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A very successful Wind
Power Transmission Workshop was held in Ontario, Canada March 30-31, 2005
with 162 registrants. The workshop was co-sponsored by the American Wind
Energy Association, Canadian Wind Energy Association, and Utility
Wind Interest Group, and focused on wind energy delivery and reliability
issues. The final workshop agenda can be found below:
Workshop
Agenda:
(Updated April 4, 2005)
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TUESDAY,
MARCH 29
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Registration
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Registration & Coffee
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Education Sessions
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Session
Welcome
Donna Cansfield, Parliamentary Assistant to the Ontario Minister of
Energy
Wind Interconnection and Wind Integration - The State of the Debate
Robert Hornung, Canadian Wind Energy Association
Randy Swisher, American Wind Energy Association
9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Wind Integration – Stability and Grid Operations
An Overview of Studies Undertaken in North America
Robert Zavadil, Utility Wind Interest Group
Case Study: Variability of Wind and Load
Michael Brower, AWS Truewind, LLC
Improved Voltage Stability with Wind in New York
Nick Miller, GE Energy
Control Room View of Wind
Mark Ahlstrom, WindLogics Inc.
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wind Integration - European Approaches & North American Perspectives
Experience with Integrating Wind Energy in Western Denmark
Paul-Frederik Bach, Eltra
Respondents:
Wind Integration: U.S. Perspectives
Hank Courtright, Electric Power
Research Institute
Wind Integration: A Canadian
Perspective
Ted Quade, SaskPower / Canadian
Electricity Association
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Reliability Interconnections With Wind
Weekly Interconnected Systems:
Britain and Ireland
Nigel Scott, Garrard Hassan
Hydro-Quebec’s Work on Wind
Roger Lambert, Hydro-Quebec
Manitoba Hydro’s Work on Wind
Ed Wojczynski, Manitoba Hydro
Forecasting Wind and Water
Ken Westrick, 3TIER Environmental Forecast Group
2:30 p.m. – 3:00.p.m.
Break
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Reliability Interconnections with Wind
Capacity Value and System Reliability Contribution for
Wind Power
Michael Milligan
Issues and Results with Wind Interconnection
Dennis Woodford, Electranix Corporation
Alberta’s Wind Interconnection Standard
John Kehler, Alberta Electric System Operator
Summary of FERC, WECC, AWEA Proposals on Low Voltage Ride
Through, Streamlining Interconnection Process
Jim Caldwell, PPM
5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Update on the Production Tax Credit (PTC) Extensio
Jaime Steve, American Wind Energy
Association
5:15 p.m. –
5:30 p.m.
The Wind Power Production Incentive (WPPI) Update
Robert Hornung, Canadian Wind
Energy Association
5:45 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Networking Reception
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Education Sessions
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
General Session
Garry Brown, Vice President for
Research and Development, New York State Independent Operator
9:20 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Wind Interconnections: Strategies and Issues
Strategies for Interconnection
Geza Joos, McGill University, Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Managing Distribution-Level Wind Connections
Jeff Smith, EPRI
Solutions, Inc.
Wind Park-Level Approach to Interconnection
Steve Saylors, Vestas Americas
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Vendors’ Forum on Meeting Grid Voltage Standards
(Sampling of Technology Options)
Steve Saylors, Vestas Americas
Nick Miller, GE Energy
Stephan Wachtel, ENERCON GmbH
Gerry Keane, S&C Electric
Bud Kerhli, American Superconductor
Mark Scher, MSE Power Systems,
Inc.
12:00 p.m.
Adjournment
Lunch on your own
Workshop Brochure:
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