More than 25 North American experts will discuss opportunities, trends and challenges related to community wind energy projects during an online web conference May 26 and 27 offered by Green Energy Web Conferences.

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Please join the American Wind Energy Association for a webcast on April 30th or May 1st. Presented by Kathy Belyeu (AWEA Manager of Industry Information Services) the webcasts will focus on wind energy industry growth. In 2008, the U.S. wind energy industry brought online over 8,500 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity, increasing the nation's cumulative total by 50% to over 25,300 MW

Green Energy eForum
Live Interactive Webcast
April 8, 2009   Noon ET, 11 am CT, 10am MT, 9am PT

Join Other Cities, Towns, Universities & Businesses to Meet 9
Experts on . . . Municipal Clean Energy Financing; How Cities Can Plan
for the Energy Efficiency Block Grant Stimulus Money; Turning
Manufacturing into Green Jobs,

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Sponsored by National Rural Electric Cooperative Assoc., American Public Power Assoc.-DEED program, Western Area Power Administration, U.S. DOE Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Utility Wind Integration Group, American Wind Energy Association-AWEA Utility Working Group, National Wind Coordinating Collaborative.

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Examine different approaches to municipal utility wind power projects through three case studies.  The studies will look at utility-owned projects, purchase power projects, financing and contractual arrangements, overcoming management and technical barriers, reasons for choosing particular technologies, and more.

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Discover how utility-owned wind projects have established effective turbine maintenance programs.  Featuring both in-house and contractor-led perspectives, speakers will cover staffing requirements; maintenance training planning and costs; and new wind maintenance applications and techniques.

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Congress recently passed appropriations for Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs) and Production Tax Credits (PTC).  Learn which technologies are eligible, how to apply and the best strategies for securing an award.

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Find out what's happening with small wind and other distributed generation technoloties - economic and environmental considerations, technical obstacles and opportunities, grid impacts and future outlook.

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Consumer-owned utilities can use the Job and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) model developed for NREL to demonstrate the state and local economic development impacts of building wind power plants in the United States.

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Windpower could become a major contributor to America's electricity supply over the next three decades, according to the May 2008 report by the U.S. DOE.  Join speakers from consumer-owned utilities to discuss the challenges and opportunities of contributing to this target.