AWEA Wind Resource & Project Energy Assessment Conference 2018

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is the national trade association for the U.S. wind industry. With thousands of wind industry members and wind policy advocates, AWEA promotes wind energy as a clean source of electricity for American consumers.

Join the wind industry's leading owners, project developers, wind assessors, and siting professionals in Austin, Texas for the annual AWEA Wind Resource & Project Energy Assessment. This technical event is the only one of its kind within North America. Accurate wind energy resource assessment is a critical factor in the developing successful wind projects. Attendees will participate in targeted networking sessions, exploring the industry's needs through presentations on new state-of-the-art techniques and technologies. As the conference concludes, attendees should expect to gain critical insight into the key matters by which the industry makes energy predictions.

Schedule

Tuesday, Sept. 11:

  • Liquid Power Markets 201
  • Integration of Siting and Resource Assessment

Wednesday, Sept. 12:

  • Nuance in the Time Domain
    • "Conservatism in Shadow Flicker Assessment and Wind Farm Design"
    • "Explore Appropriate Approaches to Produce Pxx 8760 Profiles Considering Atmospheric Persistence"
    • "Maximizing Project Economics Through Project Capacity Overbuild"
    • "Time Series Modeling"
    • "Wind Turbine Availability Time Series Analysis and Modeling"
  • Evolution of Energy Production Estimation Methods
  • 8 Minute Accelerated but Significant Presentations:
    • "Are Climate Change Predictions Visible in our Current Data Sets?"
    • "Best Practices for Quantifying, Interpreting, and Utilizing Atmospheric Stability Measurements using Standard Wind Resource Assessment Sensors and CFD Simulations"
    • "Lightning Talks - Are Your Charts Working? Making Descriptive and Effective Plots"
    • "Power Curve Performance Test with SODAR, LiDAR, and Anemometer: A Comparison Study"
    • "Time Series Wind Resource Assessment for Microgrid Systems: A Case Study"
    • "Valuing Portfolio Effects"
  • Characterizing Wind Flow Modeling Uncertainty
    • "Accounting for Bockage Effects in Energy Production Assessments"
    • "A New Analystical Framework to Improve Risk Quantification and Optimize Measurement Campaigns"
    • "Improving Wind Speed Predictions Using Ensemble Flow Modeling"
    • "Round-Robin Validation of Spatial Wind Modeling at a Site with a Large Number of Towers"