Plenary sessions
- International keynote address: Wind energy in Ireland (PDF, 3.5 MB), Michael Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, Irish Wind Energy Association (Michael's participation was proudly sponsored by TrustPower)
- International keynote address: Wind farms and landscapes (PDF, 5.1 MB), Marc van Grieken, Principal, Land Use Consultants
- Tararua Wind Farm: delivering benefits to the Manawatu (PDF 1 MB), Deion Campbell, Manager - Major Projects, TrustPower
- Launch of the Wind Energy Development Guidelines Project (PDF, 762 KB), Fraser Clark, Chief Executive, NZWEA
Capturing the energy in New Zealand's wind: international and New Zealand perspectives
- Wind energy market outlook: an international perspective (PDF, 1.1 MB), Dan Hansen, CEO/Managing Director, Suzlon Energy Australia Pty Ltd
- Electricity grids of the future and connecting renewables (PDF, 1.1 MB), Mark Gordon, Power Systems Engineer, Siemens Ltd
- What next for NZ's electricity sector? (PDF, 1.2 MB) Matt Freeman, Energy News
- Taking up the gauntlet: the challenge of moving from consent to operation (PDF, 550 KB), Adam Muldoon, Manager - Wind Development, Meridian Energy
- Wind energy, New Zealand's energy (PDF, 300 KB), Fraser Clark, Chief Executive, NZWEA
Parallel sessions
Planning for wind energy
- From megawatts to gigawatts (PDF, 470 KB), Fiona Weightman, Manager, Energy Supply, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
- Where there's a wind, there's a way: wind energy potential in Canterbury (PDF, 780 KB), Mike O'Connell, Energy Policy Analyst, Environment Canterbury
- The Environmental Protection Agency and Ministerial Call-in: key considerations for consenting wind farms (PDF, 95 KB), John Hassan, Partner, and Jessica Meech, Solicitor, Chapman Tripp
Utilising NZ's wind resource
- An investigation of the potential synergy between wind and hydro resources in New Zealand (PDF, 950 KB) ,Cameron Potter, Managing Director, 3TIER Pacific Rim
- South-facing wind farms for peaking generation (PDF, 594 KB), Paul Baker, Energy sector consultant, and Blair Walter, Renewable Energy Leader, Aurecon
- Quantification of uncertainty in cross-correlation (PDF, 341 KB), Simon Faulkner, Senior Engineer Renewable Energy, Aurecon
Wind energy integration: practical experience
- West Wind, grid integration and keeping the lights on (PDF, 1.7 MB), Ray Brown, Transmission Manager, Meridian Energy
- Wind generation compliance with South Island frequency limits (PDF, 141 KB), Steve Nutt, Transpower
- Wind energy converters with FACTS capabilities, (PDF, 1 MB) Stephan Wachtel, Sales – Head of Technical Support, ENERCON GmbH, Germany
Ecology
- DOC's role in advocating for significant indigenous avifauna with regards to wind farms (PDF, 199KB), Bruce Hill, RMA Planner, Bruce McKinlay, Technical Support Officer - Terrestrial fauna, Department of Conservation Otago Conservancy
- Wind energy or biodiversity: do we have to choose? (PDF, 48 KB) Mark Christensen, Partner, Anderson Lloyd Lawyers
- Radar-assisted assessment of potential avian mortality at the proposed Taharoa Wind Farm (PDF, 530 KB), Stephen Fuller, Senior Ecologist, Boffa Miskell
Wind energy on the ground: site assessment
- Scoping geotechnical assessments for wind developments (PDF, 1.5 MB), Bruce Symmans, Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Tonkin & Taylor
- The road to a construction traffic management plan: how and why constraints on construction are developed (PDF, 815 KB), Richard Galloway, Principal Transportation Engineer, Traffic Design Group
- Aerial surveying tools for wind farm development (PDF, 1.9 MB), Steve Smith, Business Development, Aerial Surveys Limited
Wind energy integration: policy and regulations
- Preparing the power system for renewables (PDF, 460 KB), Kevin Small, Investigations and Planning Manager, Transpower
- Innovative solutions for grid stabilisation and support (PDF, 740 KB), Holger Hannemen, Product Manager and Grid Connect Interfaces, ABB
- Wind forecasting and market integration: options (PDF, 140 KB), Tim Street, Director Wholesale, Electricity Commission
Consenting challenges and community relations
- Long Gully: working with communities (PDF, 1.8 MB), Emma Patrick, Project Manager, Windflow Technology
- NZS6808: communicating the wind turbine noise standard (PDF, 330 KB), Stephen Chiles, Senior Associate, URS and Sarah Vaughan, Communications Advisor, NZWEA
- Overcoming challenges in developing wind energy on the Chatham Islands (2.3 MB), Hamish Peacock, Planning Business Development Manager, Planning Team Leader, MWH New Zealand Ltd
Project optimisation
- Easement compensation: new problems or old solutions (PDF, 510 KB), Kevin Sharp, Powerco
- The missing link: selecting, acquiring and consenting electricity line routes for wind farms (PDF, 330 KB), Laurence Sherriff, Managing Director, and Allan Burdett, Senior Negotiator and Property Consultant, Environmental Challenge
- Wind farm procurement: an Australian perspective (PDF, 73KB), Toby Anderson, Partner, Freehills
- Optimising wind farm performance: case studies (PDF, 1.5 MB), Rose Divjak, Engineer, Garrad Hassan Pacific
- Power curve testing for wind turbines (PDF, 200 KB), Philip Wong Too, Senior Engineer, Garrad Hassan
- Making viable wind farms into bankable projects (PDF, 750 KB), Taraz Saba, Manager and Principal Wind Engineer, Wind Power Group (Australasia), Parsons Brinckerhoff
- Wind farm economics: a comparison between NZ and other countries, Mark Weber, Masters Student, Canterbury University
Wind energy research
The student presentations in this session were proudly sponsored by Transpower.
- Accelerating the implementation of wind energy in New Zealand: the adaptability of a feed in tariff (PDF, 3.4 MB), Manuel Schaefer, Masters Student, University of Otago
- Experience with LIDAR performance in complex terrain (PDF, 1.3 MB), David Wahl, Renewables Engineer, Aurecon and Rebecca Quinlan, Generation Development Engineer, Genesis Energy
- Assessment of protection schemes for wind farm grid integration (PDF, 772KB), Waqar A Qureshi, PhD Candidate, Auckland University
- Simulating the Bolund hill flow by CFD approaches (PDF, 2 MB), Stephane Sanquer, Meteodyn
Landscape
- Landscape and the community – improving acceptance of wind farm developments (PDF, 1.6 MB), Shannon Bray, Shannon Bray Landscape Architect Ltd
- Cultural perspectives on landscape issues (PDF, 650 KB), Anthony Olsen, Senior Cultural Advisor, Boffa Miskell
- Managing one of the most extreme wind farm sites (PDF, 310 KB), Thomas Bruun, Service Manager, Energy Sector – Renewables, Siemens (NZ) Ltd
- Wind turbine service technicians, Danny Nielsen, Vice President Operations, Vestas Australian Wind Technology
- Tower escape change in the European Standard (PDF, 640 KB), Ian Travers, Sperian Protection
Project updates
- Weld Cone (PDF, 1.9 MB), Ken Humphrey, Director, Energy 3
- Horseshoe Bend (PDF, 1 MB), Peter Dowling, Chief Executive, Pioneer Generation
- Ross Island (PDF, 2.1 MB), Scott Bennett, Project Manager, Meridian Energy
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