Conference Program
Energizing the Future - Bringing Wind Energy More Prominently into the Mainstream
WINDPOWER 2006 Conference & Exhibition focused on what needs to be done to bring wind energy more prominently into the mainstream electric market. Experts shared their knowledge and interacted with participants in education sessions organized around the following 4 tracks: Business, Policy, Technical, and Utility/Homes, Farms, and Community Wind. The program also featured approximately 140 visual poster displays, as well as three pre-conference seminars focused on specific topics.
For detailed conference information including, individual session descriptions, presenters and presentations, please go to the Schedule at a Glance on the left.
WINDPOWER 2006 Conference Program Committee Members
American Wind Energy Association would like to thank the following Program Committee Members who assisted us in creating the conference program.
Co-Chairs
Michael Davies, FreeStream Capital Partners Limited
James Lyons, GE Energy
AWEA Board Liaison
Brian McNiff, McNiff Light Industry
Session Chairs
Brent Alderfer, Community Energy, Inc.
Jeff Anthony, We Energies
Bruce Bailey, AWS Truewind, LLC
Craig Christenson, GE Energy
Steve Clemmer, Union Of Concerned Scientists
Ed DeMeo, Renewable Energy Consulting Services, Inc.
Jens Demtroeder, Vestas
Abraham Ellis, PNM
Bill Erdman, BEW Engineering, Inc.
Ed Feo, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
John Hanger, PennFuture
Bill Holley, GE Energy
Kristin Larson, 3TIER Environmental Forecast Group Inc.
Andy Linehan, PPM Energy, Inc.
Karl-Heinz Mertins, John Deere Credit
Chris Moakley, Meridian Energy Corporation
Lawrence Mott, Earth Turbines
Walt Musial, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nicholas Pansic, MWH
Ryan Pfaff, AES SeaWest, Inc.
Robert Pratt, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Robert Preus, Abundant Renewable Energy
Kevin Rackstraw, CLIPPER WINDPOWER INC
Bonnie Ram, Energetics
Brent Reardon, FPL Energy, Inc.
Mike Robinson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Matt Schuerger, Energy Systems Consulting Services, LLC
Mark Smith, FPL Energy, Inc.
Marion Trieste, Trieste Associates Inc.
Adam Umanoff, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
John Vanden Bosche, Chinook Wind
Reviewers
Rashid Abdul, Mitsubishi Power Systems, Inc.
Mark Ahlstrom, WindLogics Inc.
Tom Amis, Baker Botts LLP
Dino Barajas, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
Ben Bell, GE Energy
Dave Blittersdorf, NRG Systems, Inc.
Mark Bolinger, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sumit Bose, GE Energy
Mike Bowman, Wray School District RD-2
Kristen Burke, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Jim Caldwell, PPM Energy, Inc.
Henrik Carstens, Ramboll
Nolan Clark, USDA-Agricultural Research Service
Matt Clouse, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Green Power Partnership
Louis Coakley, FPL
Kevin Cousineau, Clipper Windpower, Inc.
Craig Cox, Interwest Energy Alliance
Alex DePillis, State Of Wisconsin
Jeff Deyette, Union Of Concerned Scientists
Steve Drouilhet, Sustainable Automation, LLC
John Eber, JP Morgan Capital Corporation
Sam Enfield, PPM Energy Atlantic Renewable
Brian Evans, RES America
John Fedorko, Airtricity
Lee Jay Fingersh, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Larry Flowers, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Trudy Forsyth, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Troy Gagliano, Renewable Northwest Project
Susan Giordano, Second Wind Inc.
Jessica Graf, Nixon Peabody LLP
Bill Grant, Xcel
Jim Green, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ed Hahlbeck, Powertrain Engineers Inc
Mark Haller, Haller Wind Consulting
Craig Hansen, Windward Engineering, L.L.C.
Rob Harmon, Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Jennifer Harvey, NYSERDA
Stefan Herr, GE Energy
Susan Hock, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ed Holt, Ed Holt & Associates, Inc.
Helen Hull, Abundant Renewable Energy
Thomas Jonsson, Moventas Inc.
Thomas Karst, Vestas Wind Systems
Brian Keane, SmartPower
Mike Kelly, Horizon Wind Energy
Lars Landberg, Riso National Laboratory
Tim Lasocki, GE Energy
Dave Lawrence, NYISO
Dan Lieberman, Center for Resource Solutions
Hal Link, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Peter Madsen, Siemens
Randy Mann, Edison Capital
Jim Manwell, Renewable Energy Research Laboratory
Keith Martin, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Mary McCann, GE Energy
Amy McGinty, Community Energy, Inc.
Dan McGuire, American Corn Growers Foundation
Timothy L. McMahan, Stoel Rives, LLP
Mike Messier, Clipper Windpower, Inc.
Jesper Michaelsen, PPM Energy
Paul Migliore, Energy Project Management
Michelle Montague, Suzlon Wind Energy Corp.
Emil Moroz, Garrad Hassan America, Inc.
Ed Moses
John Olesen, Vestas
Frank Ormel, GE Energy
Steve Palomo, U.S. Department of Energy
Brian Parsons, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Mark Perryman, PPM Energy, Inc.
Robert Poore, Global Energy Concepts, LLC
Egon Poulsen, Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Gordian Raacke, Renewable Energy Long Island
Dave Rapaport, East Haven Wind Farm
Flemming Rasmussen, Riso National Laboratory
Dave Renne, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Heather Rhoads-Weaver
Mick Sagrillo, Sagrillo Power & Light
Liz Salerno, American Wind Energy Association
Mark Scher, MSE Power Systems
Jeff Schlichting, HMH Energy Resources, Inc.
Kevin Schulte, Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc.
Paul Sclavounos, Massachusetts Institute of Tech.
Larry Sherwood, IREC
Virinder Singh, PacifiCorp
Charlie Smith, Nexgen Energy LLC
Valerie Strauss, Young, Sommer...LLC
Steve Sullivan, Power Communications / New York
Howard Susman, Duckor Spradling & Metzger
Dr. Andy Swift, Texas Tech Univeristy Wind Science and Engineering Research Center
Bo Thisted, GE Energy
Bill Vachon, W.A. Vachon & Associates, Inc.
Case van Dam, University of California, Davis
Paul Veers, Sandia National Laboratories
Chris Walford, Global Energy Concepts, LLC
Greg Watson, Massachusetts Technology Collaboraive
Mark West, GE Energy
Tom Wind, Wind Utility Consulting
Ryan Wiser, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Russell Young, FPL Energy, Inc.
Ed Zaelke, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Bob Zavadil, EnerNex Corporation
John Zimmerman, Vermont Environmental Research Associates
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