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