Tuesday morning
Plenary sessions
The Asian wind energy market (1.5MB), Mathias Steck
Financing wind projects: issues and opportunities (326KB), James Sanguinetti
NZ and Australian wind energy investment markets (458KB), Simon Hay
Update on the reform of the New Zealand electricity sector (722KB), Gavin Evans
Transmission tomorrow (1.5MB), John Clarke
Untying the knots: supporting NZ’s wind industry (587KB), Fraser Clark
Tuesday afternoon
Project economics
Lulworth wind farm (1.4MB), Tom Cameron
Project financing: Collgar Wind Farm, Western Australia (688KB), Lynne Lagan
Economics of wind development in New Zealand (304KB), Paul Callow
Remote sensing techniques
Remote sensing strategy (392KB), David Wahl
Correction tool for Lidarin complex terrains based on MeteodynWT outputs (1.2MB), Stéphane Sanquer
Quality of wind assessment from ground-based remote sensing in complex terrain (548KB), Stuart Bradley
Remote sensing: Best practice recommendations and practical use in formal energy assessments (764KB), Philip Wong Too
Stakeholder perspectives
Mahinerangi wind farm: community consultation experiences (2.4MB), Jim Pearson
Hepburn wind farm (533KB), Jack Gilding
The view from the other side: a council perspective on wind farm development (363KB), Murray Brass
NZ Coastal Policy Statement (393KB), Sarah McRae
Wind farm design and civils
Web based GIS for large scale wind farm development (1.3MB), Adam Miratana, Peter Armstrong
Turbine component transporter tracking advances: more efficient road designs (1.7MB), Richard Galloway, Mark Apeldoorn
It's all about real teamwork (2MB), Grant Binns
Wind resource modelling
Site conditions, load assessment and S-classess (592KB), Katrina Swalwell
Micrositing with numerical simulations: a simple approach (1.1MB), David Weir
Wind resource modelling in forested and complex landscapes (267KB), Michael Dasey, Tony Rovers
Consenting approaches
Fast track or long road: experience from the different consenting routes (95KB), David Allen
Pushing the envelope (866KB), Kirsty Joynt
The Environmental Protection Authority: a new option for wind energy project consenting (36KB), Sarah Gardner
Turbine Technology
Turbine development: evolution or revolution? (1.3MB), Joachim Schalck
Direct drive permanent magnet wind turbine experience (1MB), John Titchen
Wednesday morning
Electricity system forum
Accommodating wind energy in power systems: case study Denmark (1.6MB), Klaus Baggesen Hilger
Realising the holy grail of energy storage (1.2MB), Jamie Silk Chris Winter
Smart grid/smart networks (1.2MB), Toby Stevenson
Asia-Pacific forum
Role of ADB in supporting renewable energy in Asia and the Pacific: Quantum Leap in Wind Initiative (694KB), Jitendra Shah
Wind energy in the Pacific Islands: an engineering sabbatical (1.7MB), Will Thorp
Building and operating a wind farm on a small island: the Chatham Islands experience (512KB), Mark MacKenzie
RMA and good practice forum
The challenging landscape - the local government perspective on wind energy planning issues (1.1MB), Blair Dickie
Implementation guidance for the National Policy Statement for Renewable Electricity Generation (128KB), Barry Johnson
NZWEA Development Guidelines Project and RMA work-streams (502KB), Ben Farrell
Construction approaches
Mahinerangi wind farm: design and build experience (2MB), Jim Pearson, Peter Mortimer
Optimisation of the civil design and construction approach at Te Uku wind farm (834KB), Robert Batters, Vincent Vingerhoeds, Tony Keyte
Grid Connection
Transmission connection development: an integrated approach (1.3MB), Rohan Fernando
Lower North Island Grid Upgrade Project (1.6MB), Simon Todd
Impacts and benefits of embedded generation in Australian electricity distribution networks (242KB), Tom Butler
Ecology
Avian collision risk: from qualitative to quantitative assessments (409KB), Laurence Barea
Putting ecological risk on the balance sheet (1MB), Stuart Muir
Pre-construction bat studies: Project Central Wind (935KB), Stephen Fuller
Local capabilities
Non destructive testing: methods in the wind power industry (767KB), Alison Glover
Industry in need of a roadmap (706KB), Nick Inskip
Wednesday afternoon
Operations and manintenance
Reaching 97% availability during the operations and maintenance of windfarms in Australia (768KB), Joachim Schalck
Sustainable cost effective refurbishment options for wind turbine major components: a “local” approach (172KB), Ian Lees
Characterising turbine availability: many uses, many definitions (1MB), Graham White
Special greases for wind turbines applications (1.2MB), Lachlan Massey
Grid integration
A statistical application of parametric modelling to wind power uncertainty (402KB), Ke Nan
Large scale wind integration and emerging protection requirements (1MB), Waqar Ahmed Qureshi
Compliance
NZS6808:2010: one year on (591KB), Miklin Halstead
Te Uku wind farm: an earthworks success atory (3.4MB), Leanne Thomson
West Wind wind farm noise: a council’s perspective and challenges and lessons learnt (299kb), Matthew Borich
West Wind: post-construction avian monitoring (1.2MB), Leigh Bull
Project updates
Te Uku wind farm (1MB), Hayden Scott-Dye
Lulworth wind farm (1.5MB), Tom Cameron