Proceedings from Community Wind Energy 2008 are now available!

The proceedings are available as a CD-ROM. The disc contains more than 28 hours of recordings of all the conference sessions*, including question and answer sessions, and PDF copies of presenters' slides.

(Click here to view a PDF copy of the Conference Program.)

If you were a registered attendee, you will receive your copy by mail. If you were unable to attend the conference, you may purchase a copy using this order form. Please direct any questions about the proceedings to Windustry at 612-870-3461.

Monday, April 14, 2008

7:00-8:00 am Early Bird Session: Wind Energy Basics
Speaker:

Overview of Distributed Wind (small and community), Trudy Forsyth, NREL

Federal Tax Basics for Community Wind Projets, Ed Ing, Attorney at Law

7:30 – 8:30 am Registration Open, Continental Breakfast available

8:30 – 9:15 am Welcome Session: Opening Remarks
Speakers:

• Lisa Daniels, Executive Director, Windustry
• Larry Flowers,Team Leader, NWTC
• Peggy Beltrone, Cascade County Commisioner, '25 * '25 Steering Committee
• James Walker, COO EnXco, Inc. and President-Elect of AWEA

9:15-10:40 am Plenary Session: Assessing our Electricity Choices
Moderator and Speaker: Scott Sklar, The Stella Group
Speakers:

• Environmental Impacts of our Electricity Choices, Mark Watson, Program Manager, Environmental Research, New York State Energy and Research Development Authority
• The True Costs of Mining Coal, Dave Cooper, Lecturer, Mountain Top Removal Road Show
• Wind Energy, Environmental Quality, and Public Participation, Dereth Glance, Executive Program Director, Citizens Campaign For the Environment

10:40-11:00 Morning Break Among Exhibits

11:00-12:30 pm Breakout Session I
Community Wind: Local Economic Benefits: Economic Development from Community Wind
Moderator/Speaker: David Benson, Nobles County Commissioner
Speakers:

• Landowner Views:Living with Wind Turbines, Donna Griffin, Fenner Renewable Energy Education
• Impacts of Wind Farms on Tourism, Jim Walter, Madison County Tourism
• Results from a Property Value Investigation Surrounding Wind Turbines in Madison County, NY and Beyond, Ben Hoen, Lawrence Berkeley Lab

Community Wind Public Policy: What Works and What’s Needed
Moderator:/Speaker: Peggy Beltrone
Speakers:

• Community Wind Policies from the Midwest Heartland, Minnesota Senator Ellen Anderson
• New York's Investment in Wind: Policies that Work, Carol Murphy, ACE NY
• The Potential for Feed-In Tariffs in the US, Wilson Rickerson, RE Strategies Inc

Residential and Small Wind: Consumer Primer
Speakers:

• Ernie Prichard, Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc
• Roy Butler, Four Winds Renewable Energy

12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch

• David Kolsrud, DAK Renewable Energy
• Ann Bancroft, Arctic Explorer (http://www.annbancroftfoundation.org/

2:00 – 3:30 pm Breakout Session II
Community Wind: Thinking Outside the Box: Clean Energy Funds and Access to Turbines
Moderator:Kevin Schulte, Sustainable Energy Developments,Inc. & Lisa Daniels, Executive Director, Windustry
Speakers:

• How State Clean Energy Funds Have Supported Community Wind (and what they might do differently in the future) Roger Clark, The Reinvestment Fund, Sustainable Development Fund
• The Community Power Fund, Meghan MacLennan, Community Power Fund

Panelists:

• Leif Andersen, Suzlon
• Brett Pingree, Distributed Energy Systems
• Theo DeWolff, Robcar Investments LLC
• Andrew R. Lockhart, DeWind, Inc.

Community Wind: Case Studies and New Opportunities
Moderator: Nathan Rudgers, Farm Credit of Western New York
Speakers:

• Potential for Community Wind Projects in Pennsylvania, Tom Tuffey, PennFuture
• Hull Wind- A Massachusettes Community Gets Green, Andrew Stern, Hull Wind
• Economics of a Community-Owned Wind Farm: The School of Hard Knox, Loren Pukowski, Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc

Residential and Small Wind: Small and Midsized Applications
Moderator: Bill Holmes, Stoel Rives LLP
Speakers:

• Distributed Wind for Public Projects, Charles Newcomb, Entegrity Wind
• Observations, Opportunities and Obstacles for Onsite Wind, Bob Bechtold, Harbec Plastics
• Medford School Project, Dave Strong, SED, Inc.

3:30 – 4:00 pm Afternoon Break Among Exhibits

4:00 – 5:30 pm Breakout Session III
Community Wind: Financing Community Wind: Equity and Developers Panel
Moderator: Ben Koenigsberg, Chadbourn Parke
Speakers:

• Lorenzo Landini, Fortis Capital
• Matt Ferguson, Reznick Group
• Jacob Susman, OwnEnergy
• Jim Duffy, Nixon Peabody
• Cameron Brooks, Renewable Choice Energy

Community Wind: Distributed Generation: New Markets, New Tools
Moderator: Mark Dougherty, LIPA
Speakers:

• Tom Wind, Wind Utility Consulting
• Renewable Energy and Demand Response-Smart Solutions for Brililant Communities, Audrey Zibleman, Viridity, LLC
• Introducing the DeWind D8.2 2000kW Wind Turbine, Andrew R. Lockhart, DeWind, Inc.
• Electric Vehicle Fleets as Backup for Wind Power, Jacqueline Peiro, University of Deleware

