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Event - Wind Farm Data Management & Analysis 2013

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This event will take place on September 23-25, 2013, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg, Germany. Wind Farm Data Management and Analysis 2013 will focus on implementing an effective data management strategy to reduce O&M costs.

Windpower Monthly’s Wind Farm Data Management and Analysis Forum is the ONLY event focused on understanding how to optimise wind data to reduce O&M costs and improve turbine performance.

Topics covered include R&D from leading industry heavyweights including: OWI-Lab, ECN, RWTH Aachen, DTU Wind Energy, Fraunhofer Institut (IWES) & Durham University.

Last year’s event received 100% satisfaction from all attendees. Feedback included:

“Focused and very interesting – really worthwhile!”
- Wind Energy R&D Engineer, Romax Technology Ltd

“Informative and great networking event”
- Researcher Wind Energy Systems, ECN

“Eye opener to what is happening in the field”
- Technology Engineer, ZF WindPower

“Got a good impression of issues and trends”
- Chief Engineer, Siemens WindPower

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Course - Wind Power Planning School

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Course - Wind Energy (WND)

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Wind Energy (WND) will take place on Sunday Sep 8, 2013, in Woodbridge, ON at the Living City Campus, Kortright Centre, 9550 Pine Valley Drive. This workshop is designed to introduce participants to the criteria for the selection of a wind energy system.

Participants will explore the fundamentals of wind energy, its components, and the application of off-grid and grid-tied wind systems. Topics covered will include the various types and sizes of machines, towers and the procedures for installation. The instructor will also be conducting a tour of the seven installed wind turbines along the Kortright Power Trip Trail. Portions of the day will be spent outdoors; participants should dress accordingly. (Lunch is provided).

To register for this workshop click here.

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Video- Energy Storage Technology for Offshore Wind Turbines

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Wind Energy Storage Solution Employing Concrete Spheres

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Offshore wind holds tremendous promise, however the intermittent and unpredictable presence of wind imposes limits on this technology. However a new approach from researchers at MIT may have solved this problem with an approach that stores energy to be used when there is no wind.

This concept employs huge concrete spheres which would anchor wind turbines to the sea floor. When a wind turbine produces more energy than is needed, power would be diverted to drive a pump attached to the underwater structure, pumping seawater from a 30-meter-diameter hollow sphere. Then when there is no wind the water would flow back into the sphere through a turbine attached to a generator, producing energy.

A 25-meter sphere could store up to 6 megawatt-hours of power. One thousand spheres attached to wind turbines could produce as much coal or nuclear plant.

The system could also operate with shore based renewable sources of electricity like solar plants. Preliminary estimates indicate that one such sphere could be built and deployed at a cost of about $12 million but as the spheres are mass produced costs would come down. This could result in an estimated storage cost of about 6 cents per kilowatt-hour.

A 30-inch-diameter prototype was built in 2011 demonstrated the feasibility of the concept. MIT has filed for a patent on the system.

Due to its carbon emissions profile, one of the major problems associated with the concept is the amount of concrete that would be required. To address this problem the concrete spheres could be made, in part, using large quantities of waste fly ash from existing coal plants

The researchers at MIT estimate that these concrete sphere floating wind turbines could create enough capacity to supply one-third of U.S. electricity needs.

Click here to see a full report on the concept published in IEEE Transactions and co-authored by Alexander Slocum, the Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT; Brian Hodder, a researcher at the MIT Energy Initiative; and three MIT alumni and a former high school student who worked on the project.

© 2013, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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Harnessing Wind Energy Without Blades

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Wind turbines are a large and growing source of energy but the turning blades have led to concerns about sound and impacts on bird populations. People have also complained that such wind turbines are an eye-sore. A new structure designed by Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo and installed at the Delft University of Technology convert wind to energy without any moving parts.

The new technological innovation was developed by the Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science faculty at Delft. It uses the movement of electrically charged water droplets to generate power.

The prototype of the EWICON (Electrostatic Wind Energy Converter) is not impacted by traditional wear and tear that limit the life of traditional blade based turbines. As such it requires very little maintenance. Further it makes no noise and casts no shadows.

The new bladeless technology has already been incorporated into the design of a project in Rotterdam.

