A basic agenda for the 2011 International Wind-Diesel Workshop is provided below.  If you are intersted in presenting a poster or a paper for the workshop, please contact Kat Keith with a short abstract of your proposed presentation.

Pre-Workshop Tuesday March 8^th, 2011

There will be two parallel 7-hour courses offered at this year?s pre-workshop event.  They both will cover the basics of wind-diesel power systems, including power systems technology and some examples of current hybrid power systems.  In addition they both will offer training using HOMER software.  One track will be an introductory level, short course targeted to those who have little or no experience in wind-diesel power systems. The session will provide people new to wind-diesel applications with the understanding that will enable them to take an active role in the Wind-Diesel Workshop. The second track will offer a more advanced version of the same topics.  This track will be for returning professionals with an existing understanding of wind-diesel integration and HOMER modeling. 

Wind-Diesel Workshop

Here is the agenda for the 2011 International Wind-Diesel Workshop being held March 8-13.

The 2011 Wind-Diesel Workshop will present the latest information in operating experience, design concepts, system components, related research and development, discussion of emerging markets, and description of institutional issues and perspectives based on the experiences of operating systems in Alaska and around the world. 

Wednesday March 9^th, 2011 Workshop Welcome and Introductions (8:30-9:00)

Chair: Ian Baring-Gould (Director, WPA)

Opening Statements made by: 

• Larry Flowers (National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Per Lundsager (Darup Associates ApS) - International Wind/Diesel pioneer
• Brent Petrie (AVEC) - Alaska Wind / Diesel pioneer and current driving force in technology implementation
• Gwen Holdmann (Alaska Center for Energy and Power)

Status of World Wide Wind-Diesel (9:00-11:45)

Chair:  Ian Baring-Gould (Director, Wind Powering America)

This session will provide a review of experiences of existing wind/diesel applications throughout the world. The session will provide a snap shot of the status of wind-diesel technology in countries around the world.  It will highlight recent successes as well as describe problems that have been experienced in integrating wind and diesel power plants. Each presentation will be 15 minutes long with 5 minutes for Q&A.

Sponsored Lunch (12:00-1:00)

Keynote Speaker-Larry Flowers "Wind-Diesel: Then and Now"

Remote System Architecture:  Designs and Concepts (1:30-4:00)

Chair: Jito Coleman (TDX Power)

This session will highlight cutting edge technologies that currently being utilized to overcome hurdles in integration.  This panel will looks at demand side management, flywheel technology, high -penetration installations, and advanced modeling to address the challenges associated with power stability.  Each presentation will be 15 minutes long with 5 minutes for Q&A.  There will be a 30 minutes working group session following the presentations to identify common topics for collaborative efforts and continued research.

• Jito Coleman (TDX Power)-Role of Communications
• Alan Langworthy (Powercorp) -High Penetration Diesel Hybrid
• Norman Sendler (Beacon Power)-Effective Use of Flywheel for System Stabilization
• John Lyons (Marsh Creek)-Innovative Strategies for Stabilization, Kohkanok Case Study

Sponsored Dinner (6:00-8:00)

Host - Ian Baring-Gould (Director, WPA)

• Statement from Banquet Sponsor
• KidWind Challenge Awards
• Wind/Diesel Awards Ceremony
• Dinner  Entertainment

Thursday March 10^th, 2011 The Diesel in Wind-Diesel (8:30-10:30)

Chair:  Per Lundsager (Darup Associates)

This session will offer an opportunity to focus on the diesel side of wind-diesel.  It is often easy to focus on the challenges affiliated with the wind turbines themselves. However, in an integrated system the diesel gen-set offers great opportunity for improved performance.  Interesting technologies exist which have the potential to increase diesel efficiency at lower loads.  This expert panel will discuss the impacts that wind has on diesel and how they might be mitigated.

• Alan Langworthy (Powercorp)-Implications of Wind on Diesel Gen-Sets
• Soren Vestesen (DanVest)- Low Load Diesel
• Brent Petrie (AVEC) Impact of Wind on Diesel Efficiency

Alternative Uses of Wind (10:45-12:15)

Chair:  Carl Brothers

If heating costs and electricity rates can be lowered sufficiently, residents in rural communities will be better able to afford the use of electricity for space heating and transportation.  Excess wind energy can be dispatched to secondary loads, such as resistive heaters, to supply an alternative to fossil fuel based space heating and to charge electric or hybrid vehicles while providing the required frequency stabilization to the grid.  This session will look at innovation pilot projects and their efforts at understanding this dynamic. 

• Jito Coleman-Wind to Transportation:  St. Paul
• Rich Weis (UAF) -Demand Side Management
• John Lyons (Marsh Creek) - Vertical Axis Wind to Heat

Sponsored Lunch (12:30-1:30)

Keynote Speaker-TBD  

Harsh Climate Concerns (2:00-5:30)

Chair:  Ian Baring-Gould (Director, WPA)

Cold climate wind turbine operation presents a multitude of complex technical challenges.  The most significant impediments to cold weather wind power applications have been identified by turbine end-users and will be addressed during this session.  The session will address technical challenges associated with cold climate wind turbine operation as well addressing icing mitigation techniques, icing forecasting, and the impacts of corrosion on wind production. 

Sponsored Reception (5:30-7:30)

Poster Session

Friday March 11^th, 2011 Non-Technical Issues (8:30-10:30)

Chair:  Brent Petrie (AVEC)

While technological challenges are one of the primary considerations to success it takes numerous interdisciplinary efforts to develop a sustainable project.  It all begins in the planning stages where software such as HOMER provides us with a long term economically optimized system.  While difficult to model, the impacts of wind turbines on wildlife, nor the delay this causes project permitting, cannot be ignored.  Wind-Diesel projects will not be sustainable if there is not a trained workforce to support them. It is also critical to have effective policies that provide incentives for renewable energy investment.   This session will focus on a variety of non-technical reasons why projects fail and what it takes to make them succeed. 

• Peter Lilienthal (HOMER Energy)- HOMER Modeling
• Jim St. George (STG)-Logistics
• Fred Esposito (AVTEC) Workforce Development

Closing Remarks (11:00-11:45)

Chair:  Ian Baring-Gould (Director, WPA)

Site Visits

Saturday March 12^th, 2011

Kokhanok

Sunday March 13^th, 2011

Kodiak Island