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Workshop on Offshore Wind Power for Delaware

February 16, 2007, Sheraton Dover Hotel

8:00 A.M. – 1:30 P.M. (Morning Session)

 

College of Marine and Earth Studies

University of Delaware

 

Program

 

                       

9:00 – 9:05

Introduction

Willett Kempton, College of Marine and Earth Studies, UD


9:05 – 9:35

Overview of Offshore Wind Power

Kevin Porter, Department of Energy Wind Consultant          

 

9:35 – 9:55

Federal Offshore Wind Program

Mary Boatman, Minerals Management Service

 

9:55 – 10:20

Break

 

10:20 – 10:35

MarylandÕs Wind Program

John Sherwell, Maryland DNR

 

10:35 – 10:50

New JerseyÕs Offshore Wind Program

Michael Winka, NJ Board of Public Utilities

 

10:35 – 10:50

NJ Atlantic County Utilities Authority Wind Facility (Afternoon NJ presentation)

Paul Gallagher, Atlantic County Utilities Authority (NJ)

 

10:50 – 11:00

Delaware Public Opinion on Offshore Wind

Professor Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware

 

11:00 – 11:25

Birds and Offshore Wind Farms: The Hazard Factors and Management Tools

Mark Desholm, National Environmental Research Institute,

Aarhus University, Denmark

 

11:25 – 12:00

Panel

All Speakers

 

 

12:30 - 1:30 P.M.

Poster session:  Research and assessment of offshore wind power

 

1:30 - 4:30 P.M.

Afternoon session:  Workshop contents repeated, open to public

 

Sponsors:

Delaware Energy Office

U.S. Department of Energy

Delaware Sea Grant College Program

 

 

 

 

 


For more information, contact Jackie Piero at (302) 831-4665.

University of Delaware information on offshore wind power at:   www.ocean.udel.edu/windpower



 

 

 

Poster Session:  Research and Assessment of Offshore Wind


February 16, 2007, Sheraton Dover Hotel

12:30 – 1:30 P.M. 

 

 

Delaware Offshore Wind Potential

Authors: Amardeep Dhanju, Phillip Whitaker and Willett Kempton

Presenter: Phillip Whitaker

 

Mid- Atlantic Offshore Wind Power Resource

Authors: Willett Kempton, Christina L. Archer, Amardeep Dhanju, Richard W. Garvine and Mark Z. Jacobson

Presenter: Amardeep Dhanju

 

Mid-Atlantic Offshore Bathymetry and Buoy Map

Authors: Willett Kempton, Christina L. Archer, Amardeep Dhanju, Richard W. Garvine and Mark Z. Jacobson

Presenter: Amardeep Dhanju

 

Development Constraints for Offshore Wind Power in Delaware

Authors: Jesse Fernandes, Willett Kempton, Jeremy Firestone

Presenter: Meredith Blaydes

 

Clarifying Prospects for Offshore Wind Power in Delaware

Authors: Andy Krueger and Meredith Blaydes

Presenter: Andy Krueger

 

Simulated View of Proposed Offshore Wind Farms

Authors: Jeremy Firestone and Willett Kempton

Presenter: Any Krueger

 

Using Electric Vehicles as Storage for Offshore Wind Power

Authors: Willett Kempton and Amardeep Dhanju

Presenter: Amardeep Dhanju

 

Factors Underlying Support or Opposition to Offshore Wind Power

Authors: Jeremy Firestone and Willett Kempton

Presenter: Amardeep Dhanju

 

Wind Turbine Technology Table

Author: Nathaniel Pearre

Presenter: Nathaniel Pearre

 

 

 

Return to University of Delaware site on offshore wind power at:   www.ocean.udel.edu/windpower