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Event - Offshore Wind Economics & Finance Europe 2013

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Offshore Wind Economics & Finance: Europe 2013 will take place on Wednesday 16 October - Thursday 17 October in London, United Kingdom. ACI’s 2nd Offshore Wind Economics & Finance: Europe will take place on 16-17 October 2013 in London, UK. Bringing together 50-80 of the industry’s leading experts and executives from across the entire value chain (banks, international financing institutions, VC/PE companies, offshore wind farm owners/operators, utility companies, offshore wind farm developers, wind technology suppliers and R&D, government and regulators, lawyers and insurance firms) for two days of interactive discussion, excellent networking opportunities and the very latest updates from project investment activity around Europe, ACI’s 2nd Offshore Wind Economics & Finance: Europe will present you with the knowledge, experience & contacts you need to drive your business forward.

Key Topics

• Investment Activity Update & Forecast
• Investment Risk and Insurance
• National Policy Implementation
• Capital Expenditure Analysis for European Projects
• Operational Expenditure & Cost of Energy
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• The Impact of Development Bank Financing
• Debt Financing and Offshore Wind
• Project Financing & Economics: Case Study Examples
• Shaping the Future of Offshore Wind Economics: Technology & Strategy

Who Will Attend?

All ACI’s meetings are strictly end-user focussed and attract a target group of senior level decision makers from the industry.

Delegates will be drawn from:

Banks - MDs, heads of wind & power
International financing institutions - Project finance director
VC/PE companies - Financial managers, partners & directors
Offshore wind farm owners/operators - CFO, CEO
Utility companies - Finance manager, offshore department
Offshore wind farm developers - MDs, project & finance managers
Wind technology suppliers and R&D - Sales and product managers
Government and regulators - Renewable energy officers
Lawyers and insurance firms - Risk and investment consultants

Confirmed Speakers

Kevin Magner, Director - Corporate Finance Advisory, Deloitte
Julian Brown, Country Director UK Wind, AREVA UK
Joanna de Montgros, Head of Practice, Manager UK & Ireland, GL Garrand Hassan
Martin Benatar, Managing Consultant, Benatar and Co. Limited
Christopher Willow, Senior Associate, BVG Associates
Marc Fevre, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
David Guíu, Head of Sales Offshore Europe, Gamesa
Michelle T Davies, Head Of Clean Energy And Sustainability, Eversheds LLP
Michiel Engelaar, Project Finance, European Investment Bank
Alejandro Ciruelos, Vice President, Santander Global Banking & Markets
Allan Baker, MD - Global Head Of Power Advisory & Project Finance, Societe Generale
Stefan Kilgus, Partner, Watson, Farley & Williams
Rolant Stanze, President, PNE Wind AG
Clément Weber, Director, Green Giraffe Energy Bankers UK
David Cripps, Senior Technical Manager, Blade Dynamics Ltd
Aaron Smith, Offshore Wind Program, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Breanne Gellatly, Offshore Wind Accelerator Delivery Manager, The Carbon Trust
Bernard Bulder, Research Coordinator, ECN Wind Energy

For Further Information Contact Dimitri Pavlyk Tel: + 44 (0) 20 3141 0627 / Email: dpavlyk@acieu.net

To register click here.

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Event - Offshore Consenting Conference 2013

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The second edition of the Offshore Consenting Conference 2013 will take place on 26 June 2013, in London, United Kingdom. This event encourages industry-wide coordination to optimise processes through consenting regimes. As the first Round 3 projects come closer to being consented, it is important to assess and learn from the challenges that have been encountered throughout the process in order to look forward to consenting future offshore wind schemes.

To see the conference agenda for 2013 click here.

Highlights will include:

  • The latest interpretation of the Habitat Regulations and progress of developments since Defra’s Implementation Review Future-proofing consents – strategies for incorporating R&D unknowns into applications
  • Approaches for defining cumulative impact constraints and best-practice methods for assessments
  • An update of on the Planning Inspectorate’s consenting regime one year on and what challenges the first projects through the system have faced

Who should attend?

Developers, Consultants, Lawyers and Stakeholders:
Consents Manager
Environment & Consents Manager/Consultant
Project Developer/Manager
Planning Manager/Engineer
EIA Manager/Consultant
Stakeholder Manager
Round 3 Manager
Regulatory Policy Manager
Partner
Associate
Offshore Renewables Advisor
Marine Advisor

For more information click here.

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