Side events

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Opportunities for Wind Energy in China

Tuesday, 8 May, 11.00-12.30 Yellow Room, Level 1

This workshop was organised by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) in co operation with the Chinese Wind Energy Industries Association (CREIA), and it was attended by high-level representatives of the Chinese government and industry.
Providing an overview of the market situation, including regulatory and legal developments, the workshop was addressed to all organisations interested in the Chinese market.

PROGRAMME:

Overview on Chinese market developments in 2006/2007
The legal and regulatory framework: Status and latest developments
GWEC/CREIA Memorandum on Chinese wind market
Opportunities and Challenges in China: Industry Round Table (including high level representatives of Chinese, European and international companies)

Programme

More information on GWEC:
www.gwec.net

DOWNVIND

Tuesday, 8 May, 16:00-17:30, Green room, Level -1

Distant Offshore Windfarms with No Visual Impact in Deepwaters www.beatricewind.co.uk

The session provided a project progress update to invited delegates. The DOWNVIND 18 member consortium R&D/ Demonstrator project objectives are; “To develop the technologies, techniques & processes to enable cost effective installation & operation of large capacity Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) off shore in deepwater.”

The Demonstrator made substantial progress in summer 2006 with the first of two REpower 5M turbines (WTG A) installed in a novel two stage operation. 1) The substructure was set on the seabed. 2) The complete Tower/WTG was loaded onto a heavy lift vessel, (from the quay where it was pre-assembled) transported off shore and installed on the substructure in one lift. Substructure 2 was set nearby. WTG B will be installed on it summer 07. The 2 WTGs will be field trialled to 2009 to test the technologies and verify the technical/ commercial viability of a full-scale deepwater development. DOWNVInD is coordinated by Talisman Energy (UK) Limited who are main founders with SSE. Support also provided by the EC, DTI and Scottish Executive.

Interested delegates
can contact DOWNVInD Project Director
Allan MacAskill at amacaskill(at)talisman.co.uk

Talisman
United Kingdom

Ernst & Young Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices Q1 2007 Launch

Tuesday, 8 May, 14:00 – 18:00, Yellow Room, Level 1

14:00 – 15:00 - Launch of Ernst & Young’s QI 2007 Country Attractiveness Indices for Onshore and Offshore Wind

15:00 – 16:00 – Italian Onshore Wind: A Guide for Investors

16:00 – 18:00 – Half hour one to one meetings

The Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices have been running since the beginning of 2003 and is widely quoted in industry and the press. The Q1 2007 indices will be launched at this session and particular insights will be provided on the near and long term offshore and onshore wind sectors.

25 countries are covered in the indices and on Wednesday 9th May, Jonathan Johns was speaking separately in the Global Challenges and Opportunities session at 2.00 pm on the 5 new entrants to the index.

A separate session was held from 3.00 pm - 4.00 pm focusing on the Italian market for onshore wind and providing insights into tax issues affecting inward investment.

Interested delegates can contact Amanda Toy

mtoy(at)uk.ey.com or +44 1392 284 395

Presentations:

Italian Wind Slide.zip

Q1 2007 Country Attractiveness Indices Launch Presentation.zip

Role of Regulatory Drivers in Wind Markets.zip

GEOSS Wind Energy Satellite Workshop

Wednesday, 9 May, 16:00 - 18:00 Green Room, Level -1

SPEAKERS:

Mark Ahlstrom, CEO of WindLogics (USA), co-chair of Wind Energy Community of Practice (ECP): WECP and trends in wind energy in America
Frans van Hulle, EWEA (BE), member of WECP: Wind power in Europe: trends and challenges
Charlotte Bay Hasager, senior scientist, Risoe National Laboratory, DTU (DK), co-chair of WECP: Satellites in off shore wind energy: wind resources and wake analysis
Thierry Ranchin, Head of the OMD Team, Ecole des Mines de Paris (FR), Co-chair of the ECP: Wind energy in the GEOSS initiative: user contribution
Alessandro Mondini, project coordinator, Carlo Gavazzi Space (IT): Satellite information in European grid and forecasting
Per Nielsen, Director EMD International (DK): Wind-index and long term correction of wind data featuring use of satellite data
Susanne Lehner, senior scientists, DLR (D), member of WECP, and Johannes Schultz-Stellenfl et, senior scientists, DLR (D): Wind and Ocean Wave Measurements at the FiNO platform sites

More information:
Charlotte Bay Hasager, charlotte.hasager(at)risoe.dk
www.epa.gov/geoss/

Wind Energy Technology Platform

Wednesday, 9 May, 16:00-17:30 Green Room, Level -1

The session provided an overview of the Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind) objectives, structure and deliverables to invited delegates.
The TPWind was launched in October 2006 by Andris Piebalgs, Energy Commissioner. The presentations from that event as well as the Vision document, that was launched there, are available for download on the platform website: www.windplatform.eu
An expression of interest will be disseminated soon to implement the Working Groups of the platform.

More information:
Nicolas Fichaux, secretariat(at)windplatform.eu
www.windplatform.eu

TPWind Side Event (pdf)

EWEC 2007 Programme (3.4 MB)

Conference contact

Speakers Management:

Cristina Munteanu
Tel: +32 2 776 09 96
programme(at)ewec.info

Registration:

Anne Lannoy
Tel: +32 2 776 09 96
registration(at)ewec.info