NE Region System Operators' Wind Integration Seminar.
By invitation only

This seminar was for System Operators from the North East (Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and New England)

Date
12 & 13 February 2008

Location
The event was held at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal.

Final Agenda
(60 kB)

Presentations

Andrew Garrad - Global Drivers of Wind Integration (1.5 MB)

Charlie Smith - Wind Plant Integration in North America (1.3MB)

CanWEA - Wind industry perspectives on integration (406 kB)

AWEA by UPC Wind - Wind industry perspectives on integration (194 kB)

THE REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE. SO OVERVIEW OF WIND INTEGRATION IN THE NORTH EAST

Hydro Québec - Richard Mailhot (589 kB)

ISO New England - John Norden (154 kB)

Maritime Electric - Bob Younker (179 kB)

New Brunswick SO - George Porter (252 kB)

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro - Greg Jones (2.7 MB)

Northern Maine ISA - Ken Belcher (338 kB)

Nova Scotia Power SO - Mike Sampson (696 kB)

Ontario IESO - Khaqan Khan (564 kB)

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

The European Experience of Wind Integration - Thomas Ackermann (3.7 MB)

International Grid Code Developments - Sigrid Bolik (4.9 MB)

TECHNOLOGY DRIVERS. MANUFACTURERS PRESENT HOW THEY PLAN TO MEET GRID CODES

GE - Jason MacDowell. Not available

Vestas - Steve Saylors (1.1 MB)

FORECASTING

European Experience - Bernhardt Ernst (1.5 MB)

Alberta's Forecasting Experience - Darren McCrank (418 kB)

Hydro Quebec and EC Wind Energy Forecasting Project - Alain Forcione (3.7 MB)

Getting Forecasts into the SO Control Room - Mark Ahlstrom (461 kB)

BALANCING

Summary of US wind integration experience - Bob Zavadil (1.4 MB)

ACE Diversity Interchange - Rohan Soulsby (745 kB)

TRANSMISSION PLANNING, COST ALLOCATION AND REGULATION

Texas CREZs - Warren Lasher (1.6 MB)

Location constrained resources CalISO - Dave Hawkins (1.2 MB)

MISO The Proposed 765kV backbone - Dale Osborn (1.7 MB)

Background material on the NE Region
This material consists of two presentations made at the 31st meeting of the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers on June 26, 2007. The presentations contain information on generation, load and transmission and may be of interest by way of background on the region.
One presentation was made by Gordon van Welie (President and CEO ISO New England) covering the New England region. The other presentation was given by Bill Marshall (President and CEO New Brunswick System Operator) and covered Eastern Canada.
Eastern Canada. (187kB)
New England. (142kB)

Final conference report prepared for ACOA (principal seminar sponsor)
This 80+ page report contains a summary of the presentations made and the key issues arising from the seminar. The report was prepared by the Wind Energy Institute of Canada. As such it represents the opinions of WEICan only.

The report contains a 6 page Executive Summary with 11 technical recommendations.

ACOA report (1.6 MB)

WEICan contact for additional information:
James Glennie
Mobile: +1-902-856-2192
Office: +1-902-882-4128