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Proceedings of the 2002 California Wind Energy Consortium Forum
The first California Wind Energy Consortium Forum was conducted on the University of California, Davis campus on December 17 and 18, 2002. The schedule of presentations is included below. Thanks to all speakers, panel moderators, and attendees for stimulating discussion of the challenges to development and expansion of wind energy in California.
The proceedings of the Forum are available by clicking here.
The proceedings include:
- contact information of all registered Forum attendees (available to registered attendees only)
- electronic copies of all presentations made at the Forum
- a transcript of the entire Forum
As always, if you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to e-mail forum@cwec.ucdavis.edu.
Final schedule of presentations |
Tuesday, December 17, 2002
| KEYNOTE | Terry Surles Director of Public Interest Energy Research, California Energy Commission |
| PANEL: Windplant Development Issues | MODERATOR: Fred Schwartz San Francisco Public Utility Commission |
| Wind Generation Trends | Kevin Jackson Dynamic Design Engineering, Inc. |
| Optimization and Value Analysis of Hybrid Systems: Some preliminary results | Alan Lamont Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Renewable Distribution Generation to Solve Transmission and Distribution Problems in California (A Strategic Value Analysis Approach) | Prab Sethi California Energy Commission |
| Storage Technologies - Are they the Missing Link for Wind Energy's Successful Market Capture? | Pramod Kulkarni California Energy Commission |
| PANEL: Windplant Planning Challenges | MODERATOR: Charles Bennett Environmental Science Associates |
| Avian Interactions with Wind Power Structures | Dick Anderson California Energy Commission |
| A property owner's perspective | Rick Russell Carlton Engineering |
| Wind Turbine Aeroacoustic Issues | Paul Migliore National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| Wind Energy Permitting Overview | Hal Romanowitz Oak Creek Energy Systems, Inc. |
Wednesday, December 18, 2002
| KEYNOTE Wind Energy in the California Market |
Randy Abernathy Vice President, Market Services, California Independent System Operator |
| PANEL: Methods for Market Expansion | MODERATOR: Bruce White University of California, Davis |
| California Wind Energy Forecasting Project Review | Chuck McGowin EPRI |
| The California Renewables Portfolio Standard: SB 1078; Issues of Importance to Wind Energy | Nancy Rader California Wind Energy Association |
| Economics | Warren Byrne Foresight Energy Company |
| PANEL: Distributed Generation Wind Systems | MODERATOR: Kevin Jackson Dynamic Design Engineering, Inc. |
| Distributed generation | James Foster James Foster Enterprises | Utility Perspective | Bob Yinger Southern California Edison Company |
| Out of the Shadow: The Bright Future for Small Wind Systems | Mike Bergey Bergey Windpower Co. |
