April 4, 2006; Toledo, OH
Over 150 people attended. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
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Photo of the audience at the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Technical Gathering.
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8:30 a.m.
Welcome & Introductions
Larry Flowers, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Wind Powering America
Tina Skeldon Wozniak, Lucas County Commissioner
Carty Finkbeiner, Mayor, Toledo
George Heartwell, Mayor, Grand Rapids
9:00 a.m.
Offshore Wind Update
Facilitator: Phil Dougherty, U.S. Department of Energy
- Offshore Wind Industry Experience, Jim Lyons, GE (PDF 60 KB)
- Danish Offshore Strategy, Charlotte Boesen, ENERGI E2, Denmark (PDF 1.8 MB)
- Cape Wind Offshore Project, Dennis Duffy (PDF 689 KB)
- Long Island Offshore Project, Dan Zaweski, LIPA (PDF 1 MB)
10:20 a.m.
Wind Technology Issues Update
Facilitator: Walt Musial, NREL
- Wind Technology Overview, Walt Musial, NREL (PDF 1 MB)
- Great Lakes Wind Resource, Bruce Bailey, AWS (PDF 671 KB)
- Ice Load Designs, Anne Barker, Canadian Hydraulics Centre
- Wind Power Grid Integration, Ed DeMeo, Renewable Energy Consulting Services, Inc. (PDF 302 KB)
- Technical Issues Discussion
12:00 p.m.
Lunch Keynote
Randy Udall, CORE (PDF 5.6 MB)
1:00 p.m.
Potential Offshore Impacts and Permitting
Facilitator: Bonnie Ram, Energetics
- Offshore Impacts: Human, Biological, and Physical, Chris Rein, ESS Group (PDF 111 KB)
- Lessons Learned: Avian Studies, Dale Strickland, Western EcoSystems Technology (PDF 638 KB)
- Summary of 5 Years of Danish Studies, Charlotte Boesen, ENERGI E2, Denmark (PDF 2.6 MB)
- Great Lakes Permitting Challenges, Bonnie Ram, Energetics (PDF 1 MB)
- Discussion
3:00 p.m.
Stakeholder Perspectives
Facilitator: Larry Flowers, NREL
States Energy Panel
Alex DePillis, Wisconsin Division of Energy
John Sarver, Michigan Energy Office
Sara Ward, Ohio Department of Development, Office of Energy Efficiency
Ryan Brown, Indiana Office of Energy and Defense Development
Cynthia Handler, Natural Resources, Canada (PDF 1 MB)
Municipality Panel
George Heartwell, Mayor, Grand Rapids
Matt Zone, Councilman, Cleveland
Joyce McLean, Director, Strategic Issues, Toronto Hydro Corporation (PDF 2.2 MB)
State and Federal Environmental Agency Reps Panel
Steve Ugoretz, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Randy Sanders, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Steve Metivier, Biologist, Buffalo District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (PDF 199 KB)
Meghan Seymour, U.S. Fish and Wildlife (invited)
Jack Nasca, New York Division of Environmental Permits
Other Great Lakes Interest Groups Panel
Mike Klepinger, Michigan Sea Grant
Ronn Richard, The Cleveland Foundation
Kate Gordon, The Apollo Alliance (PDF 286 KB)
Charles Kubert, Environmental Law and Policy Center
5:45 p.m.
Wrap-up and Offshore Wind Collaborative Introduction
Larry Flowers, NREL and Greg Watson, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (PDF 1 MB)
6:00 p.m.
Reception
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