Day 1 : 'Getting Ready'
26 May: 'Getting Ready' for a Great Adventure in Community Wind.
The first day of the Annual Community Wind Conference will cover aspects relating to the preparation phase, all you have to do before you can start executing your Community Wind project:
Topics:
- Community Wind 101 - Introduction
- Wind-, Interconnection-, Transmission Assessment. Opportunities and Challenges.
- Legal / Regulatory: Permits, Zoning, Community buy-in
- Ownership
- Financing and Investing: Sources and Cost of Capital, Getting Funded, Business Cases and Best Practices
| Time | Presenter | Institution | Topic |
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| May 26 2009 10:00am | Ted Cowan | Ontario Federation of Agriculture | Wind Energy for the Canadian Agricultural Industry & The Green Energy Act |
| May 26 2009 12:00pm | Tim Weis, Director of Renewable Energy and Efficiency | Pembina Institute | Wind Energy Solutions for Remote Communities |
| May 26 2009 1:00pm | Larry Sherwood, Executive Director, Small Wind Certification Council. | Small Wind Certification Council, IREC | Larry Sherwood, Executive Director, Small Wind Certification Council. |
| May 26 2009 2:00pm | Dr. Bruce H. Bailey, President and CEO | AWS Tuewind | Estimating On-Site Energy Production Potential Through Wind Measurement and Modeling |
| May 26 2009 6:00pm | Leon Steinberg, CEO | National Wind | Community Wind – The National Wind Model |
| May 26 2009 9:00pm | Jim Trevold, Facility Director | Spirit Lake Comunity School | Case: Spirit Lake Community School, Iowa |
| May 26 2009 10:00pm | David Shapero, Managing Director | Future Energy Pyt | Hepburn Community Wind Park, Australia's first Commmunity Owned Wind Farm |
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