Course Catalogue.

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the necessary steps for developing a wind farm
• Conduct an economic feasibility analysis
• Generate a cost estimate for your wind power plant
• Realize the uncertainties and financial risks in a wind energy project
• Avoid the financial pitfalls due to overestimation or miscalculations
• Increase the efficiency of operating and maintaining your power plant

Description
Wind energy is one of the two growing renewable energy industries. Each year many new wind farms are developed all over the world. Canada has tremendous wind energy resources that have the potential to be utilized for generating electric power. Presently we have over 300 wind farms in Canada with close to 13500 MW capacity, but a massive wind energy potential to exploit.

Observing the rate of growth and government support through tax credits and incentives for the wind industry in almost all countries, the increase in Canada will not and should not lag behind. This workshop covers all aspects of wind power generation and wind farm development, including resource assessment, selection of technology, calculation of daily and yearly production, environmental concerns, financing evaluation and risk assessment, system operation, and preventive maintenance.

Course Outline

• Wind resource assessment
• Fundamentals and turbine types
• Electricity and electric generators
• Wind turbine characteristics and turbine selection
• Energy yield and financial considerations
• Wind forecasting and project assessment
• Siting and wind farm design
• Power purchase agreements, transmission access and interconnection
• Environmental effects and concerns
• Wind farm operations and maintenance

Who Should Attend
Wind Farm Project Developers • Planners and Power Producers • Utilities Personnel involved in Wind Farm Operations • Consulting Engineers • Energy Consultants • Constructors • Wind Farm Equipment and Component Vendors • Environmental, Regulatory, Legal and Insurance Personnel • Operations and Maintenance Personnel of Existing Plants • Managers and Technical Staff from companies intending to step into renewable energy