WINDPOWER 2012
Posted March 15th, 2012
To help keep our clients and employees abreast of happenings in the industries we serve, Bayside Solutions occasionally highlights important exhibitions, meetings and other events.
WINDPOWER 2012 is the largest annual wind-focused exhibition in the world, set to feature more than 1,000 exhibitors including leaders in the wind industry. It’s the place to see products and services, learn industry brand names, network with leading decision makers, and generate numerous high-quality business leads.
WINDPOWER reflect the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA’s) efforts to push forward wind energy industry policy, regulatory, and business development objectives.
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner will kick off the Opening Session, after which the conference will offer 16 specialized, market-specific tracks to address various aspects of today’s wind energy:
1. Market Update Track
Offers insights into upcoming demand opportunities for wind and relative market competitiveness,.
2. Project Development Track
Focuses on how developers are responding to market constraints in order to boost public enthusiasm and investor confidence in the wind industry
3. Transmission Track
Explores the various connectivity research challenges and techniques, as wind becomes a more viable, reliable and competitive national energy source.
4. Resource Assessment Track
Provides a comprehensive look at some of the wind resource assessment field’s hottest and most widely discussed topics.
5. Community & Distributed Wind Track
Discussions will address the future potential of, and economic value in, community and distributed wind.
6. Finance Track
Takes an in-depth look at various financial factors affecting the wind industry.
7. Siting Track
Offers policy, biological, and market experts who will delve into various issues that affect siting.
8. Utility Track
Provides important information on utility efforts to bring higher levels of wind power to their systems, state regulatory regimes and their impact on long-term contracts between wind developers and energy suppliers.
9. Supply Chain Track
Explores how to lower the installed cost of wind energy in the U.S. through the use of efficient and innovative transportation, logistics, and construction systems.
10. Turbine Design Track
Explores the structural performances and evolving advancements of wind turbine designs.
11. Turbine Track
Industry experts will recap 2011 and forecast 2012 market conditions.
12. Turbine Performance Track
Provides greater understanding into the many components of turbine reliability and power curve measurements.
13. Offshore Track
Delves into a wide array of topics including how shortening timelines can reduce costs and incentivize the market, innovative advancements in the configuration of floating offshore wind turbines, and current and future research applications.
14. Wind Deployment Track
Covers several emerging applications and issues concerning the wind power workforce.
15. Integration Track
Takes a dynamic approach to exploring the scientific and economic frameworks of wind integration and forecasting techniques.
16. Academic Track
Dedicated to promoting the work being done by the academic community in support of wind energy.
Bayside Technology is proud to support wind energy and other green energy projects. Want to know more about how we can help you find a job or personnel? Contact us today!
