20-22 April 2009
Old Town Hall, Wellington
The 2009 NZ Wind Energy Conference was a great success. Over 30 companies were involved as sponsors or exhibitors, and about 280 delegates and exhibitors attended the three day event.
We'd like to thank all those who attended, as well as our gold sponsors - Meridian Energy, Mighty River Power and Suzlon Energy - silver sponsors, other sponsors and exhibitors for participating and helping to make the event a success.
If you attended the conference and would like to provide us with feedback, please complete the conference feedback form (PDF, 138kb) and return it to NZWEA ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or PO Box 553, Wellington 6140)
Presentations
Conference presentations are available here in PDF format. You will need Adobe Reader to view these files.
International keynote addresses
- Renewable energy: part of the solution, Fernando Caller, Iberdrola Renovables (1.9Mb)
- Global wind power, Steve Sawyer, Global Wind Energy Council (2.3Mb)
- What you'll learn when you've spent 20 years operating wind farms, Dave Luck, enXco Service Corporation (3.3Mb)
Charting a course for NZ's wind energy industry
- Developing wind farms both sides of the ditch, Peter Calderwood, TrustPower (2.3Mb)
- Thinking beyond LRMC: Pricing factors affecting the value of wind energy, Paul Baker, Energy Link (414kb)
- The path for wind in our turbulent economic climate, Fraser Clark, CEO, NZWEA (796kb)
STREAMED SESSIONS - DAY ONE
Development issues
- Trends in wind turbine technology, Philip Wong Too, Garrad Hassan (1.6Mb)
- Transmission to enable renewables - update, John Gleadow, Electricity Commission (1.2Mb)
- Enabling a competitive generation market, Mike Parker, Transpower (280kb)
- Risk-based economic assessments using mesoscale modelling, Ken Humphrey, Energy3 and Blair Walter, Connell Wagner (662kb)
- Project risk management strategy and its relationship with the insurance programme, Martin Holden, Marsh Ltd (22kb)
- Erosion and sediment lessons from Meridian's Project West Wind, Ed Breese, Tonkin and Taylor (3.2Mb)
The RMA, now and in the future
- Experience and best practice in wind farm consenting, Simon Berry, Barrister (129kb)
- RMA - Ministerial intervention in consenting processes, Jason Welsh and Lisa Daniell, Chancery Green (868kb)
- Will the RMA reforms make a difference to wind farm applications? Mark Christensen, Anderson Lloyd Lawyers (85kb)
Assessing wind farm effects
- Understanding Project West Wind's noise conditions, Paul Botha, Meridian Energy (11Mb)
- New wind farm noise rules for the next ten years, Dr Stephen Chiles, URS New Zealand Ltd (1.2Mb)
- Ecological impact - Is there a higher bar for wind farm projects? Andrew Hurley, MainPower (4.5Mb)
- Assessing the effect of wind farms on the New Zealand falcon, Dr Richard Seaton, Golder Associates (762kb)
Grid and technical
- Detailed evaluation of embedded generation impacts on distribution feeders, Tony Morton, Senior Engineer - Power Systems, Econnect Australia Pty Ltd (1.3Mb)
- Wind integration with an emphasis on grid stability, Colin Pearson, Senior Power Systems Engineer, Beca (1.9Mb)
- Novel models for wind forecasting in the context of integrative decision support system framework, Marin Karaivanov, PhD student, Auckland University of Technology (3.5Mb)
- Power system coherency based equivalence modelling for wind farm units, Sizhen (Stephen) Zhao, PhD student, University of Auckland (1.3Mb)
(With thanks to Transpower for sponsoring the student presentations.)
Market issues
- Independence Day for Te Rere Hau, Bill Heaps, Strata Energy Consulting Limited (726kb)
- Impact of wind energy on short term reserve needs, Bruce Smith, Electricity Commission (210kb)
- What do we need from wind forecasting? Chris Otton, Market Services Analyst, Transpower (1.9Mb)
- Wind integration project update, Tim Street, Director Wholesale, Electricity Commission (535kb)
STREAMED SESSIONS - DAY 2
The view from over the fence
- Project White Hill wind farm - a Southland District Council & local communities perspective - what worked well & what could be improved? Jennifer Green, Senior Resource Management Planner - Consents, Southland District Council (2.7Mb)
- Working through the construction and living with a wind farm, Byron Taylor and Phil Brooks, Massey University
Operations and maintenance
- Asset management techniques to optimise the performance of operational wind farms, Graham Slack, Australasian Wind and Energy Manager, Garrad Hassan (1.8Mb)
- Fall protection and prevention, Ian Travers, Sperian Fall Protection (6.9 Mb)
- Condition monitoring of wind turbines, Harry Timmerman, SKF (2.9Mb)
- Reducing costly downtime for windfarms and projects, Chris Buller, Parsons Brinckerhoff (837kb)
Wind resource assessment
- Understanding wind shear on ridge-top sites, Professor Andy Sturman, Canterbury University and Chris Freear, NZ Windfarms (9.3Mb)
- What type of wind would your wind farm prefer? Arne Gravdahl, WindSim AS (3.3Mb)
- Beyond wind - a spatial modelling approach to wind prospecting, Katie Peters, Kenex, and Blair Walter, Aurecon (3Mb)
- Improving the accuracy of wind resource assessments in complex terrain using in-situ and remote SODA wind measurements, Paul Behrens, University of Auckland (889kb)
Landscape
- Photomontages - can they be a perceptually accurate component of visual assessment? Allan Wyatt, ERM (6.1Mb)
- It's time for a more critical approach to landscape assessment, Dr Mike Steven, Vivian + Espie (2.1Mb)
- Developing locational guidance for wind energy - the story from Scotland, Rebecca Hughes, Associate, Isthmus Group Ltd (1.2Mb)
Grid connection
- Reactive plant in wind farm applications, Serel Otgen, Suzlon (1.3Mb)
- Development of low voltage fault ride-through profile for generators on the NZ system, Sarah Probert, Senior Investigations Engineer, Transpower (386kb)
Wind measurement and forecasting
- Short-term forecasting trials at Tararua, Mike Green, Analyst - Meteorological Wind Modelling, Aurecon (2Mb)
- Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it, Brian Peters, Product Manager - Energy and Modelling, Met Service (389kb)
- Wind resource assessment and forecasting using numerical weather prediction models, Cameron Potter, 3TIER Pacific Rim Pty Ltd (3.6Mb)
Community-scale development and distributed generation
- Community scale wind farm development and resource consenting, Ken Humphrey, Energy3 (3Mb)
- Results of EECA's pilot DG feasibility fund, Joseph Mayhew, EECA (6.9Mb)
- The value in connection contracts and sales direct to end users, Stephen Peterson, Managing Director, Simply Energy (761kb)