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The Proceedings of the Wind Wildlife Research Meeting IX are now available. Click the link above to download.
The U.S. Department of Energy webinar, "Wildlife Monitoring and Baseline Studies for Offshore Wind Development" presentations and recording are now available.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pleased to announce a training broadcast series to cover the voluntary Land-based Wind Energy Guidelines and other relevant topics.
DOE and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather public opinion on a potential environmental research initiative to inform the understanding of offshore wind energy development.
In 2013, NWCC will host a series of webinars featuring presentations given at the NWCC Wind Wildlife Research Meeting IX.
The nation’s leading scientists on wind energy and wildlife convened on November 27-30 in Denver, Colorado, for the ninth biennial Wind Wildlife Research Meeting to share their latest findings and evaluate progress in understanding and addressing wind energy’s potential impacts on wildlife and wildlife habitat.
On August 7, 2012, the NWCC Sage-Grouse Research Collaborative distributed a press release with updates on the progress of the research efforts and funding awards for 2012. Click above to read the press release.
Transmission Meetings
2010
Transmission Policy Institute
June 17-18, 2010, Denver, Colorado
Increasing Renewable Energy in the Western Grid: A Dialogue Among Stakeholders
May 10-11, 2010, Golden, Colorado
Electrical Transmission Forum: Transition to a Reduced Carbon Energy Economy
February 22, 2010, Washington, DC
2009
Renewables Initiatives Forum
March 10, 2009, Washington, DC
High Plains Transmission Summit
November 3, 2009, Lawrence, Kansas
2008
Wind and Transmission 101 Workshop
July 30, 2008 - Dearborn, Michigan
Midwestern Wind Energy: Moving it to Markets
July 31-August 1, 2008 - Dearborn, Michigan
2007
Wind Energy and Transmission: The South Dakota Landscape
November 29-30, 2007 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Western Transmission and Wildlife Needs at a Crosswords: A Topical Workshop
September 26, 2007 - Fort Collins, Colorado
WGA/NWCC Summit: Increasing Renewable Energy in the Western Grid
September 27-28, 2007 - Fort Collins, Colorado
Southwest Power Pool Workshop III
August 22, 2007 - Dallas, Texas
2006
Midwest Wind & Transmission Workshop VI
December 4-5, 2006 - Bloomington, Minnesota
Leadership Forum: Implementing Transmission Recommendations in the West
July 18-19, 2006 - Denver, Colorado
2005
Southwest Power Pool Workshop II
September 19, 2005 - Topeka, Kansas
Midwest Transmission Meeting
June 22, 2005 - St. Paul, Minnesota
Western Transmission Workshop III
February 1-2, 2005 - Sacramento, California
2004
Southwest Power Pool Workshop I
October 25-26, 2004 - Little Rock, Arkansas
Transmission Planning and Wind in the Western U.S.
February 26-27, 2005 - San Diego, California
2003
Western Transmission Planning Principles
June 3-4, 2003 - Portland, Oregon
Western Transmission Workshop
January 22, 2003 - Salt Lake City Utah
2002
Midwest Transmission Meeting
December 5, 2002 - St. Paul, Minnesota
Upper Midwest Transmission Workshop II
March 12-13, 2005 - St. Paul, Minnesota
2001
Upper Midwest Transmission Workshop I
May 1-2, 2001 - Minneapolis, Minessota
2000
Transmission Subcommittee Meeting
March 1-2, 2000
1999
Transmission Subcommittee Meeting
November 29, 1999