Residential and Small Wind: Small Wind Turbine Manufacturers Panel
Moderator: Rebecca Pilcher-Cleland, Windustry
Panel Members:

• Andy Kruse, Southwest Windpower
• Steve Wilke, Bergey Windpower
• Robert Preuse, Abundant Renewable Energy
• Brett Pingree, Distributed Energy Systems
• Charles Newcomb, Entegrity Wind
• David Laino, Endurance Windpower

5:30 – 7:30 pm Networking Reception

• New York Governor David Paterson (confirmed)
• Carol Murphy, Alliance for Clean Energy New York

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

7:30-8:30 am Registration and Continental breakfast

8:30-10:00 am Breakout Session I
Community wind: Wind Development Overview
Moderator: Terry Nicol, RES
Speakers:

• Overview of Wind Development Process, Wes Slaymaker, EcoEnergy
• Wind Resource Assesments, Jim Adams, AWS TrueWind
• Primer on Cheif Federal Tax Incentives for Wind Development, Ed Ing, Attorney at Law
• Choosing an Appropriate Partnership Flip Structure For Your Project: Implications of IRS Safe Harbor Guidelines, Mark Bolinger, Lawrence Berkley Lab

Community Wind: Mid-sized Market
Moderator: Theo DeWolff, Robcar Investments, LLC
Speaker:

• Heron Wind Manufacturing, Steve Smiley, Heron Wind Manufacturing
• Northwind 100: Making Community Wind Happen, Brett Pingree, Distributed Energy Systems
• Financing Wind Projects, John Ravis, TD Bank Project Finance

Residential and Smal Wind: Policy Panel in the Northeast
Moderator: Ellen Lutz, Board Member Clean Energy States Alliance
Speakers:

• Small Wind in New York, Jennifer Harvey, NYSERDA
• Vermont Small Wind Policy, David Hill, VEIC
• Small Wind Opportuniteis in Pennsylvania, Kerry Campbell, PA Dept.of Environmental Protection

10:00-10:30 Morning Break Among Exhibits

10:30-12:00 Breakout Session II
Community Wind: Business Models: Community Wind Developers Panel
Moderator: David Kolsrud, DAK Renewable Energy
Panel Members:

• Dan Juhl, DanMar & Associates
• Kevin Schulte, SED, Inc.
• Mark Willers, MinWind Energy, LLC
• Ryan Wolf, Wolf Wind

Community Wind: Comprehensive Planning, Permitting, Siting and Zoning
Moderator/Speaker:Local Planning and Zoning for Wind, Katherine Daniels, NY Planning Federation
Speakers:

• Overview of the Environmental, Engineering and Construction Aspects of Wind Project Development, Anntonette Alberti, Tetra Tech EC
• Sound Permitting for Small Scale Wind Projects, Howard Quin, Tech Environmental
• Major Permitting and Environmental Review Requirments for Community Wind Projects, Rich Cogen, Nixon Peabody

Residential and Small Wind: Federal Policies for Small Wind
Moderator: Vicki Colello, NYSERDA
Speaker:

• Wind Policy and Section 9006 in the 2008 Farm Bill, Scott Collins, NY USDA Rural Development
• Federal Small Wind Policy, David Blittersdorff, Earth Turbines
• Andy Kruse, Southwest Windpower
• Certifying Small Wind Turbines, Larry Sherwood, IREC

12:00-1:40 Lunch

• Speaker: Paul Tonko, NYSERDA

1:45-3:15 pm Breakout Session III
Community wind: Selling your Power & REC's and Project Cash Flow
Moderator: Valerie Strauss, ACE NY
Speaker:

• John Saintcross, New York State Energy and Research Development Authority
• Mitigating Risk in Projecting Wind Farm Performance, Larry Sinesio, Windlogics
• Building your Proforma, Tom Wind, Wind Utility Consulting

Community wind: Various Shapes of Community Wind:Public, Provate, Wholesale and Retail
Moderator: David Barclay, NESEA
Speaker:

• Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, District 144 (Buffalo, NY)
• Community Wind in Rural Albany County:Wind Resource and Environmental Studies, Kathleen Moore, Integrated Environmental Data, LLC
• Northern Plains Intertribal Wind Project, Pat Spears, ICOUP
• Retail Offset School Projects, Dave Strong, SED, Inc.

Home and Farm Wind: Permitting, Zoning and Siting Issues
Moderator: Jeremy Wittrock, Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association
Speakers:

• Jonathan Miles, US Department of Energy
• Zoning, Permitting, Siting in North Carolina, Joe Smith, Appalachian State University
• Best Practices for Siting and Zoning Small Wind, Megan Amsler, Cape and Island Self Reliance

3:15-3:30 Afternoon Break Among Exhibits

3:30-5:30 Wrap Up-Session
Community wind Wind Industry Forum: Turbine Supply, Warranty, Operations and Maintenance
Moderator: Larry Flowers, NREL
Speakers:

• Tom Feiler, Clipper Windpower
• Leif Anderson, Suzlon
• Tyler Fairbank, EOS Ventures
• Charles Newcomb, Entegrity Wind, Inc.

Wednesday April 16, 2008

Day trip to Jiminy Peak in Hancock, MA to see a community-owned wind project operating at a commercial ski resort. Learn about community wind, have lunch and watch a turbine in action. For information about Jiminy Peak visit http://www.jiminypeak.com/.

*Due to contractual obligations, Ann Bancroft's lunch session is not included in the recordings.