a) WINDPOWER 2008 Conference & Exhibition:
b) Call for Photos: AWEA Wants Your Small Wind Pictures, Graphics
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is now accepting abstracts for the WINDPOWER 2008 Conference and Exhibition to be held in Houston, Texas, on June 1-4, 2008. WINDPOWER is the largest wind energy conference and exhibition in North America and draws over 7,000 industry leaders from around the world.
The Deadline for Abstract Submission is October 5, 2007 at 11:59 pm EST.
Submit your abstract online by clicking here: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
http://www.windpowerexpo.org/call_for_abstracts.cfm
WINDPOWER 2008 Conference Theme: Wind: Thriving at the Epicenter of Energy
This year's conference will focus on what actions are required to maintain wind energy’s position as a central piece of the U.S. energy mix and to ensure its continued growth trajectory. Abstracts should consider how to achieve this goal by identifying major issues and challenges, and discussing solutions to encourage development of the wind energy industry.
Business and Policy Tracks:
- · Buying and Selling Wind Turbines
- · Community Wind Projects
- · Expanding Transmission to New Markets
- · Federal and State Policy
- · Green Attributes and Market Opportunities
- · Hydrocarbon Overview
- · Legal Issues
- · New Issues in Project Development
- · Operating Wind Projects Post-Warranty
- · Power Marketing – Hedges & Swaps
- · Project Development: Siting and Wildlife Issues
- · Small Wind Systems for Homes, Farms and Small Businesses
- · Tax Equity/Financing Structures
- · The Texas Wind Power Experience
- · Utility Adoption of Wind Power
- · Value Chain Challenges and Solutions
Technical & Scientific Tracks:
- · Advances in Large Scale Wind Turbines: Drivetrain Development and Testing
- · Advances in Large Scale Wind Turbines: Turbine Components and Subsystems
- · Emerging Applications: Storage, Hydrogen and Water
- · Grid Integration of Wind Power Facilities
- · Offshore Wind Energy Technology*
- · Planning, Operations, and Maintenance (Asset Management)
- · Power System Operations and Wind Energy*
- · Remote Sensing Techniques
- · Rotor Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics
- · Safety
- · Small Wind Systems
- · Structures, Dynamics, Loads, and Control*
- · Wind Forecasting*
- · Wind Project Performance and Testing
- · Wind Resource Assessment*
* Abstracts submitted in these categories will also be considered for a Scientific Track.
Back by popular demand, AWEA will host a Scientific Track at WINDPOWER 2008. The WINDPOWER Conference Program Committee will review abstracts submitted for the five pre-identified categories listed above, and select a limited number of abstracts for possible inclusion in this Scientific Track.
For questions contact Sakura Emerine, AWEA's Conference Program Manager at semerine@awea.org or (202) 383-2540.
Reserve a Booth at the Small Wind Pavilion
AWEA’s WINDPOWER 2008 conference in Houston, Texas, to be held June 1-4, is expected to be the largest WINDPOWER to date. AWEA will again feature a special section featuring and highlighting exhibitors from the small wind industry. For more information and to register, see http://www.windpowerexpo.org/exhibition_sales.cfm (the small wind pavilion is the following booths: 919, 923, 925, 927, 1018, 1020, 1022, 1024, 1026).
For questions contact Mike Swinburne at mswinburne@awea.org.
b) CALL FOR SMALL-WIND PHOTOS
AWEA invites you or your company to submit photos for the 2008 AWEA wind energy calendar so we have a thorough representation of the entire wind industry. The calendar is one of our most visible and popular publications; it is distributed widely within and outside the industry, and sold on our online store. We are also currently building a small wind turbine photo library to increase the visibility of our industry. With your permission, we would like to use your photos in other AWEA publications, such as WINDPOWER brochures, on our web site, and for outreach purposes. The form asks if you would permit AWEA to use your photos in other materials besides the calendar. There will be different levels of access, and you can select on the submission form how you will allow your photo to be used. You can also indicate that your photo can only be used for the calendar, if you wish.
Please submit your photos here: http://www.awea.org/photoupload/
We are looking for a wide range of photos—beauty shots of wind turbines of course, but also photos of different phases and aspects of the industry (manufacturing, wind forecasting and monitoring, transportation, tourists or schoolchildren visiting installation sites, etc.) and of people at work in the industry (maintenance at top of a wind turbine, for example). We would also especially welcome photos of turbines that have been installed since 2005.
We have launched a webpage to make it easy to submit your photos. (Please go to http://www.awea.org/photoupload/) Most importantly, the submission form asks for both the name of the person to contact for further photo information, and for the person or company who will get the photo credit.
For questions, contact Mike Wiener at phots@awea.org.
Newsletter Editor
Ron Stimmel
Small-Wind Advocate
American Wind Energy Association
1101 14th St. Nw, 12th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
Ph: (202) 383-2546
rstimmel@awea.org.
