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BWEA21 Proceedings

1999 Wind Power Comes of Age

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The British Wind Energy Association's 21st Annual Conference, held in Cambridge, was aptly titled 'Wind Power Comes of Age', celebrated the successes of the wind energy industry, the fastest growing energy technology in the world, and looked to the future with the development of the industry offshore.

EC DGXVII gave the European perspective and this was followed by a strong reaffirmation of the Government's commitment to renewable energy technologies from the Minister for the Environment.

Conference sessions examined

  • the processes necessary to develop the offshore industry
  • how to increase the contribution of wind to the energy market
  • continued advances in technology, increasing efficiency and reducing costs
  • the effect of the new electricity trading arrangements and green trading
  • public affairs and relations and the role of the media

BWEA21 was the most successful BWEA conference to date, strongly reinforcing the positive outlook of the industry at large, and the potential for growth from the development of an offshore wind energy industry.

  • Welcome speech by Conference Chairman Peter Hinson
  • Opening address, Rt Hon Michael Meacher, MP
  • The role of RES in EU energy policy, Patrick Lambert
  • Speech to BWEA 21st Annual Conference, Lord Melchett, Greenpeace
  • Speech to BWEA 21st Annual Conference, Eddie Hyams, Eastern Generation

Onshore Development - Planning and Policy

  • Planning for partnership - wind energy in the new millennium J Ainslie
  • Where do we put 3000MWs of wind energy in the UK? C Shears
  • Capacity of landscape character types to accommodate wind energy development D Counsell and R Hughes
  • The cumulative effect of wind energy developments C Goodrum

Electricity Trading - a Future for Green Energy?

  • Green premiums, green certificates, and how to support renewables P Musgrove
  • New electricity trading arrangements - their impact on wind generation D Smol

Offshore Development - PR and PA

  • Consents for offshore wind energy development G M Trinick
  • Tax issues and financing offshore wind J H Johns
  • Stakeholder dialogue on offshore wind A Crowther

Onshore Development - PR and PA

  • Public opinion and wind farms - 1999 update S J Macken
  • Overcoming barriers to greater active community and local involvement in wind farms in the UK R Edwards, V C Leaney, R Stevenson and A Heslop
  • Should NIMBY effect dictate policy from Nympsfield to Westminster and does the media care? T Brown

Europe and Beyond - Markets and Developments

  • Problems with harmonizing renewable energy policy in the European Union - progress to date and issues to overcome G Hartnell
  • The Scottish Parliament, planning, and windfarming A McKie
  • Wind energy community schemes in Europe - lessons learnt for the UK E Archer, E Broome, R Edwards and J Sanders
  • The challenges of offshore wind farm installation in the 10km zone P Heywood and M Ferguson

Research and Technology

  • The use of rubber for soft-mounting of wind-generator components E Cutts
  • Region-based fuzzy logic control of variable-speed stall-regulated wind turbine H Markou and W E Leithead
  • Development of the building integrated ducted wind turbine module R Dannecker, G Quinonez Varela and A Grant
  • Small wind generators for battery charging in Peru and Sri Lanka S Dunnett

Onshore - Planning and Environment

  • Assessing the ornithological effects of wind farms - developing a standard methodology S M Percival, B Band, and T Leeming
  • Geographic modelling of the visual impact of wind turbines D R Miller, J R Wherrett, J G Morrice and P F Fisher
  • Contractual and legal issues arising on wind power projects/installations D Hickmann
  • Financial modelling with WindFarmer N Douglas, S Hall and T Leeming
  • Solutions to raptor-wind farm interactions M Madders and D G Walker

Wind Turbine Manufacturing - Present and Future

  • The RES 52/1000 - from mW to MW J Noakes, A Oliver, and C Morgan
  • The growth in turbine rating - a case study H Stiesdal and H Kruse
  • Experiences of a UK tower manufacturer D J Williams
  • Present and future prospects for wind turbine blade manufacture in the UK C Anderson

Operation and Management

  • Insurance for wind farm development and operation P J Rush
  • Condition monitoring techniques for offshore wind farms V C Leaney and D J Sharpe

Small Wind Systems

  • Progress with the Gazelle 20kW wind turbine G Jenkins
  • Distributed intelligent load control of autonomous renewable energy systems P Taylor, N Jenkins, and C Robb
  • Fair Isle renewed W M Somerville

Offshore - Confidence Levels on Resource and Variability

  • Using SODAR measurements in the POWER project J P Coelingh, L Folkerts, E J van Zuylen and G Wiegerinck
  • The estimation of offshore wind resource D L Pearce and C D Ziesler
  • Application of WAsP to offshore wind power prediction R J Barthelmie, B Lange, A M Sempreviva and O Rathmann
  • Monitoring offshore wind and turbulence characteristics in Denmark R J Barthelmie

Offshore Development - Contract and Construct

  • Development of offshore windfarms: availability of economic grid connection capacity N C Scott
  • Offshore wind farms: Danish experiences H Gravesen, D Taylor and A Petersen
  • Does size matter? D A Kent
  • Offshore windfarm geo-environmental site assessment: a phased approach A J Hodgson

Development Issues

  • POWER - a methodology for predicting offshore wind energy resources G M Watson, J A Halliday, J P Palutikof, T Holt, R J Barthelmie, J P Coelingh, L Folkerts, E J van Zuylen and J W Cleijne
  • The installation of submarine cables for offshore wind farms K Mair
  • Short-term prediction towards the 21st century L Landberg, A Joensen, G Giebel, H Madsen and T S Nielsen
  • A review of wind power production in Northern Ireland S Persaud, B Fox, D Flynn and I Luney
  • The tip commands - a hypothetical explanation of double stall G P Corten

Poster Papers

  • Design loads for offshore wind turbines T R Camp, E A Bossanyi, and D C Quarton
  • Segmental construction of large, modular, permanent magnet machines P Gordon and E Spooner
  • Switched Reluctance (SR) generators for direct-drive Wind Energy Converters (WEC) M Mueller, G Jenkins, N N Fulton and M J Turner
  • Developing a coastal discontinuity model for the power project R J Barthelmie
  • Connection of offshore wind farms with tile utility system K J P Macken and J A Ferreira
  • A technical guide to connection of embedded generators to the distribution network G D Nicholson
  • A computer-aided frequency analysis of a wind turbine G Horvath and L Toth
  • Frequency domain fatigue damage estimation methods suitable for deterministic load spectra A R Henderson and M H Patel
  • Super-fast visibility analysis: a new software package for the wind industry S Tribe
  • Regional wind resource mapping in non-mountainous terrain N G Mortensen, L Landberg, O Rathmann and M Nielsen