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Harvest the Wind
Friday, April 23 - Nova Scotia Agricultural College - Cumming Hall, 62 Cumming Drive, Truro
Program
09:00 - Registration and morning snacks / networking
09:30 - First Plenary Session
09:30 Welcome and Introduction
Kenny Corscadden - Nova Scotia Agricultural College
09:45 Why Wind Energy? Provincial renewable energy targets
Janice Ashworth - Nova Scotia Sustainable Electricity Alliance
10:00 Wind Energy 101 - The basics of harvesting
wind energy.
Basics of wind energy - Wayne Groszko - Ecology Action
Centre
20 minutes
Planning and siting for wind energy - What you need to know
Rick Corradini
- Sou-wester
Explorations - 20 minutes
Question
period - 20 minutes
11:00 - Break (15 minutes)
11:15 Interconnection with the electricity grid – requirements and costs
John Charlton - Nova Scotia Power
20 minute talk plus 10 minutes for questions
11:45 Negotiating
land leases for wind turbines
Charles Demond - Atlantic Wind Power Corporation
20
minute talk plus 10 minutes for questions
12:15 Lunch (45 minutes) light lunch provided
13:00 - Concurrent Sessions (Choose one)
Session A - Small Scale Wind Energy - For personal or commercial use on-site.
Simon Melrose – off-grid wind energy owner, Hubert Legge - Mamanna Energy, moderated by Mark Butler - Ecology Action Centre
Session B - Medium Scale and Community-Based Wind Energy
For local cooperatives, community groups and rural energy centres.
Virick Francis - Eskasoni Wind Energy Project, Paul Pynn - Eon WindElectric, David Swan - Colchester-Cumberland Windfield, moderated by Kenny Corscadden - Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Session C - Large Scale Commercial Wind Energy Development
Landowner involvement in large wind farm development.
Barry Zwicker - Scotian Windfields, Wayne Groszko - Ecology Action Centre
14:00 Panel discussion – Real wind
energy projects in Nova Scotia - How are they working and how are landowners
involved?
5-minute description of each project, followed by questions
David Swan - Colchester-Cumberland Windfield, Paul Pynn - Eon WindElectric, Virick Francis - Eskasoni Wind Energy Project, Barry Zwicker - Scotian Windfields
15:00 Final Comments, Thanks and
Evaluation - Kenny Corscadden
Participants - Maximum 100 participants.
Registration To register, contact Sara Greenberg
email: windenergy@ecologyaction.ca or phone 902 442
0202. There is no registration fee.
Workshop hosted by the Ecology Action Centre and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College with support from the Wind Education Advisory Committee, Nova Scotia Department of Energy
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