Webinar Library


For the latest information on topics that the AWEA Utility Working Group has identified as the most pressing and critical issues for electric utilities – access these “on demand” webinars:

 

  • American Wind Wildlife Institute (AWWI) – this webinar covered the AWWI's efforts to create the tools to address mitigating impacts of wind power on wildlife. Abby Arnold, Executive Director of AWWI, presented their unique collaboration between 31 partners from the wind industry, utilities, environmental and science NGOs and state agencies. The webinar featured their main projects, including the Landscape Assessment Tool, The Eagle Mitigation Initiative, support for applied research program and our growing Mitigation plan. It also covered ways in which, as an AWWI Partner, utilities can utilize these tools and the new data available from our research program, to increase predictability and reduce risk associated with the operation and maintenance of utility wind power portfolios. (November 2012) https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/331476368

  • Annual U.S. Department of Energy “Wind Technologies Market Report – this webinar highlighted the annual DOE wind technologies report, which provides a comprehensive overview of trends in the U.S. wind power market.  Ryan Wiser, co-author of the report, presented the results of this report, which draws from a variety of sources, to provide information on a broad range of topics, including wind project installation trends, domestic and imported content of wind turbines, trends in wind turbine prices and installed project costs, operations and maintenance cost trends, wind project performance trends, evolution of wind power sales prices, comparing the price of wind energy to wholesale electricity prices, integration, transmission, and policy developments, and the future outlook for the sector.  (September 2012)  
    https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/798802816
     

  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service "Wind Energy Guidelines"– this webinar covered the major topics and implications for wind project siting that these new guidelines entail. The webinar was designed for utility personnel involved in the siting of wind power projects. David Stout, former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Division Chief for Habitat and Resource Conservation and designated federal official for the Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee, presented along with John Anderson, Director of Siting Policy for AWEA, and Tom Vinson, Senior Director for Federal Regulatory Affairs for AWEA. The webinar covered implementation of the guidelines for the U.S. wind energy industry, and plans for implementation and training. (August 2012):
    https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/142590880

  • How to Talk to a Wind Skeptic – this special webinar covered the top techniques for confronting hostile audiences, and provided a guided tour of AWEA's newly revised and expanded set of flashcards, The Truth About Wind Power, Second Edition, which covers 16 top "urban legends" about wind power. AWEA Vice President of Public Affairs, Peter Kelley, will cover the topics which our utility members have indicated are of most concern to them when dealing with members of the media, the public, and opposition groups. (July 2012): https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/153894873

  • Wind Integration Update –  this webinar covered the latest information in wind integration studies and state of the art information in this subject.  Here the latest in wind integration studies and real-life experience with integration a variable-output generation source like wind energy.  This webinar features Charlie Smith from UVIG (May, 2012): https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/212654872

  • Wind Power in the Southeast – A special webinar taking place in advance of WINDPOWER 2012 will focus on wind power’s growth in the Southeast. Wind power is no longer a resource for just those electric utilities in the windiest states in the central U.S., as wind projects are now being developed in the Southeast. Wind power has also arrived in the Southeast U.S. Utilities in this region are discovering that wind energy has a cost-effective role in their resource portfolios (April 2012): https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/953851913

  • The Declining Costs of Wind Energy – results from the recent LBNL/NREL report describing the downward trend in the "Levelized Cost of Energy" from wind power (February 2012): https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/485406617

  • Developing an In-House Wind Turbine Maintenance Program – webinar covering the new report issued by the DOE, AWEA, and other organizations on utilities taking on wind turbine maintenance in-house (December 2011):  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/545406728

  • Wind Project Ownership– perspectives on utilities owning and operating their own wind turbines projects from a strategic point of view (August 2011): https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/599288064

  • Recent Developments in Wind Integration Analysis – presentations by NREL and EPRI (August 2011):  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/345223641

  • Utility Operations & Maintenance of Wind Turbines – insights from DOE and commentary by utilities (July 2011):  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/933371848

  • Wind Integration Overview – from the Utility Wind Integration Group (UWIG) (May 2011):  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/570859857