2013 Wind Plant Reliability Workshop

Venue Details

Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown

2600 Louisiana Blvd NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87110
Phone: (505) 881-0000

Attendee Rate and Call-in Code

A limited block of rooms is for the special rate of $81.00/night (+ taxes). These rooms can be reserved online or by calling 800-325-3535 (ask for “Sandia National Laboratories 2013 Wind Plant Reliability Workshop” group rate). The group rate will also be available for a few days before and after the workshop.
This special rate is only available for reservations made through August 7, 2013, or until our block is full (whichever occurs first). Please make your reservations early.

Local Information

• Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau
• City of Albuquerque

August 13, 2013

Wind Technology Trends 2013

• Todd Griffith,  Sandia National Laboratories

Reliability – from the Start: Discussions about the system and designing for reliability

• Katherine Dykes, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Mac Klingler, M.G. Klingler, Ltd
• Valerie Hines, Sandia National Laboratories

Reliability – from the Inside: Discussions about reliability programs in the wind industry

• Rashi Bates, Shell WindEnergy Inc.
• James Snelson, Infigen Energy
• Maya Nissim, EDP Renewables

Reliability – from the Inside: Discussions about reliability programs in the wind industry

• Eduardo Perez Jr., BHI Energy Power Services
• Chuck Jenkins, GE Energy – Bently Nevada, Inc
• Bruce Thompson, Sandia National Laboratories 

August 14, 2013

Reliability – Complex Flow: Discussions from the leading participants in DOE’s complex wind flow researchers 

• Stefan Kern, GE Global Research
• Pat Moriarty, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• John Schroeder, Texas Tech University
• Jonathan R. White, Sandia National Laboratories

Reliability – Major Components: Discussions about the reliability of major components

• Ken Lee, Wetzel Engineering, Inc.
• Steven Neidigk, Sandia National Laboratories
• Carsten H. Westergaard, NextraTEC, Inc.

Reliability – Major Components: Discussions about the reliability of major components (continued)

• Shawn Sheng, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Chad Glinsky, Romax Technologies
• Kevin Alewine, Shermco Industries, Inc
• David Clark, Bachmann Electronic

Reliability – Data and its Influence: Discussions about the dynamics of data in wind plant reliability

• James Parle, Muir Data Systems
• Jim Thomas, Strategic Power Systems, Inc.
• Amar Pradhan, Fluitec Wind