AWEA Wind Resource & Project Energy Assessment Workshop

September 30 – October 1, 2009
Hilton Minneapolis
1001 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Program Chair: Matthew Hendrickson,
Director, Energy Assessment, Horizon Wind Energy

Each year, the AWEA Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment Workshop answers the evolving needs of the wind industry. This year the workshop focused on taking challenging concepts and making them practical to the practicing energy assessor. This workshop took a technical look at various topics from a comparison of modeling techniques and examining sources of uncertainty, to post construction topics that focus on turbine performance and operational assessments.

Topics Covered:

Uncertainty Analyses – An in depth look at classical and new techniques
Climatology – The long term reference, classical and synthetic methods
Modeling – Updates and understanding of the available wind flow and wake models
MCP Methodologies – A discussion of MCP usage, new techniques and validation
Met Program – Sensor science, tower configuration practices and considerations
Shear and Remote Sensing –Update on shear techniques and application of remote sensing
Turbine Performance – Where lost energy goes; availability, meteorological and machine effects
Operational Assessments –Tips and tricks to opening the hood and understanding wind farm performance

Who attended:

Wind Assessors/Meteorologists
Project Developers / Owners
Consultants
Banking / Financial Investors
Utility Professionals
Government Agency Representatives
Academics / Non-Profits
Turbine Manufacturers
Landowners

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