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Proceedings of the 18th BWEA Annual Conference

1996

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The British Wind Energy Association's 18th Annual Conference, held in Exeter, reflected the continuing increase in commercial activity in the field. The Conference was opened by the President of the Council of the British Wind Energy Association, the Hon Colin Moynihan, MP, and included presentations by invited international speakers on a range of contemporary issues. Wind Energy is a multi-disciplinary subject ranging from meteorology to civil engineering, from public relations to aerodynamica and from electrical engineering to economics. Papers were presented by leading researchers and industrialists in all the main areas.

Opening Speech

Wind energy - the DTI view by Godfrey Bevan

Electricity Markets

  • The UK electricity market and the wind industry - a perspective of 1998 proposals S L Batley, J W Twidell and C Gibbons
  • Trading green electricity M Davies
  • A study of the financial viability of grid-connected wind turbines for farmers A G M Hunter, R Graham and O W Morgan
  • Survey of employment in the UK wind energy industry G Jenkins
  • The electricity market - wind energy after NFFO and in liberalized markets J H Johns
  • Value of wind generated electricity G Strbac, N Jenkins and R Allan
  • Geographically distributed wind farms - their future development R Tudway

Stand Alone/Novel

  • Model development and controller design for the proven 2.2 kW wind turbine S H Lloyd and D G Infield
  • Use of air jet vortex generators leading to improved energy capture and power regulation of a wind turbine A Oliver, L R Wootton and J Prats
  • Computer modelling of a concentrator wind turbine system D A Olivieri and P J Lamont
  • A hysteresis-free wind pump A C Dowell and C E Oram
  • A counter-rotating axial-airgap induction generator using pole changing windings for developing country use S N Dunnett and A E Corbett
  • Self-regulating composite rotor for a small wind turbine J B Feuchtwang and D G Infield
  • Structural design, manufacture, and testing of resin transfer moulded blades for small wind turbines M E Bechly, P D Clausen and H Snaith
  • Field testing of a prototype 5kW wind turbine M E Bechly, P D Clausen, P R Ebert, D H Wood and A Pemberton
  • Analysis of the potential for wind and solar energy systems in Antarctica C Brown, A Guichard and D Lyons
  • Validation of computer modelling of a combined energy generation system using wind turbines D Child and D G Infield
  • Wind power for desalination - a potential market D G Infield

Environmental and Public Relations

  • Landscapes with wind farms - a view from mid-Wales A L Burton
  • Wind energy - environmental impact assessment: the UK experience and the EU143 perspective S C Holmes
  • The cost of visual impact - implications for the siting of wind turbines S Tribe, R Forrest and C Spash
  • Environmental criteria for wind farm development P Hinson and A Lloyd
  • Wind farm public opinion canvassing - results and analysis of recent surveys S Powles, C Shears and R Daniels
  • Analysis of press clippings (1st Jan-14th May 1996) G Hartnell
  • Birds, wind farms, and Blyth Harbour D Still, S Painter, E S Lawrence, B Little and M Thomas
  • Optimal site selection for wind farms - the role for Geographical Information Systems D B Kidner
  • A GIS tool for the economic assessment of renewable technologies F Mahmmud, J Woods, S Watson, J Halliday and J Hossain
  • Windfarm design in the light of previous experience A Lloyd
  • The visual impact of Taff Ely wind farm - a case study using GIS205 D B Kidner

Integration

  • Capacity credits - clarifying the issues D Milborrow
  • Geographically distributed wind farms - technical issues D Milborrow, P Freathy and R Wootton
  • Wind farm power quality and network interaction M Davidson
  • The integration of renewable energy technologies in Wales - the ARIES project C J Peasley
  • Network models for prediction of flicker from wind turbines Z Saad-Saoud, N Jenkins, P Gardner and E A Bossanyi
  • The renewable energy system at earthbalance R A Adair and J W Finch
  • The application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for the assessment of embedded wind generation N J Cozens and D G Infield
  • Islanding problems of grid-connected wind turbines and the use of resistive brakes for their improvement A Papantoniou, A Coonick and L Freris
  • Sustainable energy for an island community R Gauld and C White
  • Implementing prediction of power from wind farms at utilities L Landberg

Wind Turbine Design

  • Wind turbine development and design - to future generations W van Dongen
  • Monitoring and analysis of a Carter 300 wind turbine D C Quarton, H U Schwartz and J Wei
  • Lightning protection of wind turbines I Cotton, N Jenkins, S Haigh, N Hatziargyriou, M Hancock, J Carter and P Jaquemotte
  • Progress with the WEG MS4-600 turbine J R C Armstrong
  • The establishment of guidelines for the installation of wind turbines near radio systems H S Dabis and R J Chignell
  • Reynolds number effects on the stall of a small horizontal axis wind turbine M J Blanch
  • Variable speed operation of wind turbine for power smoothing J A M Bleijs, A G Dutton and A J Ruddell
  • Control design of the CONE 450 wind turbine B Connor, W E Leithead and P Jamieson
  • An electrodynamic brake for wind turbines using active switching L M Craig, N Jenkins and C Nagami
  • Prediction of extreme loads on stationary wind turbine blades J M R Graham
  • Evaluation of the options for control design of constant-speed wind turbines W E Leithead, D J Leith, B Connor and M C M Rogers
  • The use of variable speed drives for active stall regulation A S Mercer and E A Bossanyi
  • Dynamic loading on a HAWT in yawed flow conditions J A Morgan and A D Grant

Resource

  • Wind resource in the UK F K Brocklehurst
  • Estimating generation costs for wind power production in France J F Benazet and E J Probert
  • Wind power developments in New Zealand P Botha and G White
  • A preliminary account of wind speed data in the coastal regions of Bangladesh A Hossain
  • Wind resources of the Gulf of Suez and northern Red Sea, Egypt N G Mortensen and U Said Said
  • Wind spectra and coherence in complex terrain W Schlez and D Infield
  • Assessing the accuracy of WAsP in non-simple terrain O Rathmann, N G Mortensen, L Landberg and A Bowen

Wind Farm Performance/Design

  • Application of SCADA for improved wind farm performance - operational results V C Brinkler, J W Twidell and C M Crane
  • Wind farm layout optimization R Ruffle and A Harris
  • Performance verification of wind farms in complex terrain J T D Slater and M B Anderson
  • Small is acceptable? C Palmer
  • The loading of wind turbines in wind farms D C Quarton

Noise

  • Wind turbine noise source characterization J V Lowson and A J Bullmore
  • The recommendations of the noise working group M L Legerton
  • Objective and subjective assessment of tonal components in noise from UK wind farm sites A R McKenzie

In addition, a slide presentation was given on:
Recent Wind Energy Market Development in Ireland by Joanne Geary, Irish Energy Centre, Co. Cork, Ireland.
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