NY-PA Wind Energy Workshop and Wind Forum

July 25, 2001 - Wind Energy Workshop
July 26, 2001 - Wind Forum
Century House Hotel
Albany, New York

You are invited to participate in an upcoming workshop and forum on opportunities and challenges to wind development in New York and Pennsylvania to take place July 25-26, 2001 in Albany, New York. The event is being coordinated by the New York and Pennsylvania Wind Forum Planning Committee of the National Wind Coordinating Committee (NWCC) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

The NWCC identifies issues that affect the use of wind power, establishes dialogue among key stakeholders, and catalyzes activities to support the development of an environmentally, economically, and politically sustainable commercial market for wind power. Formed in 1994, the NWCC is a collaborative endeavor that includes representatives from electric utilities and their support organizations; state legislatures; state utility commissions; consumer advocacy offices; wind equipment suppliers and developers; green power marketers; environmental organizations; and local, regional, tribal, state, and federal agencies. The members of the Wind Forum Planning Committee are representative stakeholders from the New York and Pennsylvania region.

July 25 (1:30 - 6:00 PM) - Wind Energy Workshop
This workshop takes the form of a half-day primer scheduled for the afternoon of July 25 (the day before the forum) for the purpose of providing a technical orientation on modern practices for wind energy development. The workshop seeks to address the needs and concerns of state and local government officials, representatives from the agricultural sector, as well as for those who would like an in-depth introduction to the material that will be presented and discussed at the forum on the 26th. The workshop will address regional wind resources and site assessment, provide an overview of large- and small-scale wind turbine technologies and their uses, review economics and environmental issues, and provide a roundtable to discuss the opportunities for farming communities.

Workshop Purpose

• To provide a technical orientation on modern practices for wind energy development.
• To address opportunities and challenges for wind energy to promote economic development in agricultural areas.

July 26 (8:30 AM - 5:00 PM) - Wind Forum
The forum will reinforce the sense that wind can provide significant energy, environmental and economic benefits to the region and identify key obstacles standing in the way of achieving broad enabling energy policy. The event will foster increased public and private stakeholder interaction and participants will be able to brainstorm on approaches to removing or otherwise overcoming obstacles to wind development.

Participants will learn about the obstacles of moving wind energy from development to market and options to overcome these barriers through the perspective of wind experts on financial, development, policy, and marketing issues.

The forum is for local and state political authorities, regulators, electric utilities, community leaders, farm representatives, businesses, financial institutions, wind industry representatives, state agency decision-makers, individuals, and the press. Your participation is important and we hope you can attend.

Forum Purpose

• To reinforce the sense that wind can provide significant energy, environmental and economic benefits
• Identify key obstacles standing in the way of achieving broad enabling energy policy
• Foster increased public and private stakeholder interaction
• Brainstorm on approaches to removing or otherwise overcoming obstacles to moving wind energy from development to market.

You are welcome to attend either the workshop or the forum, or both.

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