Pre-event seminar:
Wind Energy - The Facts
Brussels, Sunday 13 March 2011
Building on the success of its 'Wind Energy - The Facts' publication, widely considered to be the most authoritative reference published to date, EWEA again preceeded its annual event with a seminar tailored to a non-technical audience.
'Wind Energy - The Facts' is a European project financed by:
Programme and presenters
Delegates registered to attend the pre-event seminar can download the presentations from the address communicated to them during the seminar. If delegates are experiencing difficulty in downloading the presentations or do not have the link please email tim.robinson(at)ewea.org
Session One: The basics: wind and wind turbines
Chair: Jos Beurskens, Senior Scientist, ECN Wind Energy
The fundamentals of wind energy | Jos Beurskens, Senior Scientist, ECN Wind Energy |
Wind as a resource | Davide Medici, Wind Resource Assessment Manager, GL Garrad Hassan |
Wind turbine design | Peter Jamieson, GL Garrad Hassan |
Session Two: Electricity grids and plugging in wind power
Chair: Nicolas Fichaux, International Renewable Energy Agency - IRENA
Integrating a high share of wind power in the European electricity system
| Frans Van Hulle, Technical Advisor for EWEA |
Regulatory aspects of the integration of wind energy
| Paul Wilczek, Regulatory Affairs Advisor – Grids and Internal Electricity Market, EWEA |
Session Three: The economics of wind energy
Chair: Jacopo Moccia, Head of Policy Analysis Unit, EWEA
Cost vs price of wind energy
| Athanasia Arapogianni, Research Officer, EWEA |
The economics of wind energy | Jørgen K. Lemming, Senior Advisor, Wind Energy Division, Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy |
Support schemes for renewable energy in the European Union | Jacopo Moccia, Head of Policy Analysis Unit, EWEA |
Session Four: Climate change and future scenarios
Chair: Dorina Iuga, 'Wind Energy – The Facts' Project Manager, EWEA
The role of wind energy in tackling climate change
| Rémi Gruet, Regulatory Affairs Advisor – Climate Change, EWEA |
Future scenarios for wind energy production | Jacopo Moccia, Head of Policy Analysis, EWEA |
The 'Wind Energy – The Facts'publication is widely considered to be the most important wind energy reference in the world. It presents a detailed overview of the wind energy sector, with the most up-to-date and in-depth information on the essential issues concerning wind power today.
'Wind Energy - The Facts' (hardback, 488 pages, ISBN: 978184407710) was published in March 2009 and can be ordered from the publisher, Earthscan
EWEA members receive a 20% discount when ordering 'Wind Energy - The Facts' or any other publication by Earthscan.
The full contents of the book is downloadable free of charge in PDF format from www.wind-energy-the-facts.org
Wind Energy - The Facts is a European project financed by the Intelligent Energy - Europe programme of the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation. For more information see http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/
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