questions & Answers
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Break
10:15 am – 12:00 pm
Wildlife Issues
National Collaborative on Wildlife/Siting Issues
Sam Enfield, Development Director- Mid-Atlantic Region, PPM Energy Atlantic Renewable
Overview of Night time Study Findings – Data & Conclusions
Robert Roy, Division Director, Woodlot Alternatives
Bats and Wind Energy
Ed Arnett, Conservation Scientist, Bat Conservation International
Questions & Answers
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
FAA Lighting & Construction Issues
Do FAA Lights Attract Night Migrating Birds at Wind Turbines and Communication Towers?
Paul Kerlinger, Partner, Curry & Kerlinger LLC
Beyond Siting: Implementing Environmental Commitments During Construction
Anntonette Alberti, Principal Regulatory Specialist, Tetra Tech EC Inc.
Understanding and Meeting FAA Lighting Requirements
Gary Chiasson, Manager, International Sales, Flash Technologies
-Understand the current standard for FAA lights
-A preview of expected changes to the current standard
-Technologies employed to meet the standard
-How to avoid pitfalls
Questions & Answers
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm – 5:15 pm
Project Impacts
Siting Issues Between Wind Turbine Facilities and Telecommunication Operations
Les Polisky, Senior Principal Engineer, Comsearch
Property Values & Job Impacts of Wind Energy
George Sterzinger, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Policy Project
Case Study: Wind Economic Impacts in Pennsylvania
Tom Tuffey, Director, PennFuture
What Wind “Backs Down” or Impacts to the Grid
Joe Bryson , Climate Protection Partnerships Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
-Air emissions benefits of using wind energy; sample approaches used by federal and state policymakers, as well as industry.
-Broad overview of air emissions benefits of U.S. wind energy capacity to date.
-US EPA activities designed to support wind energy development.
Questions & Answers
5:30 pm -
6:30
pm
Networking Reception
