Palmerston North Convention Centre
29 to 31 March 2010
NZWEA's Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition is the annual event for New Zealand's wind energy industry. It is organised by the industry, for the industry.
And it's the only event where all industry participants gather in one place to share their experience and expertise in wind energy.
Registrations now open!
Click here to find out about the conference fees and how to register.
Conference programme
The Conference programme is now available. Read more or download the full programme (PDF 84kb).
With parallel sessions scheduled on the Tuesday and Wednesday, there really will be something to interest all those involved in wind energy.
Planners, RMA practitioners and communications professionals will be interested in presentations on:
- wind energy in district plans and regional energy strategies
- RMA amendments and call-in
- managing biodiversity
- monitoring birds with radar
- community relations
- the new wind turbine noise standard, NZS6808:2010
- consenting transmission lines
- experience with visual communications tools
- landscape issues
Those involved in project development and wind farm operation will be interested in presentations on:
- optimising wind farm performance and project “bankability”
- operations and maintenance
- wind energy modelling
- NZ’s wind energy potential
- commercial attractiveness of wind energy investment in NZ
- the synergy between hydro and wind
- geotechnical assessments
- traffic management
- aerial surveying tools
- transmission planning
- wind turbine procurement
Power systems engineers and those interested in grid integration will be interested in presentations on:
- practical experience with grid integration
- developments in grid technology
- new grid connection codes
- the Electricity Commission’s Wind Integration Project
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