Welcome to the Workshop

Sponsor:
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Co-Sponsors:
American Public Power Association
Utility Wind Integration Group
Western Area Power Administration
U.S. DOE Wind Powering America
National Wind Coordinating Collaborative

Wind power is the fastest growing form of generation in the world today. Are you ready to integrate this resource into your power mix? This two-day workshop will answer your questions about interconnecting wind turbines and other distributed generation applications to electric distribution systems. There is an optional tour of the National Wind Technology Center planned for Friday, January 22.

Get an overview of wind energy followed by an introduction to the Utility Wind Integration Group's Web-based tools designed to assess a distributed wind project's impact on the local distribution system. Training will cover the theory behind each tool and demonstrate their use with actual data.

Also, Western's Electric Power Training Center (EPTC) instructors will be there to offer a tour of the center. Participants will have the opportunity to observe a demonstration of the EPTC's hands-on miniature power system, which includes a Wind Farm Simulator developed in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Program.

Continuing education credit is available for this workshop.