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The 2012 Small Wind Conference Presentations

Day One- Tuesday June 12th

Keynote address by Dan Juhl, Juhl Wind, Inc.

Session One- Important Updates for Installers

Small Wind Installer Certification- Karin Sinclair, NREL

NABCEP Wind Certifications and Small Wind Entry Level Program- Tehri Parker, NABCEP

The Future of Small Wind Site Assessor Certification- Mick Sagrillo and Karin Sinclair

Session Two- More Updates

Distributed Wind Energy Association Update- Jennifer Jenkins, DWEA Executive Director

Group Liability Insurance for Installers and Site Assessors- Alan Virgil, South Bay Risk Management

Session Three- Manufacturers on the ITAC List

ITAC’s Unified List of Turbines- Val Stori, Interstate Turbine Advisory Council

Evance Wind- Darrin Russell

Bergey Windpower- Scott Merrick

Southwest Windpower- Ross Taylor

Endurance Windpower- Jeff MacAulay

Gaia Wind- Craig Jones

Seaforth Energy- John Simon

Session Four- Testing and Development

Validation of the New 3120 Wind Turbine Blade- Jeff MacAulay, Endurance Windpower

A Great Leap Forward in Small Wind Turbine Certification- Brent Summerville, Technical Director, SWCC

Testing 101- How Dick and Jane Installer Should Look at the Specs and Make Sense of Them- Ken Starcher, Alternative Energy Institute, West Texas A&M

Turbine Development & Field Testing: What Manufacturers Should be Doing- Jim Jarvis, APRS World

Day Two- Wednesday June 13th

Session One- Manufacturers Forum

Renewegy, LLC- Jeff Eilers

Ventera Energy- Thomas Williams

Sonkyo Energy- Dan Johnson

Kingspan Wind- Proven- James Maher

Black Island Wind Turbines- Pat Quinlan, CEO

Session Two- Public Acceptance of Small Wind

Michigan’s Landmark Small Wind Lawsuit- Tom Gallery, North Wind Measurement

How to Hamper the Permitting of a Small Wind System- Gary Harcourt, Great Rock Windpower

How to Get Decision Makers to Move–Improving the Permitting Climate in the US- Mike Bergey, Bergey Windpower

Session Three- Resource Assessment

What Works (and doesn’t work) in a Small Wind Site Assessment- Amy Taivalkoski, ALT Energy

Lessons Learned from the Analyst’s Perspective- Cullen Kasunic, Wind Analytics

Herding Chickens and Harnessing the Wind- One Site Assessor’s Perspective- Maureen Faller, Kettle View Renewable Energy

Small Wind M&V Results and Recommendations- Rich Hasselman, GDS Associates

Session Four- Permitting Issues

Small Wind Turbine Sound Primer for the Installer- Brian Vick, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Wet Stamps–Problems and Solutions- David Laino, Endurance Windpower

An On-Line Tool for Complying with USF&W Guidelines- Steve Woll, www.smallwind.com

Session Five- Case Studies

Small Wind Power at Institutions and Public Facilities- Alex DePillis, WES Engineering

New York’s Remote Net Metering Law- Padma Kasthgrirangan, Niagara Wind and Solar, Inc.

Assessing Potential Wind-Electric System Customers–Who is Right for Wind? – Roy Butler, Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC

Introduction to Small Wind JEDI- Suzanne Tegen, NREL

Poster Presentations

AWEA 2011 Small Wind Market Report – Larry Flowers, AWEA Deputy Director Distributed and Community Wind

Creating a Community Wind Park for Education and Research – Randy Richmond, Right Hand Engineering

Shadow Flicker – Simple Methods to Evaluate a Site – Tom Gallery, North Wind Measurement

Turbine Sound Propagation – Tom Gallery -  North Wind Measurement

See Page 2 for the 2011 Conference Presentations